Top Names of 1965
The most popular names recorded in 1965 were Lisa for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | 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 |