Popular baby names in Illinois, 1965

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1965 were Lisa for girls (3,072 babies) and Michael for boys (4,968). Social Security records list 190,068 babies born in Illinois in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1965

Names given at least 15 times in Illinois that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Karyn: 76 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Therese: 82 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Darnell: 52 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Maurice: 152 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Illinois, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	3,072	–	1
2	Mary	2,101	–	2
3	Karen	1,756	↑1	3
4	Kimberly	1,737	↑2	4
5	Susan	1,712	↓2	5
6	Julie	1,399	↑3	14
7	Laura	1,343	↓2	17
8	Patricia	1,329	↓1	6
9	Linda	1,099	↓1	8
10	Christine	1,031	↑7	21
11	Angela	1,025	↑13	10
12	Michelle	1,023	↑8	18
13	Cynthia	1,004	↓2	9
14	Deborah	992	↑1	13
15	Donna	979	↓5	7
16	Pamela	954	↓4	12
17	Dawn	952	↓1	26
18	Jennifer	946	↑13	20
19	Elizabeth	925	↓1	16
20	Sandra	906	↓6	15
21	Tammy	895	↑2	11
22	Lori	851	↓9	19
23	Sharon	821	↑2	22
24	Kathleen	804	↓5	34
25	Denise	794	↑2	28
26	Nancy	791	↓5	32
27	Debra	782	↓1	27
28	Barbara	755	↓6	25
29	Tina	727	↑4	29
30	Cheryl	723	↓1	31
31	Amy	717	↑12	35
32	Diane	715	↓4	40
33	Kelly	666	↓1	30
34	Carol	635	–	42
35	Brenda	629	↓5	23
36	Tracy	590	↑10	36
37	Theresa	579	↑3	45
38	Teresa	564	↓3	24
39	Jill	562	↑9	51
40	Margaret	529	↓1	52
41	Rhonda	524	↑8	37
42	Janet	516	↓1	55
43	Jacqueline	512	↓7	47
44	Maria	499	–	46
45	Robin	498	↓8	33
46	Wendy	491	new	39
47	Kathy	486	↓9	54
48	Rebecca	459	new	41
49	Kim	453	↓4	43
50	Beth	451	new	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	4,968	–	1
2	John	4,279	–	2
3	James	3,808	–	4
4	David	3,655	–	3
5	Robert	3,593	–	5
6	Mark	2,309	–	7
7	William	2,147	–	6
8	Thomas	2,041	–	9
9	Richard	2,005	–	8
10	Steven	1,878	–	14
11	Jeffrey	1,776	–	10
12	Daniel	1,713	↑3	17
13	Timothy	1,694	–	12
14	Kevin	1,634	–	13
15	Brian	1,613	↑3	19
16	Joseph	1,579	–	11
17	Scott	1,560	↓5	15
18	Paul	1,360	↓1	16
19	Anthony	1,298	↑2	22
20	Kenneth	1,271	↓1	21
21	Christopher	1,172	↑4	18
22	Ronald	1,143	–	24
23	Charles	1,107	↓3	20
24	Eric	1,059	↑5	25
25	Gregory	1,029	↓2	23
26	Donald	893	↓2	26
27	Edward	877	↓1	29
28	Todd	858	–	30
29	Patrick	751	↓2	31
30	Gary	749	↑1	27
31	Douglas	716	↓1	32
32	Stephen	625	↑1	28
33	Keith	605	↓1	35
34	Matthew	587	↑4	36
35	Peter	587	↓1	39
36	Rodney	572	new	33
37	Andrew	540	↓2	37
38	George	511	↓2	34
39	Dennis	475	↑3	44
40	Frank	474	–	43
41	Larry	471	↓4	38
42	Jeffery	465	↑4	47
43	Raymond	453	–	45
44	Craig	450	–	46
45	Jerry	437	↑3	41
46	Terry	422	↓7	40
47	Bradley	403	new	72
48	Randy	397	↓3	42
49	Mike	395	↓8	51
50	Roger	373	new	49

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