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The most popular baby names of 1965

SSA recorded 3,625,307 births in 1965 across all reported names — 1,765,164 girls and 1,860,143 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1965

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1964.
#NameBirthsvs 1964
1 Lisa 60,271 —
2 Mary 34,270 —
3 Karen 32,869 +1
4 Kimberly 28,836 +2
5 Susan 26,321 -2
6 Patricia 23,552 -1
7 Donna 19,700 —
8 Linda 19,345 —
9 Cynthia 19,239 —
10 Angela 18,754 +12
11 Tammy 18,013 -1
12 Pamela 17,467 -1
13 Deborah 17,081 -1
14 Julie 16,987 +3
15 Sandra 16,371 -2
16 Elizabeth 16,321 —
17 Laura 16,218 -3
18 Michelle 16,215 +5
19 Lori 15,695 -4
20 Jennifer 15,207 +11
21 Christine 15,204 +7
22 Sharon 15,129 -2
23 Brenda 15,060 -5
24 Teresa 14,578 -3
25 Barbara 14,023 -6
26 Dawn 13,344 +7
27 Debra 13,098 -3
28 Denise 13,036 -3
29 Tina 12,831 +5
30 Kelly 12,763 +5
31 Cheryl 12,550 -2
32 Nancy 12,255 -6
33 Robin 11,995 -6
34 Kathleen 11,778 -4
35 Amy 11,530 +9
36 Tracy 11,174 +4
37 Rhonda 10,949 +6
38 Melissa 10,563 +15
39 Wendy 10,481 +16
40 Diane 10,365 -8
41 Rebecca 10,211 +5
42 Carol 10,097 -6
43 Kim 10,083 -1
44 Stephanie 9,765 +13
45 Theresa 9,685 -7
46 Maria 9,480 -5
47 Jacqueline 9,413 -10
48 Michele 8,661 +10
49 Paula 7,915 -4
50 Sheila 7,904 +1
51 Jill 7,820 +10
52 Margaret 7,799 -3
53 Cindy 7,777 -6
54 Kathy 7,762 -15
55 Janet 7,654 -7
56 Sherry 7,381 -6
57 Catherine 7,243 -3
58 Carolyn 6,965 -2
59 Ann 6,784 +1
60 Laurie 6,533 -1
61 Connie 6,155 +3
62 Debbie 6,088 -10
63 Andrea 6,080 +14
64 Diana 5,926 -1
65 Suzanne 5,912 +2
66 Beth 5,774 -1
67 Valerie 5,648 -1
68 Renee 5,496 +3
69 Terri 5,373 -7
70 Gina 5,267 +9
71 Annette 5,262 -3
72 Monica 5,113 +18
73 Janice 5,029 -4
74 Christina 4,979 +14
75 Leslie 4,875 -2
76 Carla 4,781 +2
77 Anne 4,726 -1
78 Dana 4,722 -8
79 Katherine 4,706 +3
80 Lynn 4,668 -8
81 Wanda 4,654 —
82 Regina 4,548 +1
83 Darlene 4,356 -3
84 Stacey 4,269 +42
85 Tracey 4,260 +26
86 Judy 4,243 -12
87 Kathryn 4,157 -3
88 Cathy 4,151 -13
89 Bonnie 4,130 —
90 Joyce 4,128 -3
91 Sherri 4,065 -5
92 Sarah 4,062 —
93 Colleen 4,028 +1
94 Anita 4,017 -9
95 Jane 3,927 -2
96 Anna 3,920 +1
97 Penny 3,898 -1
98 Shelly 3,850 +3
99 Martha 3,801 -4
100 Melinda 3,796 +13

