Popular baby names in New York, 1965

The most popular baby names in New York in 1965 were Lisa for girls (5,611 babies) and Michael for boys (8,672). Social Security records list 317,192 babies born in New York in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1965

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

Girls

Milagros: 130 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Ivette: 123 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Maritza: 147 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Marisol: 141 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Migdalia: 79 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lourdes: 121 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Madeline: 193 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Luz: 123 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maribel: 89 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Randi: 108 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 101 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dominick: 160 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Salvatore: 279 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Angel: 340 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Rafael: 233 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Julio: 135 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Abraham: 91 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Luis: 486 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Miguel: 279 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brendan: 90 babies, 3.3× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	5,611	–	1
2	Mary	3,077	–	2
3	Karen	3,033	↑2	3
4	Susan	2,779	↓1	5
5	Patricia	2,633	↓1	6
6	Christine	2,251	↑3	21
7	Elizabeth	2,110	–	16
8	Donna	1,996	↓2	7
9	Kathleen	1,824	↑1	34
10	Linda	1,768	↓2	8
11	Deborah	1,732	–	13
12	Denise	1,692	↑1	28
13	Maria	1,678	↑2	46
14	Nancy	1,663	–	32
15	Laura	1,599	↓3	17
16	Dawn	1,571	↑3	26
17	Barbara	1,489	↓1	25
18	Diane	1,371	↓1	40
19	Michelle	1,326	↑1	18
20	Kimberly	1,320	↑16	4
21	Jennifer	1,311	↑12	20
22	Kim	1,294	↑12	43
23	Jacqueline	1,261	↓5	47
24	Debra	1,234	↓1	27
25	Cynthia	1,230	–	9
26	Lori	1,217	↓5	19
27	Theresa	1,206	↓3	45
28	Sharon	1,187	↓2	22
29	Michele	1,184	↑2	48
30	Sandra	1,154	↓8	15
31	Pamela	1,140	↓4	12
32	Margaret	1,046	↓3	52
33	Cheryl	1,029	↑2	31
34	Amy	1,023	↑5	35
35	Robin	1,009	↓7	33
36	Catherine	979	↓4	57
37	Wendy	964	↑9	39
38	Carol	959	↓8	42
39	Julie	951	↑2	14
40	Kelly	927	–	30
41	Brenda	867	↑2	23
42	Ann	852	↓5	59
43	Stephanie	841	new	44
44	Tammy	827	↓2	11
45	Suzanne	818	–	65
46	Tina	805	↑4	29
47	Angela	804	↑1	10
48	Jill	773	new	51
49	Tracy	771	new	36
50	Laurie	738	↓12	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	8,672	↑1	1
2	John	7,896	↓1	2
3	Robert	6,396	–	5
4	David	5,625	↑1	3
5	James	5,612	↓1	4
6	Joseph	4,429	–	11
7	Richard	3,911	–	8
8	Thomas	3,877	–	9
9	William	3,877	–	6
10	Christopher	3,188	↑6	18
11	Mark	2,878	↓1	7
12	Anthony	2,870	↓1	22
13	Paul	2,621	↓1	16
14	Steven	2,613	↓1	14
15	Daniel	2,610	–	17
16	Kevin	2,516	↓2	13
17	Jeffrey	2,212	–	10
18	Timothy	2,189	↑3	12
19	Scott	2,150	↓1	15
20	Peter	2,062	–	39
21	Kenneth	1,981	↓2	21
22	Brian	1,942	–	19
23	Edward	1,831	–	29
24	Eric	1,759	↑4	25
25	Charles	1,735	↓1	20
26	Stephen	1,691	↓1	28
27	Andrew	1,550	↓1	37
28	Patrick	1,398	↑1	31
29	Ronald	1,371	↑2	24
30	Frank	1,360	↓3	43
31	Gregory	1,308	↓1	23
32	George	1,246	–	34
33	Donald	1,112	–	26
34	Matthew	1,107	↑3	36
35	Gary	1,100	↓1	27
36	Douglas	969	↓1	32
37	Vincent	965	↑2	61
38	Keith	956	↓2	35
39	Raymond	950	↓1	45
40	Jose	872	–	89
41	Todd	862	–	30
42	Lawrence	749	–	66
43	Dennis	692	–	44
44	Craig	690	↑2	46
45	Rodney	637	new	33
46	Philip	615	↓2	87
47	Louis	610	↓2	>100
48	Jonathan	591	↑1	74
49	Sean	590	new	79
50	Marc	557	new	>100

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