Years · 1960s · Evolution

Top baby names of 1965

In 1965, Lisa and Michael were the most popular names in the United States. 3,625,243 births in the Social Security records that year.

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Most popular girl names in 1965
Rank	Name	Births	Share	Change
1	Lisa	60,271	1 in 60	= same rank
2	Mary	34,270	1 in 106	= same rank
3	Karen	32,869	1 in 110	1 places up
4	Kimberly	28,836	1 in 126	2 places up
5	Susan	26,321	1 in 138	2 places down
6	Patricia	23,552	1 in 154	1 places down
7	Donna	19,700	1 in 184	= same rank
8	Linda	19,345	1 in 187	= same rank
9	Cynthia	19,239	1 in 188	= same rank
10	Angela	18,754	1 in 193	12 places up
11	Tammy	18,013	1 in 201	1 places down
12	Pamela	17,467	1 in 208	1 places down
13	Deborah	17,081	1 in 212	1 places down
14	Julie	16,987	1 in 213	3 places up
15	Sandra	16,371	1 in 221	2 places down
16	Elizabeth	16,321	1 in 222	= same rank
17	Laura	16,218	1 in 224	3 places down
18	Michelle	16,215	1 in 224	5 places up
19	Lori	15,695	1 in 231	4 places down
20	Jennifer	15,207	1 in 238	11 places up
21	Christine	15,204	1 in 238	7 places up
22	Sharon	15,129	1 in 240	2 places down
23	Brenda	15,060	1 in 241	5 places down
24	Teresa	14,578	1 in 249	3 places down
25	Barbara	14,023	1 in 259	6 places down
26	Dawn	13,344	1 in 272	7 places up
27	Debra	13,098	1 in 277	3 places down
28	Denise	13,036	1 in 278	3 places down
29	Tina	12,831	1 in 283	5 places up
30	Kelly	12,763	1 in 284	5 places up
31	Cheryl	12,550	1 in 289	2 places down
32	Nancy	12,255	1 in 296	6 places down
33	Robin	11,995	1 in 302	6 places down
34	Kathleen	11,778	1 in 308	4 places down
35	Amy	11,530	1 in 314	9 places up
36	Tracy	11,174	1 in 324	4 places up
37	Rhonda	10,949	1 in 331	6 places up
38	Melissa	10,563	1 in 343	15 places up
39	Wendy	10,481	1 in 346	16 places up
40	Diane	10,365	1 in 350	8 places down
41	Rebecca	10,211	1 in 355	5 places up
42	Carol	10,097	1 in 359	6 places down
43	Kim	10,083	1 in 360	1 places down
44	Stephanie	9,765	1 in 371	13 places up
45	Theresa	9,685	1 in 374	7 places down
46	Maria	9,480	1 in 382	5 places down
47	Jacqueline	9,413	1 in 385	10 places down
48	Michele	8,661	1 in 419	10 places up
49	Paula	7,915	1 in 458	4 places down
50	Sheila	7,904	1 in 459	1 places up

Most popular boy names in 1965
Rank	Name	Births	Share	Change
1	Michael	80,992	1 in 40	= same rank
2	John	71,493	1 in 50	= same rank
3	David	67,825	1 in 50	= same rank
4	James	67,666	1 in 50	= same rank
5	Robert	63,106	1 in 60	= same rank
6	William	40,111	1 in 90	1 places up
7	Mark	38,244	1 in 90	1 places down
8	Richard	36,817	1 in 100	= same rank
9	Thomas	31,595	1 in 115	= same rank
10	Jeffrey	29,574	1 in 123	= same rank
11	Joseph	28,630	1 in 127	= same rank
12	Timothy	28,334	1 in 128	3 places up
13	Kevin	28,177	1 in 129	= same rank
14	Steven	27,977	1 in 130	2 places down
15	Scott	25,437	1 in 143	1 places down
16	Paul	24,919	1 in 145	= same rank
17	Daniel	24,833	1 in 146	2 places up
18	Christopher	24,640	1 in 147	5 places up
19	Brian	24,552	1 in 148	1 places up
20	Charles	23,494	1 in 154	3 places down
21	Kenneth	22,677	1 in 160	3 places down
22	Anthony	20,326	1 in 178	1 places down
23	Gregory	18,205	1 in 199	1 places down
24	Ronald	17,619	1 in 206	= same rank
25	Eric	16,826	1 in 215	7 places up
26	Donald	16,033	1 in 226	1 places down
27	Gary	15,259	1 in 238	1 places down
28	Stephen	14,648	1 in 247	1 places up
29	Edward	14,404	1 in 252	2 places down
30	Todd	13,934	1 in 260	2 places down
31	Patrick	12,929	1 in 280	1 places down
32	Douglas	12,787	1 in 284	1 places down
33	Rodney	11,086	1 in 327	26 places up
34	George	10,680	1 in 339	1 places down
35	Keith	10,670	1 in 340	1 places down
36	Matthew	9,982	1 in 363	7 places up
37	Andrew	9,673	1 in 375	= same rank
38	Larry	9,403	1 in 386	2 places down
39	Peter	9,395	1 in 386	= same rank
40	Terry	9,088	1 in 399	5 places down
41	Jerry	9,015	1 in 402	1 places down
42	Randy	8,861	1 in 409	4 places down
43	Frank	8,319	1 in 436	2 places down
44	Dennis	8,215	1 in 441	2 places down
45	Raymond	8,051	1 in 450	1 places down
46	Craig	7,877	1 in 460	2 places up
47	Jeffery	7,734	1 in 469	2 places down
48	Tony	6,815	1 in 532	2 places up
49	Roger	6,429	1 in 564	= same rank
50	Bruce	6,325	1 in 573	4 places down

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