Name.Baby Names by year 1960s 1965 Most Popular Baby Names of 1965 Social Security has card records for 3,722,212 people born in the U.S. in 1965. Lisa was the top girl name (60,271 babies) and Michael the top boy name (80,992).
Top 100 names of 1965 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1965, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Lisa 60,271 #987 2 Mary 34,270 #125 3 Karen 32,869 #1,279 4 Kimberly 28,836 #302 5 Susan 26,321 #1,085 6 Patricia 23,552 #1,334 7 Donna 19,700 #1,962 8 Linda 19,345 #902 9 Cynthia 19,239 #1,013 10 Angela 18,754 #408 11 Tammy 18,013 #3,645 12 Pamela 17,467 #2,239 13 Deborah 17,081 #862 14 Julie 16,987 #872 15 Sandra 16,371 #1,207 16 Elizabeth 16,321 #17 17 Laura 16,218 #379 18 Michelle 16,215 #465 19 Lori 15,695 #1,721 20 Jennifer 15,207 #586 21 Christine 15,204 #1,272 22 Sharon 15,129 #1,250 23 Brenda 15,060 #1,525 24 Teresa 14,578 #908 25 Barbara 14,023 #968 26 Dawn 13,344 #2,173 27 Debra 13,098 #4,460 28 Denise 13,036 #1,673 29 Tina 12,831 #2,778 30 Kelly 12,763 #851 31 Cheryl 12,550 #4,352 32 Nancy 12,255 #965 33 Robin 11,995 #704 34 Kathleen 11,778 #1,150 35 Amy 11,530 #257 36 Tracy 11,174 #2,153 37 Rhonda 10,949 #6,116 38 Melissa 10,563 #419 39 Wendy 10,481 #1,341 40 Diane 10,365 #2,607 41 Rebecca 10,211 #349 42 Carol 10,097 #2,239 43 Kim 10,083 #4,172 44 Stephanie 9,765 #557 45 Theresa 9,685 #1,548 46 Maria 9,480 #87 47 Jacqueline 9,413 #558 48 Michele 8,661 #4,758 49 Paula 7,915 #853 50 Sheila 7,904 #2,645
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1965, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Jill 7,820 #5,722 52 Margaret 7,799 #112 53 Cindy 7,777 #1,927 54 Kathy 7,762 #3,249 55 Janet 7,654 #2,778 56 Sherry 7,381 #5,410 57 Catherine 7,243 #313 58 Carolyn 6,965 #1,222 59 Ann 6,784 #1,076 60 Laurie 6,533 #2,822 61 Connie 6,155 #3,067 62 Debbie 6,088 #5,238 63 Andrea 6,080 #235 64 Diana 5,926 #244 65 Suzanne 5,912 #2,387 66 Beth 5,774 #3,389 67 Valerie 5,648 #127 68 Renee 5,496 #1,098 69 Terri 5,373 #6,116 70 Gina 5,267 #2,076 71 Annette 5,262 #1,443 72 Monica 5,113 #736 73 Janice 5,029 #2,514 74 Christina 4,979 #770 75 Leslie 4,875 #712 76 Carla 4,781 #1,082 77 Anne 4,726 #619 78 Dana 4,722 #1,027 79 Katherine 4,706 #186 80 Lynn 4,668 #2,542 81 Wanda 4,654 #5,917 82 Regina 4,548 #395 83 Darlene 4,356 #1,844 84 Stacey 4,269 #3,067 85 Tracey 4,260 #7,885 86 Judy 4,243 #1,872 87 Kathryn 4,157 #729 88 Cathy 4,151 #8,362 89 Bonnie 4,130 #396 90 Joyce 4,128 #1,071 91 Sherri 4,065 #8,362 92 Sarah 4,062 #90 93 Colleen 4,028 #2,822 94 Anita 4,017 #1,341 95 Jane 3,927 #221 96 Anna 3,920 #107 97 Penny 3,898 #740 98 Shelly 3,850 #5,722 99 Martha 3,801 #712 100 Melinda 3,796 #1,981
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1965, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 80,992 #21 2 John 71,493 #23 3 David 67,825 #35 4 James 67,666 #6 5 Robert 63,106 #92 6 William 40,111 #9 7 Mark 38,244 #244 8 Richard 36,817 #234 9 Thomas 31,595 #34 10 Jeffrey 29,574 #552 11 Joseph 28,630 #29 12 Timothy 28,334 #203 13 Kevin 28,177 #221 14 Steven 27,977 #271 15 Scott 25,437 #534 16 Paul 24,919 #262 17 Daniel 24,833 #22 18 Christopher 24,640 #68 19 Brian 24,552 #339 20 Charles 23,494 #48 21 Kenneth 22,677 #294 22 Anthony 20,326 #46 23 Gregory 18,205 #593 24 Ronald 17,619 #637 25 Eric 16,826 #273 26 Donald 16,033 #690 27 Gary 15,259 #1,073 28 Stephen 14,648 #383 29 Edward 14,404 #224 30 Todd 13,934 #1,609 31 Patrick 12,929 #235 32 Douglas 12,787 #807 33 Rodney 11,086 #1,091 34 George 10,680 #126 35 Keith 10,670 #800 36 Matthew 9,982 #32 37 Andrew 9,673 #73 38 Larry 9,403 #1,084 39 Peter 9,395 #187 40 Terry 9,088 #1,115 41 Jerry 9,015 #906 42 Randy 8,861 #1,084 43 Frank 8,319 #513 44 Dennis 8,215 #707 45 Raymond 8,051 #394 46 Craig 7,877 #1,644 47 Jeffery 7,734 #1,554 48 Tony 6,815 #783 49 Roger 6,429 #832 50 Bruce 6,325 #536
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1965, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Mike 6,035 #1,231 52 Darren 5,938 #1,132 53 Troy 5,856 #532 54 Carl 5,797 #1,132 55 Steve 5,685 #1,609 56 Danny 5,675 #628 57 Ricky 5,659 #948 58 Russell 5,645 #345 59 Alan 5,612 #191 60 Chris 5,479 #646 61 Vincent 5,428 #107 62 Jeff 5,406 #3,314 63 Bryan 5,345 #336 64 Gerald 5,252 #1,204 65 Wayne 5,112 #652 66 Lawrence 4,961 #518 67 Martin 4,932 #335 68 Darryl 4,925 #2,108 69 Shawn 4,924 #681 70 Phillip 4,891 #651 71 Joe 4,833 #991 72 Bradley 4,787 #403 73 Randall 4,752 #1,499 74 Jonathan 4,723 #89 75 Curtis 4,687 #984 75 Johnny 4,687 #457 77 Billy 4,649 #1,068 78 Jon 4,601 #951 79 Sean 4,594 #489 80 Bobby 4,588 #1,097 81 Jimmy 4,529 #846 82 Walter 4,483 #251 83 Dale 4,397 #1,409 84 Samuel 4,395 #18 85 Glenn 4,355 #1,443 86 Barry 4,324 #1,520 87 Philip 4,278 #527 88 Dean 4,096 #125 89 Jose 3,966 #95 90 Jay 3,944 #392 91 Darrell 3,888 #1,688 92 Allen 3,834 #578 93 Willie 3,807 #1,315 94 Henry 3,801 #5 95 Roy 3,785 #525 96 Arthur 3,779 #87 97 Tim 3,718 #3,181 98 Victor 3,682 #209 99 Harold 3,539 #991 100 Albert 3,419 #614
Entered the top 100 in 1965
