Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1965

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1965 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1964						Change from 1964
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Lisa	60,269	3.298	0	5,994	1	Michael	81,021	4.275	0	-1,625
2	Mary	34,270	1.875	0	-6,720	2	John	71,541	3.775	0	-10,992
3	Karen	32,872	1.799	1	2,625	3	David	67,852	3.580	0	-7,202
4	Kimberly	28,830	1.578	2	4,702	4	James	67,701	3.572	0	-5,336
5	Susan	26,328	1.441	-2	-5,187	5	Robert	63,123	3.331	0	-6,880
6	Patricia	23,554	1.289	-1	-2,534	6	William	40,127	2.117	1	-4,113
7	Donna	19,698	1.078	0	-4,112	7	Mark	38,264	2.019	-1	-7,005
8	Linda	19,334	1.058	0	-4,299	8	Richard	36,849	1.944	0	-3,248
9	Cynthia	19,248	1.053	0	-1,072	9	Thomas	31,623	1.669	0	-2,828
10	Angela	18,749	1.026	12	2,489	10	Jeffrey	29,587	1.561	0	-1,145
11	Tammy	18,008	0.985	-1	-2,033	11	Joseph	28,659	1.512	0	-1,891
12	Pamela	17,471	0.956	-1	-2,353	12	Timothy	28,344	1.496	3	243
13	Deborah	17,083	0.935	-1	-2,222	13	Kevin	28,189	1.487	0	-1,175
14	Julie	16,986	0.930	3	-300	14	Steven	27,989	1.477	-2	-1,723
15	Sandra	16,372	0.896	-2	-2,880	15	Scott	25,443	1.343	-1	-3,065
16	Elizabeth	16,320	0.893	0	-972	16	Paul	24,926	1.315	0	-1,955
17	Michelle	16,214	0.887	6	27	17	Daniel	24,846	1.311	2	494
18	Laura	16,213	0.887	-4	-2,761	18	Christopher	24,637	1.300	5	5,003
19	Lori	15,700	0.859	-4	-2,922	19	Brian	24,554	1.296	1	365
20	Jennifer	15,208	0.832	11	2,251	20	Charles	23,490	1.240	-3	-2,414
21	Christine	15,200	0.832	7	936	21	Kenneth	22,671	1.196	-3	-2,195
22	Sharon	15,133	0.828	-2	-1,315	22	Anthony	20,337	1.073	-1	203
23	Brenda	15,059	0.824	-5	-2,045	23	Gregory	18,206	0.961	-1	-1,681
24	Teresa	14,579	0.798	-3	-1,838	24	Ronald	17,620	0.930	0	-1,218
25	Barbara	14,026	0.768	-6	-2,453	25	Eric	16,833	0.888	7	2,274
26	Dawn	13,338	0.730	7	724	26	Donald	16,040	0.846	-1	-2,018
27	Debra	13,097	0.717	-3	-2,235	27	Gary	15,268	0.806	-1	-1,940
28	Denise	13,034	0.713	-3	-1,694	28	Stephen	14,648	0.773	1	-321
29	Tina	12,827	0.702	5	277	29	Edward	14,416	0.761	-2	-1,189
30	Kelly	12,761	0.698	5	286	30	Todd	13,939	0.736	-2	-1,411
31	Cheryl	12,553	0.687	-2	-1,522	31	Patrick	12,942	0.683	-1	-1,762
32	Nancy	12,255	0.671	-6	-2,442	32	Douglas	12,789	0.675	-1	-1,817
33	Robin	11,991	0.656	-6	-2,340	33	Rodney	11,079	0.585	26	5,005
34	Kathleen	11,778	0.645	-4	-1,454	34	George	10,685	0.564	-1	-1,103
35	Amy	11,530	0.631	9	1,954	35	Keith	10,680	0.564	-1	-977
36	Tracy	11,174	0.611	4	1,010	36	Matthew	9,991	0.527	7	1,007
37	Rhonda	10,950	0.599	6	1,237	37	Andrew	9,676	0.511	0	-825
38	Melissa	10,565	0.578	15	2,248	38	Larry	9,403	0.496	-2	-1,273
39	Wendy	10,481	0.574	16	2,403	39	Peter	9,394	0.496	0	-511
40	Diane	10,363	0.567	-8	-2,504	40	Terry	9,091	0.480	-5	-1,772
41	Rebecca	10,214	0.559	5	742	41	Jerry	9,019	0.476	-1	-593
42	Carol	10,098	0.553	-6	-2,029	42	Randy	8,864	0.468	-4	-1,433
43	Kim	10,082	0.552	-1	102	43	Frank	8,322	0.439	-2	-1,014
44	Stephanie	9,763	0.534	13	1,826	44	Dennis	8,213	0.433	-2	-1,115
45	Theresa	9,683	0.530	-7	-879	45	Raymond	8,050	0.425	-1	-541
46	Maria	9,473	0.518	-5	-669	46	Craig	7,872	0.415	2	120
47	Jacqueline	9,414	0.515	-10	-2,562	47	Jeffery	7,736	0.408	-2	-621
48	Michele	8,664	0.474	10	758	48	Tony	6,822	0.360	2	-379
49	Paula	7,912	0.433	-4	-1,593	49	Roger	6,432	0.339	0	-953
50	Sheila	7,901	0.432	1	-572	50	Bruce	6,325	0.334	-4	-1,572

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.