Popular baby names in Ohio, 1965

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1965 were Lisa for girls (3,526 babies) and Michael for boys (4,294). Social Security records list 182,246 babies born in Ohio in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1965

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

Girls

Beth: 631 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Molly: 112 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Deron: 65 babies, 4.9× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	3,526	–	1
2	Kimberly	2,249	↑1	4
3	Mary	1,881	↓1	2
4	Karen	1,776	–	3
5	Susan	1,412	–	5
6	Jennifer	1,132	↑17	20
7	Patricia	1,123	–	6
8	Lori	1,100	↓2	19
9	Tammy	1,086	↑1	11
10	Amy	1,075	↑9	35
11	Michelle	1,072	↑3	18
12	Pamela	1,026	–	12
13	Julie	1,013	↓2	14
14	Tina	1,008	↑8	29
15	Laura	992	↓6	17
16	Deborah	963	↓3	13
17	Angela	958	↑10	10
18	Cynthia	954	↓1	9
19	Christine	946	↑1	21
20	Linda	915	↓12	8
21	Teresa	904	↓6	24
22	Kelly	894	↑2	30
23	Brenda	856	↓5	23
24	Melissa	799	↑15	38
25	Robin	775	↑4	33
26	Dawn	770	↑17	26
27	Cheryl	763	↑1	31
28	Denise	747	↓3	28
29	Donna	743	↓13	7
30	Sandra	736	↓9	15
31	Sharon	735	–	22
32	Barbara	729	↓6	25
33	Elizabeth	717	↓3	16
34	Rebecca	689	↑4	41
35	Rhonda	678	↑6	37
36	Tracy	671	↑8	36
37	Kathleen	653	↓3	34
38	Theresa	640	↓1	45
39	Beth	631	↓3	66
40	Debra	604	↓5	27
41	Diane	569	↓9	40
42	Nancy	561	↓9	32
43	Wendy	553	new	39
44	Carol	529	↓2	42
45	Stephanie	528	new	44
46	Michele	522	↑4	48
47	Jill	515	↑1	51
48	Jacqueline	474	↓3	47
49	Kim	461	↓2	43
50	Kathy	453	↓10	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	4,294	–	1
2	David	4,029	–	3
3	John	3,950	–	2
4	James	3,886	–	4
5	Robert	3,611	–	5
6	Mark	2,502	–	7
7	William	2,157	–	6
8	Jeffrey	2,152	–	10
9	Timothy	1,988	↑2	12
10	Thomas	1,938	–	9
11	Richard	1,925	↓2	8
12	Scott	1,691	–	15
13	Brian	1,625	–	19
14	Steven	1,581	–	14
15	Joseph	1,528	–	11
16	Kevin	1,508	–	13
17	Christopher	1,470	↑6	18
18	Daniel	1,388	–	17
19	Charles	1,251	–	20
20	Paul	1,222	↓3	16
21	Ronald	1,183	↑1	24
22	Kenneth	1,143	↓1	21
23	Gregory	1,125	↓3	23
24	Donald	1,058	–	26
25	Todd	1,053	↑1	30
26	Douglas	1,039	↓1	32
27	Eric	1,016	↑2	25
28	Anthony	1,001	–	22
29	Gary	874	↓2	27
30	Stephen	800	↑1	28
31	Rodney	713	new	33
32	Edward	688	↓2	29
33	Matthew	631	↑1	36
34	Patrick	614	↓2	31
35	Keith	608	↓2	35
36	Terry	543	↓1	40
37	Larry	515	↓1	38
38	Jeffery	512	↓1	47
39	Jerry	510	↑1	41
40	Andrew	503	↑2	37
41	Craig	484	↑4	46
42	Dennis	476	↓1	44
43	Randy	466	↓5	42
44	George	464	↓5	34
45	Roger	410	↓1	49
46	Raymond	401	↑4	45
47	Bryan	399	new	63
48	Frank	379	↓2	43
49	Jeff	372	↓6	62
50	Bruce	343	↓3	50

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