Popular baby names in Indiana, 1965

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1965 were Lisa for girls (1,741 babies) and Michael for boys (2,027). Social Security records list 90,227 babies born in Indiana in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1965

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

Girls

Misty: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tamara: 228 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lora: 86 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Candy: 43 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tamera: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Wilma: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tamra: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lana: 41 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Mindy: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dee: 24 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Rex: 60 babies, 3× the national rate
Max: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brad: 129 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rod: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rusty: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Rick: 133 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Doug: 58 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bret: 42 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dewayne: 33 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bradley: 257 babies, 2.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	1,741	–	1
2	Kimberly	1,103	–	4
3	Mary	845	–	2
4	Karen	791	↑1	3
5	Angela	758	↑4	10
6	Julie	653	↑2	14
7	Susan	628	↓3	5
8	Teresa	587	↑2	24
9	Tammy	580	↓3	11
10	Lori	551	↓3	19
11	Jennifer	544	↑3	20
12	Michelle	524	↑8	18
13	Tina	501	–	29
14	Kelly	479	↑7	30
15	Cynthia	475	↑4	9
16	Patricia	471	↑1	6
17	Laura	469	↓6	17
18	Pamela	463	↓6	12
19	Dawn	461	↑4	26
20	Brenda	449	↓2	23
21	Donna	429	↓5	7
22	Rhonda	428	↑8	37
23	Deborah	424	↓1	13
24	Amy	423	↑9	35
25	Linda	413	↓10	8
26	Melissa	409	↑13	38
27	Debra	384	↓3	27
28	Rebecca	373	↑6	41
29	Tracy	371	↑13	36
30	Sandra	369	↓1	15
31	Barbara	350	↓3	25
32	Denise	338	↑5	28
33	Elizabeth	336	↓6	16
34	Robin	330	↓8	33
35	Cheryl	304	↓10	31
36	Kathy	296	↓5	54
37	Sharon	293	↓1	22
38	Jill	285	↑7	51
39	Beth	284	↓7	66
40	Nancy	283	↓5	32
41	Christine	281	new	21
42	Sherry	270	↑1	56
43	Carol	247	↓5	42
44	Kim	246	–	43
45	Michele	236	new	48
46	Paula	236	↓6	49
47	Tamara	228	new	>100
48	Stephanie	223	new	44
49	Sheila	222	↓1	50
50	Janet	217	↓1	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	2,027	↑1	1
2	David	1,899	↓1	3
3	James	1,864	↑1	4
4	John	1,785	↓1	2
5	Robert	1,499	–	5
6	Mark	1,262	–	7
7	Jeffrey	1,067	–	10
8	Timothy	999	↑1	12
9	William	980	↓1	6
10	Brian	979	↑2	19
11	Kevin	916	↑2	13
12	Richard	885	↓1	8
13	Scott	879	↓3	15
14	Thomas	832	–	9
15	Steven	793	–	14
16	Daniel	682	↑3	17
17	Christopher	621	↑10	18
18	Charles	620	↓2	20
19	Joseph	590	↓1	11
20	Gregory	569	↓3	23
21	Paul	562	–	16
22	Todd	542	–	30
23	Ronald	540	↓3	24
24	Kenneth	536	–	21
25	Anthony	492	↑3	22
26	Donald	475	↓3	26
27	Gary	433	↓2	27
28	Rodney	432	new	33
29	Douglas	425	↓3	32
30	Eric	416	↑2	25
31	Stephen	382	↑3	28
32	Jeffery	367	↓1	47
33	Larry	367	↓4	38
34	Terry	364	↓4	40
35	Jerry	339	↓2	41
36	Randy	306	↓1	42
37	Keith	284	–	35
38	Patrick	282	↓2	31
39	Dennis	274	–	44
40	Matthew	264	↑7	36
41	Bradley	257	↑2	72
42	Edward	254	↓1	29
43	Tony	252	↑1	48
44	Jeff	249	↓6	62
45	Roger	249	↑1	49
46	Troy	247	↓6	53
47	Bryan	220	new	63
48	Andrew	219	↓3	37
49	Chris	205	new	60
50	Randall	204	–	73

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