Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1965

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1965 were Lisa for girls (2,106 babies) and Michael for boys (3,267). Social Security records list 112,156 babies born in New Jersey in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1965

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

Girls

Migdalia: 28 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Marisol: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lauren: 145 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maryann: 92 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lourdes: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maryanne: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Eileen: 233 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Roseann: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Annemarie: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Deneen: 38 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 45 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Salvatore: 72 babies, 4× the national rate
Gerard: 99 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nicholas: 214 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Angelo: 69 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lamont: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Drew: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Julio: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Louis: 244 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Edmund: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	2,106	–	1
2	Karen	1,360	↑4	3
3	Susan	1,174	↓1	5
4	Patricia	1,147	↑1	6
5	Mary	1,072	↓2	2
6	Donna	1,016	↓2	7
7	Dawn	867	↑2	26
8	Kathleen	809	–	34
9	Linda	785	↓2	8
10	Christine	768	↑6	21
11	Kimberly	669	↑16	4
12	Barbara	651	↓2	25
13	Deborah	646	–	13
14	Denise	633	↓2	28
15	Laura	633	↓1	17
16	Elizabeth	618	↑1	16
17	Sharon	617	↑1	22
18	Nancy	592	↓7	32
19	Cynthia	563	↑3	9
20	Michele	557	↑3	48
21	Diane	536	↓6	40
22	Cheryl	486	↑4	31
23	Debra	484	↑2	27
24	Jennifer	482	↑10	20
25	Sandra	464	↓4	15
26	Maria	458	↓7	46
27	Theresa	456	↑1	45
28	Lori	436	↓4	19
29	Jacqueline	434	↓9	47
30	Kim	427	↑6	43
31	Carol	421	↓1	42
32	Pamela	420	↓1	12
33	Robin	419	↓4	33
34	Kelly	396	↑5	30
35	Michelle	396	↓3	18
36	Margaret	370	↓3	52
37	Jill	340	↑6	51
38	Tracy	336	–	36
39	Wendy	332	↑6	39
40	Catherine	327	↓5	57
41	Suzanne	322	↓4	65
42	Maureen	303	↑2	>100
43	Amy	293	new	35
44	Stephanie	285	new	44
45	Angela	272	new	10
46	Colleen	266	↑4	93
47	Andrea	258	new	63
48	Tracey	257	new	85
49	Tammy	253	↓3	11
50	Carolyn	252	↓1	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	3,267	↑1	1
2	John	3,114	↓1	2
3	Robert	2,784	–	5
4	James	2,215	–	4
5	David	2,112	–	3
6	Joseph	1,767	↑1	11
7	William	1,634	↓1	6
8	Thomas	1,618	–	9
9	Richard	1,488	–	8
10	Mark	1,155	–	7
11	Christopher	1,012	↑6	18
12	Paul	979	↓1	16
13	Anthony	972	↓1	22
14	Kevin	911	↓1	13
15	Steven	894	↓1	14
16	Scott	892	↓1	15
17	Jeffrey	889	↓1	10
18	Edward	852	↑1	29
19	Kenneth	852	↓1	21
20	Brian	821	–	19
21	Daniel	818	–	17
22	Charles	711	–	20
23	Timothy	649	↑2	12
24	Peter	631	↓1	39
25	Stephen	621	↓1	28
26	Eric	592	↑7	25
27	Frank	570	↓1	43
28	George	566	–	34
29	Ronald	562	↓2	24
30	Patrick	486	↑1	31
31	Andrew	484	↑1	37
32	Gary	465	↓2	27
33	Gregory	463	↓4	23
34	Donald	434	–	26
35	Keith	428	↑1	35
36	Douglas	401	↓1	32
37	Matthew	389	↑3	36
38	Raymond	382	↓1	45
39	Vincent	329	↓1	61
40	Glenn	285	↓1	85
41	Craig	269	↑1	46
42	Todd	265	↓1	30
43	Louis	244	↑3	>100
44	Wayne	242	↑4	65
45	Walter	229	↑2	82
46	Lawrence	225	↓1	66
47	Dennis	215	↓4	44
48	Nicholas	214	new	>100
49	Bruce	204	↓5	50
50	Darren	202	new	52

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