Top 100 boys' names in 1965

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1964.
#NameBirthsvs 1964
1 Michael 80,992 —
2 John 71,493 —
3 David 67,825 —
4 James 67,666 —
5 Robert 63,106 —
6 William 40,111 +1
7 Mark 38,244 -1
8 Richard 36,817 —
9 Thomas 31,595 —
10 Jeffrey 29,574 —
11 Joseph 28,630 —
12 Timothy 28,334 +3
13 Kevin 28,177 —
14 Steven 27,977 -2
15 Scott 25,437 -1
16 Paul 24,919 —
17 Daniel 24,833 +2
18 Christopher 24,640 +5
19 Brian 24,552 +1
20 Charles 23,494 -3
21 Kenneth 22,677 -3
22 Anthony 20,326 -1
23 Gregory 18,205 -1
24 Ronald 17,619 —
25 Eric 16,826 +7
26 Donald 16,033 -1
27 Gary 15,259 -1
28 Stephen 14,648 +1
29 Edward 14,404 -2
30 Todd 13,934 -2
31 Patrick 12,929 -1
32 Douglas 12,787 -1
33 Rodney 11,086 +26
34 George 10,680 -1
35 Keith 10,670 -1
36 Matthew 9,982 +7
37 Andrew 9,673 —
38 Larry 9,403 -2
39 Peter 9,395 —
40 Terry 9,088 -5
41 Jerry 9,015 -1
42 Randy 8,861 -4
43 Frank 8,319 -2
44 Dennis 8,215 -2
45 Raymond 8,051 -1
46 Craig 7,877 +2
47 Jeffery 7,734 -2
48 Tony 6,815 +2
49 Roger 6,429 —
50 Bruce 6,325 -4
51 Mike 6,035 -4
52 Darren 5,938 +75
53 Troy 5,856 +4
54 Carl 5,797 +1
55 Steve 5,685 -4
56 Danny 5,675 —
57 Ricky 5,659 -3
58 Russell 5,645 —
59 Alan 5,612 -6
60 Chris 5,479 +5
61 Vincent 5,428 +3
62 Jeff 5,406 -10
63 Bryan 5,345 +7
64 Gerald 5,252 -4
65 Wayne 5,112 -4
66 Lawrence 4,961 +2
67 Martin 4,932 -4
68 Darryl 4,925 +19
69 Shawn 4,924 +19
70 Phillip 4,891 -3
71 Joe 4,833 -9
72 Bradley 4,787 +5
73 Randall 4,752 -7
74 Jonathan 4,723 +9
75 Curtis 4,687 —
75 Johnny 4,687 -1
77 Billy 4,649 -6
78 Jon 4,601 +1
79 Sean 4,594 +39
80 Bobby 4,588 -7
81 Jimmy 4,529 -3
82 Walter 4,483 -2
83 Dale 4,397 -11
84 Samuel 4,395 +2
85 Glenn 4,355 -4
86 Barry 4,324 -17
87 Philip 4,278 -11
88 Dean 4,096 -3
89 Jose 3,966 +5
90 Jay 3,944 -6
91 Darrell 3,888 +5
92 Allen 3,834 +1
93 Willie 3,807 -3
94 Henry 3,801 -2
95 Roy 3,785 -6
96 Arthur 3,779 -5
97 Tim 3,718 -15
98 Victor 3,682 -1
99 Harold 3,539 -1
100 Albert 3,419 —

Names that climbed fastest in 1965

Ranked by places gained against 1964, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1965Rank 1964Change
Mia girls 267 571 +304
Samantha girls 179 474 +295
Kecia girls 392 617 +225
Daren boys 271 450 +179
Darrin boys 102 272 +170
Ursula girls 504 666 +162
Lesley girls 330 482 +152
Vonda girls 261 397 +136
Brigitte girls 561 692 +131
Ryan boys 221 345 +124
Tania girls 588 710 +122
Darin boys 123 236 +113
Erick boys 356 465 +109
Caryn girls 421 529 +108
Melisa girls 494 600 +106

Names that fell fastest in 1965

NameRank 1965Rank 1964Change
Deneen girls 465 216 -249
Zina girls 497 338 -159
Johnna girls 653 517 -136
Dixie girls 680 552 -128
Liz girls 637 527 -110
Pamala girls 691 590 -101
Sharlene girls 659 560 -99
Lyndon boys 442 345 -97
Polly girls 452 361 -91
Dane boys 522 431 -91
Tod boys 423 337 -86
Gena girls 530 455 -75
Sandi girls 592 518 -74
Maryellen girls 586 513 -73
Kathie girls 685 612 -73

Names that first appear in 1965

1965 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1965

For these names, 1965 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.