Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1965

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1965 were Lisa for girls (1,582 babies) and James for boys (1,887). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 66,979 babies born in Tennessee in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1965

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

Girls

Robbie: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shelia: 152 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Johnnie: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Mitzi: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Patsy: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Angelia: 61 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Wilma: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Vickie: 169 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ginger: 66 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Daphne: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Scottie: 30 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Stevie: 41 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Scotty: 39 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Timmy: 90 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jackie: 74 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Doyle: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Donnie: 72 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sammy: 45 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dewayne: 43 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Billy: 320 babies, 3.7× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	1,582	–	1
2	Angela	778	↑2	10
3	Karen	774	↑5	3
4	Kimberly	745	↑1	4
5	Tammy	715	↓3	11
6	Mary	637	↓3	2
7	Teresa	627	–	24
8	Donna	554	↓2	7
9	Pamela	528	–	12
10	Cynthia	470	–	9
11	Patricia	438	↑1	6
12	Sharon	431	↑1	22
13	Sandra	420	↓2	15
14	Rhonda	412	↑7	37
15	Melissa	406	↑7	38
16	Linda	403	↓2	8
17	Tina	391	↓1	29
18	Susan	368	↓3	5
19	Brenda	340	↓1	23
20	Deborah	324	↓1	13
21	Sherry	324	↓4	56
22	Jennifer	306	↑11	20
23	Robin	305	↓3	33
24	Elizabeth	263	↑2	16
25	Rebecca	258	↑2	41
26	Connie	247	↓2	61
27	Sheila	243	↑2	50
28	Amy	241	new	35
29	Barbara	234	↑1	25
30	Debra	232	↑2	27
31	Tracy	226	↑3	36
32	Kathy	225	↓9	54
33	Stephanie	216	new	44
34	Lori	214	↓3	19
35	Cheryl	210	↑2	31
36	Laura	206	↓8	17
37	Paula	205	↓2	49
38	Carolyn	202	↑3	58
39	Jacqueline	193	↓14	47
40	Regina	187	↑2	82
41	Janet	182	↓5	55
42	Cindy	176	↓4	53
43	Nancy	175	↓3	32
44	Janice	172	↓5	73
45	Vickie	169	↑2	>100
46	Penny	161	↑4	97
47	Kelly	157	new	30
48	Anita	153	new	94
49	Shelia	152	new	>100
50	Michelle	151	new	18

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	James	1,887	–	4
2	Michael	1,333	–	1
3	David	1,204	–	3
4	John	1,076	–	2
5	Robert	1,053	–	5
6	William	1,044	–	6
7	Timothy	809	↑1	12
8	Charles	727	↑1	20
9	Mark	680	↓2	7
10	Jeffrey	653	–	10
11	Richard	535	–	8
12	Kenneth	526	–	21
13	Gregory	467	↑2	23
14	Anthony	451	↑3	22
15	Thomas	448	↓2	9
16	Terry	440	↓2	40
17	Kevin	416	↑7	13
18	Christopher	405	↑14	18
19	Jerry	394	–	41
20	Steven	386	↓2	14
21	Jeffery	367	↓1	47
22	Randy	337	↑1	42
23	Tony	328	↑5	48
24	Gary	327	↓8	27
25	Billy	320	↑4	77
26	Paul	314	↓1	16
27	Ronald	314	↑3	24
28	Donald	313	↓7	26
29	Rodney	306	new	33
30	Larry	299	↑1	38
31	Joseph	290	↓5	11
32	Ricky	284	↓10	57
33	Bobby	278	↓6	80
34	Stephen	276	↑1	28
35	Johnny	267	↑1	76
36	Danny	250	↓3	56
37	Jimmy	246	↓3	81
38	Brian	240	↑1	19
39	Scott	228	↓1	15
40	Daniel	216	new	17
41	Randall	215	↓4	73
42	Keith	204	↓1	35
43	Eric	198	↑5	25
44	George	197	–	34
45	Roger	194	↓5	49
46	Barry	193	↓3	86
47	Darrell	189	new	91
48	Phillip	178	↑2	70
49	Edward	176	↓3	29
50	Carl	162	new	54

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