Popular baby names in Michigan, 1965

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1965 were Lisa for girls (2,827 babies) and Michael for boys (3,849). Social Security records list 153,607 babies born in Michigan in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1965

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

Girls

Bethany: 47 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sue: 160 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shawn: 125 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kendra: 40 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Gordon: 126 babies, 2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	2,827	–	1
2	Kimberly	1,845	↑1	4
3	Mary	1,587	↓1	2
4	Karen	1,556	↑1	3
5	Susan	1,291	↓1	5
6	Julie	1,201	–	14
7	Michelle	1,061	↑1	18
8	Dawn	1,042	↓1	26
9	Patricia	931	↑1	6
10	Lori	891	↑1	19
11	Kelly	861	↑5	30
12	Laura	848	–	17
13	Linda	818	↓4	8
14	Deborah	813	↓1	13
15	Pamela	787	–	12
16	Tammy	773	↓2	11
17	Christine	772	↑9	21
18	Cynthia	769	↑2	9
19	Amy	758	↑12	35
20	Sandra	703	↓1	15
21	Brenda	700	↓4	23
22	Cheryl	687	↓4	31
23	Kathleen	681	–	34
24	Angela	659	↑17	10
25	Denise	652	↑2	28
26	Elizabeth	645	↑4	16
27	Tina	644	↑5	29
28	Barbara	642	↓7	25
29	Donna	635	↓5	7
30	Jennifer	604	↑5	20
31	Wendy	595	↑14	39
32	Nancy	571	↓10	32
33	Diane	564	↓8	40
34	Debra	559	↓6	27
35	Teresa	542	↑2	24
36	Tracy	526	↑6	36
37	Theresa	519	↓1	45
38	Sharon	507	↓4	22
39	Robin	475	↓10	33
40	Jill	470	–	51
41	Carol	469	↓8	42
42	Kim	466	↑1	43
43	Michele	457	new	48
44	Rebecca	457	↑5	41
45	Jacqueline	418	↑1	47
46	Rhonda	414	new	37
47	Ann	409	↓9	59
48	Renee	403	↓4	68
49	Cindy	399	new	53
50	Kathy	398	↓11	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	3,849	–	1
2	David	3,418	–	3
3	John	3,105	–	2
4	James	2,967	↑1	4
5	Robert	2,859	↓1	5
6	Mark	2,031	–	7
7	Jeffrey	1,769	↑2	10
8	Thomas	1,656	↑2	9
9	Steven	1,618	↑2	14
10	William	1,607	↓2	6
11	Scott	1,605	↓4	15
12	Timothy	1,562	↑2	12
13	Richard	1,556	↓1	8
14	Kevin	1,528	↓1	13
15	Brian	1,471	–	19
16	Daniel	1,464	↑1	17
17	Paul	1,356	↓1	16
18	Joseph	1,227	–	11
19	Christopher	1,169	↑3	18
20	Kenneth	1,094	↓1	21
21	Todd	955	↓1	30
22	Ronald	943	↓1	24
23	Charles	897	↑1	20
24	Eric	874	↑5	25
25	Gregory	869	↓2	23
26	Donald	824	↓1	26
27	Anthony	756	↑3	22
28	Douglas	742	↓1	32
29	Gary	712	↓1	27
30	Matthew	709	↑1	36
31	Patrick	696	↓5	31
32	Edward	591	–	29
33	Keith	545	–	35
34	Stephen	532	–	28
35	Craig	497	–	46
36	Rodney	463	new	33
37	Dennis	461	↓1	44
38	Jeffery	440	↑3	47
39	Andrew	434	–	37
40	Randy	412	↓3	42
41	Larry	403	↓1	38
42	Terry	396	↓4	40
43	Peter	367	↑4	39
44	Raymond	360	–	45
45	Gerald	352	–	64
46	Bruce	331	↓4	50
47	Frank	331	↑3	43
48	George	324	↓2	34
49	Jerry	315	new	41
50	Mike	314	↓1	51

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