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

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1965 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Lisa	60,269	3.298	-890	-59,967	1	Michael	81,021	4.275	-13	-69,401
2	Mary	34,270	1.875	-124	-31,943	2	John	71,541	3.775	-25	-62,422
3	Karen	32,872	1.799	-632	-32,404	3	David	67,852	3.580	-19	-58,155
4	Kimberly	28,830	1.578	-166	-27,134	4	James	67,701	3.572	0	-54,176
5	Susan	26,328	1.441	-1,074	-26,094	5	Robert	63,123	3.331	-66	-57,983
6	Patricia	23,554	1.289	-907	-23,261	6	William	40,127	2.117	3	-25,611
7	Donna	19,698	1.078	-1,560	-19,561	7	Mark	38,264	2.019	-203	-36,405
8	Linda	19,334	1.058	-718	-18,945	8	Richard	36,849	1.944	-180	-34,730
9	Cynthia	19,248	1.053	-684	-18,832	9	Thomas	31,623	1.669	-40	-24,844
10	Angela	18,749	1.026	-254	-17,513	10	Jeffrey	29,587	1.561	-321	-28,584
11	Tammy	18,008	0.985	-4,091	-17,973	11	Joseph	28,659	1.512	-12	-19,104
12	Pamela	17,471	0.956	-1,572	-17,336	12	Timothy	28,344	1.496	-153	-26,014
13	Deborah	17,083	0.935	-766	-16,736	13	Kevin	28,189	1.487	-112	-25,065
14	Julie	16,986	0.930	-574	-16,470	14	Steven	27,989	1.477	-184	-25,967
15	Sandra	16,372	0.896	-960	-16,103	15	Scott	25,443	1.343	-505	-24,902
16	Elizabeth	16,320	0.893	3	-7,807	16	Paul	24,926	1.315	-218	-23,301
17	Michelle	16,214	0.887	-246	-14,975	17	Daniel	24,846	1.311	2	-13,673
18	Laura	16,213	0.887	-322	-15,278	18	Christopher	24,637	1.300	-24	-17,376
19	Lori	15,700	0.859	-1,556	-15,564	19	Brian	24,554	1.296	-216	-22,936
20	Jennifer	15,208	0.832	-325	-14,293	20	Charles	23,490	1.240	-32	-16,886
21	Christine	15,200	0.832	-905	-14,913	21	Kenneth	22,671	1.196	-205	-21,016
22	Sharon	15,133	0.828	-1,105	-14,917	22	Anthony	20,337	1.073	-16	-12,334
23	Brenda	15,059	0.824	-989	-14,804	23	Gregory	18,206	0.961	-385	-17,428
24	Teresa	14,579	0.798	-774	-14,238	24	Ronald	17,620	0.930	-469	-17,042
25	Barbara	14,026	0.768	-905	-13,741	25	Eric	16,833	0.888	-135	-14,444
26	Dawn	13,338	0.730	-1,934	-13,238	26	Donald	16,040	0.846	-500	-15,507
27	Debra	13,097	0.717	-3,170	-13,047	27	Gary	15,268	0.806	-647	-14,901
28	Denise	13,034	0.713	-1,041	-12,798	28	Stephen	14,648	0.773	-256	-13,412
29	Tina	12,827	0.702	-1,655	-12,704	29	Edward	14,416	0.761	-140	-12,148
30	Kelly	12,761	0.698	-588	-12,277	30	Todd	13,939	0.736	-1,171	-13,783
31	Cheryl	12,553	0.687	-2,867	-12,496	31	Patrick	12,942	0.683	-158	-10,831
32	Nancy	12,255	0.671	-807	-11,933	32	Douglas	12,789	0.675	-640	-12,418
33	Robin	11,991	0.656	-941	-11,722	33	Rodney	11,079	0.585	-786	-10,807
34	Kathleen	11,778	0.645	-860	-11,477	34	George	10,685	0.564	-93	-7,626
35	Amy	11,530	0.631	-170	-10,033	35	Keith	10,680	0.564	-469	-10,115
36	Tracy	11,174	0.611	-2,306	-11,096	36	Matthew	9,991	0.527	16	-67
37	Rhonda	10,950	0.599	-5,889	-10,929	37	Andrew	9,676	0.511	-6	-2,442
38	Melissa	10,565	0.578	-259	-9,451	38	Larry	9,403	0.496	-668	-9,064
39	Wendy	10,481	0.574	-930	-10,211	39	Peter	9,394	0.496	-172	-7,582
40	Diane	10,363	0.567	-2,433	-10,292	40	Terry	9,091	0.480	-717	-8,782
41	Rebecca	10,214	0.559	-173	-8,772	41	Jerry	9,019	0.476	-560	-8,568
42	Carol	10,098	0.553	-1,746	-9,985	42	Randy	8,864	0.468	-631	-8,494
43	Kim	10,082	0.552	-4,037	-10,047	43	Frank	8,322	0.439	-349	-7,519
44	Stephanie	9,763	0.534	-274	-8,737	44	Dennis	8,213	0.433	-512	-7,720
45	Theresa	9,683	0.530	-1,061	-9,462	45	Raymond	8,050	0.425	-254	-6,901
46	Maria	9,473	0.518	-70	-6,878	46	Craig	7,872	0.415	-1,142	-7,713
47	Jacqueline	9,414	0.515	-292	-8,475	47	Jeffery	7,736	0.408	-807	-7,480
48	Michele	8,664	0.474	-4,451	-8,633	48	Tony	6,822	0.360	-538	-6,357
49	Paula	7,912	0.433	-744	-7,570	49	Roger	6,432	0.339	-587	-6,021
50	Sheila	7,901	0.432	-1,978	-7,805	50	Bruce	6,325	0.334	-428	-5,718

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.