Popular baby names in Washington, 1965

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1965 were Lisa for girls (698 babies) and Michael for boys (1,121). Social Security records list 46,623 babies born in Washington in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1965

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

Girls

Shelli: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kimberlee: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kari: 52 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Keri: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shannon: 139 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tami: 93 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Darcy: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Janelle: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Megan: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Deena: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Rob: 36 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Loren: 40 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rod: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ty: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cory: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Corey: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ron: 55 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tod: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darin: 112 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shane: 45 babies, 3.3× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	698	–	1
2	Kimberly	406	↑8	4
3	Karen	387	↑1	3
4	Julie	383	↑3	14
5	Susan	354	↓2	5
6	Mary	352	↓4	2
7	Michelle	290	↑1	18
8	Teresa	278	↓2	24
9	Lori	274	↓4	19
10	Jennifer	255	↑9	20
11	Brenda	243	↑2	23
12	Patricia	242	↓1	6
13	Wendy	219	↑24	39
14	Linda	211	↓5	8
15	Tracy	207	↑5	36
16	Laura	204	↓4	17
17	Deborah	202	↓1	13
18	Kelly	199	↓3	30
19	Tina	195	↑3	29
20	Angela	193	↑19	10
21	Dawn	193	↑19	26
22	Christine	192	↑6	21
23	Cynthia	192	–	9
24	Sandra	190	–	15
25	Rebecca	183	↑25	41
26	Pamela	179	↑1	12
27	Elizabeth	176	↑19	16
28	Tammy	176	↓14	11
29	Debra	175	↓4	27
30	Nancy	168	↑12	32
31	Cindy	160	↓2	53
32	Cheryl	159	↓15	31
33	Denise	156	↓7	28
34	Donna	156	↓16	7
35	Kim	155	↓14	43
36	Jill	152	↓2	51
37	Kathleen	152	↓6	34
38	Barbara	149	↓8	25
39	Debbie	142	↑2	62
40	Rhonda	139	new	37
41	Shannon	139	↑4	>100
42	Carol	137	↓4	42
43	Stephanie	136	↑6	44
44	Heidi	128	↓1	>100
45	Melissa	127	new	38
46	Amy	122	new	35
47	Kathy	122	↓15	54
48	Robin	120	↓15	33
49	Shelly	120	new	98
50	Diane	116	↓15	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	1,121	↑1	1
2	David	1,006	↓1	3
3	John	883	–	2
4	Robert	806	–	5
5	James	788	–	4
6	Scott	564	↑1	15
7	Mark	538	↓1	7
8	Richard	506	–	8
9	Jeffrey	470	–	10
10	Steven	458	↑1	14
11	Kevin	440	↑1	13
12	Brian	430	↓2	19
13	William	407	–	6
14	Daniel	397	–	17
15	Todd	359	–	30
16	Timothy	335	↑3	12
17	Paul	323	↑1	16
18	Thomas	316	↓2	9
19	Kenneth	307	↓2	21
20	Eric	306	↑1	25
21	Christopher	273	↑8	18
22	Ronald	262	↑2	24
23	Joseph	258	↓1	11
24	Gary	236	↑2	27
25	Gregory	236	↑2	23
26	Douglas	231	↓6	32
27	Donald	228	↓2	26
28	Charles	222	↑2	20
29	Patrick	200	↓6	31
30	Mike	181	↓2	51
31	Jeff	168	–	62
32	Stephen	166	↑4	28
33	Darren	165	new	52
34	Matthew	165	↑3	36
35	Steve	154	–	55
36	Shawn	152	↑13	69
37	Edward	150	↓5	29
38	Randy	147	↓4	42
39	Craig	144	↓6	46
40	Terry	135	↑2	40
41	Anthony	130	↓3	22
42	Peter	126	↑3	39
43	Rodney	124	new	33
44	Keith	123	↓3	35
45	Jeffery	122	new	47
46	Larry	120	↓6	38
47	Jon	115	↓3	78
48	Andrew	114	new	37
49	Jerry	114	new	41
50	Darin	112	new	>100

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