Popular baby names in Virginia, 1965

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1965 were Lisa for girls (1,570 babies) and James for boys (1,787). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 75,463 babies born in Virginia in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1965

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

Girls

Shelby: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Freda: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Laverne: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Faye: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Ethel: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maxine: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Felecia: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Vonda: 57 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Wanda: 228 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Delores: 36 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 41 babies, 14× the national rate
Garland: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Carlton: 53 babies, 4× the national rate
Sherman: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Preston: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lewis: 66 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Claude: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sidney: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Wallace: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Stevie: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	1,570	–	1
2	Karen	869	↑1	3
3	Mary	822	↓1	2
4	Kimberly	783	↑6	4
5	Angela	657	↑9	10
6	Donna	613	↓2	7
7	Patricia	598	↑2	6
8	Teresa	595	↓3	24
9	Susan	582	↓1	5
10	Cynthia	560	↑1	9
11	Pamela	549	↓5	12
12	Tammy	529	↓5	11
13	Sharon	523	–	22
14	Deborah	469	↓2	13
15	Elizabeth	450	↑3	16
16	Linda	414	–	8
17	Sandra	405	↓2	15
18	Robin	396	↓1	33
19	Jennifer	378	↑9	20
20	Barbara	353	–	25
21	Brenda	350	↓2	23
22	Melissa	324	↑13	38
23	Laura	323	–	17
24	Tina	302	↑1	29
25	Rebecca	291	↓3	41
26	Cheryl	289	↓5	31
27	Sherry	283	↓3	56
28	Rhonda	278	↓2	37
29	Tracy	263	↑12	36
30	Michelle	244	↑7	18
31	Stephanie	236	↑15	44
32	Amy	233	↑16	35
33	Kathy	233	–	54
34	Wanda	228	↓3	81
35	Carolyn	226	↓3	58
36	Debra	226	↓9	27
37	Sheila	224	↑6	50
38	Nancy	217	↓2	32
39	Jacqueline	216	↓9	47
40	Janet	212	↓2	55
41	Dawn	210	new	26
42	Wendy	210	new	39
43	Theresa	209	↓9	45
44	Denise	201	↓15	28
45	Kelly	198	new	30
46	Carol	193	↓6	42
47	Lori	187	↓8	19
48	Valerie	184	↓4	67
49	Julie	183	↓2	14
50	Christine	182	new	21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	James	1,787	–	4
2	Michael	1,622	–	1
3	David	1,487	↑1	3
4	Robert	1,486	↑1	5
5	John	1,451	↓2	2
6	William	1,311	–	6
7	Richard	792	↑1	8
8	Timothy	769	↑4	12
9	Charles	759	–	20
10	Mark	754	↓3	7
11	Jeffrey	714	–	10
12	Thomas	706	↓2	9
13	Kenneth	613	–	21
14	Kevin	579	–	13
15	Christopher	569	↑7	18
16	Joseph	515	↓1	11
17	Steven	472	↓1	14
18	Anthony	456	–	22
19	Brian	437	↑5	19
20	Donald	436	↓3	26
21	Gregory	434	↓2	23
22	Paul	418	↓1	16
23	Ronald	408	↓3	24
24	Gary	361	↓1	27
25	Rodney	360	new	33
26	Daniel	342	↑2	17
27	Stephen	342	–	28
28	George	338	↓3	34
29	Edward	321	↓3	29
30	Eric	304	↑2	25
31	Scott	297	↓1	15
32	Keith	272	↓1	35
33	Douglas	253	↓4	32
34	Larry	251	↓1	38
35	Jerry	226	↓1	41
36	Tony	212	–	48
37	Ricky	208	↑2	57
38	Roger	202	–	49
39	Terry	195	↓2	40
40	Patrick	189	↑1	31
41	Barry	183	↓6	86
42	Jeffery	175	↑6	47
43	Dennis	172	–	44
44	Darryl	171	new	68
45	Randy	167	↓1	42
46	Carl	166	–	54
47	Wayne	162	↓5	65
48	Andrew	161	↓3	37
49	Matthew	160	new	36
50	Raymond	157	↓3	45

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