Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1965

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1965 were Lisa for girls (1,706 babies) and James for boys (2,165). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 87,355 babies born in North Carolina in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1965

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

Girls

Teressa: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Frankie: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shelby: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Myra: 58 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shelia: 164 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mitzi: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wanda: 366 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Angelia: 73 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lesia: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Benita: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Everette: 29 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Linwood: 32 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Jasper: 24 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Shelton: 25 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Ervin: 35 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sandy: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Clifton: 68 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dewey: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Donnie: 92 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Alton: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	1,706	–	1
2	Angela	1,196	–	10
3	Mary	894	↑1	2
4	Kimberly	875	↑7	4
5	Karen	819	↑5	3
6	Tammy	799	↓3	11
7	Donna	784	↓2	7
8	Teresa	750	↓2	24
9	Sharon	749	↓2	22
10	Cynthia	648	↓2	9
11	Pamela	640	↓2	12
12	Susan	587	–	5
13	Patricia	555	↑1	6
14	Sandra	505	↓1	15
15	Linda	494	–	8
16	Deborah	455	–	13
17	Robin	445	–	33
18	Brenda	429	↑1	23
19	Rhonda	416	↑10	37
20	Elizabeth	401	↓2	16
21	Wanda	366	↑2	81
22	Sherry	361	↓1	56
23	Wendy	350	↑20	39
24	Tina	339	↑3	29
25	Amy	326	↑10	35
26	Jennifer	326	↑13	20
27	Barbara	325	↓7	25
28	Melissa	301	↑12	38
29	Sheila	294	↓5	50
30	Tracy	284	↑14	36
31	Laura	282	↓9	17
32	Jacqueline	264	↓7	47
33	Lori	261	↓7	19
34	Debra	260	↓4	27
35	Kathy	258	↓7	54
36	Carolyn	240	↓5	58
37	Janet	235	↑1	55
38	Connie	234	↑7	61
39	Kelly	229	new	30
40	Rebecca	227	new	41
41	Cheryl	222	↓7	31
42	Julie	222	new	14
43	Paula	219	↓11	49
44	Beverly	218	↓11	>100
45	Carol	218	↓4	42
46	Nancy	215	↓9	32
47	Stephanie	215	new	44
48	Michelle	204	↓1	18
49	Kim	203	new	43
50	Regina	199	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	James	2,165	–	4
2	Michael	1,752	–	1
3	David	1,495	–	3
4	John	1,466	–	2
5	William	1,402	↑1	6
6	Robert	1,300	↓1	5
7	Timothy	934	↑4	12
8	Jeffrey	890	–	10
9	Charles	865	↓2	20
10	Mark	774	↓1	7
11	Kenneth	760	↓1	21
12	Richard	723	–	8
13	Anthony	618	↑2	22
14	Thomas	597	↓1	9
15	Rodney	572	↑34	33
16	Christopher	569	↑4	18
17	Joseph	534	↓1	11
18	Gregory	497	↓4	23
19	Donald	480	↓2	26
20	Jerry	459	↓1	41
21	Steven	459	↑2	14
22	Kevin	457	↑3	13
23	Terry	434	↓5	40
24	Gary	431	↓3	27
25	Tony	402	↑1	48
26	Larry	399	↓4	38
27	Randy	398	–	42
28	Bobby	395	↑1	80
29	Ronald	389	↓5	24
30	Paul	359	↑2	16
31	Brian	345	↑10	19
32	Johnny	325	↓1	76
33	George	324	↑5	34
34	Ricky	324	↓6	57
35	Stephen	315	↑4	28
36	Edward	309	↓1	29
37	Eric	306	↓4	25
38	Jeffery	290	↓8	47
39	Scott	288	↓3	15
40	Keith	276	↓3	35
41	Billy	274	↓1	77
42	Danny	271	↓8	56
43	Douglas	271	–	32
44	Daniel	266	↑4	17
45	Jimmy	266	↓3	81
46	Darryl	246	new	68
47	Ronnie	244	↓2	>100
48	Dennis	223	↓4	44
49	Phillip	220	↑1	70
50	Roger	219	↓4	49

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