Top Baby Names of 1965
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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Lisa 60,269 2
Mary 34,271 3
Karen 32,870 4
Kimberly 28,837 5
Susan 26,322 6
Patricia 23,553 7
Donna 19,700 8
Linda 19,343 9
Cynthia 19,242 10
Angela 18,752 11
Tammy 18,012 12
Pamela 17,468 13
Deborah 17,084 14
Julie 16,988 15
Sandra 16,370 16
Elizabeth 16,323 17
Laura 16,218 18
Michelle 16,215 19
Lori 15,700 20
Jennifer 15,206 21
Christine 15,201 22
Sharon 15,130 23
Brenda 15,057 24
Teresa 14,577 25
Barbara 14,023 26
Dawn 13,341 27
Debra 13,098 28
Denise 13,034 29
Tina 12,831 30
Kelly 12,763 31
Cheryl 12,552 32
Nancy 12,257 33
Robin 11,995 34
Kathleen 11,778 35
Amy 11,530 36
Tracy 11,173 37
Rhonda 10,947 38
Melissa 10,564 39
Wendy 10,481 40
Diane 10,364 41
Rebecca 10,210 42
Carol 10,096 43
Kim 10,084 44
Stephanie 9,763 45
Theresa 9,684 46
Maria 9,479 47
Jacqueline 9,411 48
Michele 8,665 49
Paula 7,914 50
Sheila 7,902 👦
Boy Names
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Michael 81,002 2
John 71,499 3
David 67,828 4
James 67,674 5
Robert 63,112 6
William 40,111 7
Mark 38,245 8
Richard 36,826 9
Thomas 31,606 10
Jeffrey 29,577 11
Joseph 28,633 12
Timothy 28,332 13
Kevin 28,183 14
Steven 27,977 15
Scott 25,436 16
Paul 24,921 17
Daniel 24,834 18
Christopher 24,639 19
Brian 24,550 20
Charles 23,500 21
Kenneth 22,677 22
Anthony 20,329 23
Gregory 18,205 24
Ronald 17,617 25
Eric 16,830 26
Donald 16,033 27
Gary 15,259 28
Stephen 14,649 29
Edward 14,411 30
Todd 13,934 31
Patrick 12,931 32
Douglas 12,788 33
Rodney 11,086 34
George 10,678 35
Keith 10,671 36
Matthew 9,984 37
Andrew 9,674 38
Larry 9,405 39
Peter 9,396 40
Terry 9,090 41
Jerry 9,014 42
Randy 8,862 43
Frank 8,317 44
Dennis 8,215 45
Raymond 8,050 46
Craig 7,876 47
Jeffery 7,737 48
Tony 6,818 49
Roger 6,432 50
Bruce 6,325 About 1965 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1965, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.