Most popular baby names of 1965
Michael and Lisa topped the list in 1965. The 10 most popular names went to 28% of boys and 16% of girls, from 4,424 boy names and 7,534 girl names in all.
Top boy names of 1965
- Michael 80,992
- John 71,493
- David 67,825
- James 67,666
- Robert 63,106
- William 40,111
- Mark 38,244
- Richard 36,817
- Thomas 31,595
- Jeffrey 29,574
- Joseph 28,630
- Timothy 28,334
- Kevin 28,177
- Steven 27,977
- Scott 25,437
- Paul 24,919
- Daniel 24,833
- Christopher 24,640
- Brian 24,552
- Charles 23,494
- Kenneth 22,677
- Anthony 20,326
- Gregory 18,205
- Ronald 17,619
- Eric 16,826
- Donald 16,033
- Gary 15,259
- Stephen 14,648
- Edward 14,404
- Todd 13,934
- Patrick 12,929
- Douglas 12,787
- Rodney 11,086
- George 10,680
- Keith 10,670
- Matthew 9,982
- Andrew 9,673
- Larry 9,403
- Peter 9,395
- Terry 9,088
- Jerry 9,015
- Randy 8,861
- Frank 8,319
- Dennis 8,215
- Raymond 8,051
- Craig 7,877
- Jeffery 7,734
- Tony 6,815
- Roger 6,429
- Bruce 6,325
- Mike 6,035
- Darren 5,938
- Troy 5,856
- Carl 5,797
- Steve 5,685
- Danny 5,675
- Ricky 5,659
- Russell 5,645
- Alan 5,612
- Chris 5,479
- Vincent 5,428
- Jeff 5,406
- Bryan 5,345
- Gerald 5,252
- Wayne 5,112
- Lawrence 4,961
- Martin 4,932
- Darryl 4,925
- Shawn 4,924
- Phillip 4,891
- Joe 4,833
- Bradley 4,787
- Randall 4,752
- Jonathan 4,723
- Curtis 4,687
- Johnny 4,687
- Billy 4,649
- Jon 4,601
- Sean 4,594
- Bobby 4,588
- Jimmy 4,529
- Walter 4,483
- Dale 4,397
- Samuel 4,395
- Glenn 4,355
- Barry 4,324
- Philip 4,278
- Dean 4,096
- Jose 3,966
- Jay 3,944
- Darrell 3,888
- Allen 3,834
- Willie 3,807
- Henry 3,801
- Roy 3,785
- Arthur 3,779
- Tim 3,718
- Victor 3,682
- Harold 3,539
- Albert 3,419
Top girl names of 1965
- Lisa 60,271
- Mary 34,270
- Karen 32,869
- Kimberly 28,836
- Susan 26,321
- Patricia 23,552
- Donna 19,700
- Linda 19,345
- Cynthia 19,239
- Angela 18,754
- Tammy 18,013
- Pamela 17,467
- Deborah 17,081
- Julie 16,987
- Sandra 16,371
- Elizabeth 16,321
- Laura 16,218
- Michelle 16,215
- Lori 15,695
- Jennifer 15,207
- Christine 15,204
- Sharon 15,129
- Brenda 15,060
- Teresa 14,578
- Barbara 14,023
- Dawn 13,344
- Debra 13,098
- Denise 13,036
- Tina 12,831
- Kelly 12,763
- Cheryl 12,550
- Nancy 12,255
- Robin 11,995
- Kathleen 11,778
- Amy 11,530
- Tracy 11,174
- Rhonda 10,949
- Melissa 10,563
- Wendy 10,481
- Diane 10,365
- Rebecca 10,211
- Carol 10,097
- Kim 10,083
- Stephanie 9,765
- Theresa 9,685
- Maria 9,480
- Jacqueline 9,413
- Michele 8,661
- Paula 7,915
- Sheila 7,904
- Jill 7,820
- Margaret 7,799
- Cindy 7,777
- Kathy 7,762
- Janet 7,654
- Sherry 7,381
- Catherine 7,243
- Carolyn 6,965
- Ann 6,784
- Laurie 6,533
- Connie 6,155
- Debbie 6,088
- Andrea 6,080
- Diana 5,926
- Suzanne 5,912
- Beth 5,774
- Valerie 5,648
- Renee 5,496
- Terri 5,373
- Gina 5,267
- Annette 5,262
- Monica 5,113
- Janice 5,029
- Christina 4,979
- Leslie 4,875
- Carla 4,781
- Anne 4,726
- Dana 4,722
- Katherine 4,706
- Lynn 4,668
- Wanda 4,654
- Regina 4,548
- Darlene 4,356
- Stacey 4,269
- Tracey 4,260
- Judy 4,243
- Kathryn 4,157
- Cathy 4,151
- Bonnie 4,130
- Joyce 4,128
- Sherri 4,065
- Sarah 4,062
- Colleen 4,028
- Anita 4,017
- Jane 3,927
- Anna 3,920
- Penny 3,898
- Shelly 3,850
- Martha 3,801
- Melinda 3,796
Questions
- What was the most popular baby name in 1965?
- Michael was the #1 boy name in 1965 (80,992 babies) and Lisa was the #1 girl name (60,271 babies).
- How many babies were counted in 1965?
- Social Security records list 3,625,307 babies born in 1965 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,860,143 boys and 1,765,164 girls.