Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1965

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1965 were Lisa for girls (2,150 babies) and Michael for boys (3,180). Social Security records list 98,283 babies born in Massachusetts in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1965

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

Girls

Maura: 95 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Maryellen: 45 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Laureen: 34 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Annmarie: 50 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Annemarie: 36 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lynne: 180 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marybeth: 45 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maureen: 370 babies, 4× the national rate
Joanne: 286 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lauren: 117 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Francis: 176 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gerard: 72 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 807 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dana: 105 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Leo: 70 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Edmund: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Laurence: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bradford: 42 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sean: 319 babies, 2.5× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	2,150	–	1
2	Karen	1,503	↑1	3
3	Susan	1,273	↓1	5
4	Mary	1,119	–	2
5	Christine	949	↑3	21
6	Patricia	896	↓1	6
7	Kathleen	846	–	34
8	Donna	749	↓2	7
9	Linda	742	–	8
10	Deborah	684	–	13
11	Elizabeth	668	↑1	16
12	Kimberly	641	↑10	4
13	Nancy	614	↓2	32
14	Cheryl	603	↑2	31
15	Michelle	589	–	18
16	Pamela	575	↓3	12
17	Diane	541	↓3	40
18	Laura	526	–	17
19	Jennifer	482	↑8	20
20	Julie	469	↑13	14
21	Sharon	462	↑8	22
22	Debra	459	↑1	27
23	Cynthia	449	↑2	9
24	Sandra	422	↓5	15
25	Wendy	418	↑18	39
26	Lori	414	↓6	19
27	Robin	412	↓10	33
28	Kelly	406	↑10	30
29	Barbara	401	↓8	25
30	Denise	400	↓6	28
31	Paula	389	↓1	49
32	Ann	385	↓4	59
33	Carol	380	↓2	42
34	Laurie	378	↓8	60
35	Maureen	370	↓3	>100
36	Dawn	367	↑4	26
37	Brenda	357	↓3	23
38	Amy	353	↑8	35
39	Catherine	338	↓4	57
40	Theresa	333	↓4	45
41	Kim	326	↑4	43
42	Maria	310	↑5	46
43	Suzanne	298	↓2	65
44	Margaret	295	↓7	52
45	Michele	291	new	48
46	Joanne	286	↓2	>100
47	Tracy	274	new	36
48	Anne	270	↓9	77
49	Jacqueline	265	↓7	47
50	Tammy	255	new	11

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	3,180	↑1	1
2	John	3,042	↓1	2
3	David	2,557	–	3
4	Robert	2,333	–	5
5	James	2,177	–	4
6	Paul	1,543	–	16
7	Mark	1,541	↑1	7
8	Richard	1,529	↓1	8
9	William	1,448	–	6
10	Joseph	1,298	↑1	11
11	Christopher	1,288	↑7	18
12	Thomas	1,254	↓2	9
13	Scott	1,054	↓1	15
14	Daniel	1,045	↑2	17
15	Brian	1,020	↑2	19
16	Kevin	1,020	↓3	13
17	Steven	1,014	↓3	14
18	Stephen	979	↓3	28
19	Peter	807	–	39
20	Jeffrey	801	–	10
21	Timothy	778	–	12
22	Edward	695	–	29
23	Kenneth	634	–	21
24	Charles	561	–	20
25	Eric	535	↑4	25
26	Anthony	473	↑2	22
27	Gary	457	–	27
28	Ronald	441	↓2	24
29	Patrick	421	↑1	31
30	Andrew	418	↑1	37
31	Donald	382	↓6	26
32	George	363	–	34
33	Matthew	363	↑2	36
34	Gregory	359	–	23
35	Douglas	339	↓2	32
36	Sean	319	↑7	79
37	Keith	276	↓1	35
38	Todd	266	–	30
39	Frank	238	↑2	43
40	Dennis	235	↑4	44
41	Jonathan	234	↑5	74
42	Raymond	227	↓2	45
43	Philip	223	↓4	87
44	Wayne	218	↓2	65
45	Bruce	195	↓8	50
46	Alan	188	↓1	59
47	Shawn	185	↑3	69
48	Craig	184	new	46
49	Francis	176	↓1	>100
50	Marc	174	new	>100

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