Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1965

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1965 were Lisa for girls (3,774 babies) and Michael for boys (5,280). Social Security records list 193,401 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1965

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

Girls

Marybeth: 65 babies, 3× the national rate
Deneen: 65 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bernadette: 117 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marci: 50 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Beth: 677 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Maureen: 399 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marianne: 132 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marcy: 56 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joanne: 343 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Nadine: 86 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 327 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Harry: 252 babies, 2.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	3,774	–	1
2	Karen	2,455	↑2	3
3	Mary	2,048	↓1	2
4	Susan	1,907	↓1	5
5	Kimberly	1,887	↑2	4
6	Patricia	1,469	–	6
7	Lori	1,380	↑2	19
8	Donna	1,366	↓3	7
9	Christine	1,312	↑2	21
10	Linda	1,194	↓2	8
11	Denise	1,092	↓1	28
12	Kathleen	1,065	↑1	34
13	Deborah	1,028	↑1	13
14	Barbara	984	↓2	25
15	Sharon	981	↑1	22
16	Tammy	961	↑1	11
17	Diane	959	↓2	40
18	Michelle	910	↑3	18
19	Amy	908	↑14	35
20	Michele	900	↑8	48
21	Dawn	898	↑8	26
22	Elizabeth	857	↑3	16
23	Pamela	855	↓5	12
24	Cynthia	843	↓2	9
25	Kelly	828	↑7	30
26	Brenda	804	↓7	23
27	Sandra	791	↓3	15
28	Jennifer	770	↑11	20
29	Tina	748	↑7	29
30	Robin	742	↓4	33
31	Nancy	733	↓11	32
32	Tracy	730	↑6	36
33	Carol	726	↓10	42
34	Debra	725	↓7	27
35	Wendy	701	↑7	39
36	Theresa	689	↓1	45
37	Cheryl	683	↓7	31
38	Beth	677	↓7	66
39	Laura	647	↓2	17
40	Angela	619	↑3	10
41	Jacqueline	608	↓7	47
42	Margaret	581	↓1	52
43	Maria	553	↓3	46
44	Julie	544	↑1	14
45	Kim	542	↑4	43
46	Stephanie	525	new	44
47	Melissa	520	new	38
48	Jill	491	new	51
49	Teresa	458	↓2	24
50	Kathy	453	↓2	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	5,280	↑1	1
2	John	5,053	↓1	2
3	Robert	4,403	–	5
4	David	4,245	–	3
5	James	4,076	–	4
6	William	2,941	–	6
7	Joseph	2,844	–	11
8	Thomas	2,451	↑1	9
9	Mark	2,427	↓1	7
10	Richard	2,409	–	8
11	Jeffrey	2,044	–	10
12	Brian	1,880	–	19
13	Kevin	1,700	↑2	13
14	Daniel	1,680	↑2	17
15	Scott	1,649	↓2	15
16	Timothy	1,620	↓2	12
17	Paul	1,506	–	16
18	Christopher	1,485	↑5	18
19	Steven	1,400	–	14
20	Charles	1,368	↓2	20
21	Edward	1,307	↑1	29
22	Ronald	1,281	↓2	24
23	Anthony	1,244	↑2	22
24	Kenneth	1,209	↓3	21
25	Stephen	1,168	↓1	28
26	Eric	1,167	↑2	25
27	Donald	1,024	↓1	26
28	Gregory	962	↓1	23
29	Douglas	872	↑1	32
30	Gary	849	↑1	27
31	Todd	817	↑1	30
32	George	815	↓3	34
33	Patrick	730	–	31
34	Matthew	723	↑3	36
35	Andrew	712	–	37
36	Keith	690	↓2	35
37	Frank	607	↓1	43
38	Raymond	543	–	45
39	Rodney	479	new	33
40	Peter	453	↑1	39
41	Randy	452	↓2	42
42	Craig	440	↑1	46
43	Dennis	437	↓3	44
44	Vincent	411	–	61
45	Larry	397	new	38
46	Bruce	381	↓4	50
47	Terry	375	↓2	40
48	Shawn	358	new	69
49	Wayne	355	–	65
50	Gerald	349	new	64

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