Birth year roster

Top names in 1965

Name: Top baby names in 1965
Creator: Social Security Administration

The 100 most common names on 1965 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Lisa and Michael led the 1965 baby-name charts, the top names among Gen X births. Lisa was the #1 girls’ name for 8 years in all (1962–1969); Michael was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (between 1954 and 1998). Of the 200 names below, 161 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

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Girls

#1Lisa Endangered60,271
#2Mary Endangered34,270
#3Karen Endangered32,869
#4Kimberly Endangered28,836
#5Susan Endangered26,321
#6Patricia Endangered23,552
#7Donna Endangered19,700
#8Linda Endangered19,345
#9Cynthia Endangered19,239
#10Angela Endangered18,754
#11Tammy Endangered18,013
#12Pamela Endangered17,467
#13Deborah Endangered17,081
#14Julie Endangered16,987
#15Sandra Endangered16,371
#16Elizabeth Stable16,321
#17Laura Endangered16,218
#18Michelle Endangered16,215
#19Lori Endangered15,695
#20Jennifer Endangered15,207
#21Christine Endangered15,204
#22Sharon Endangered15,129
#23Brenda Endangered15,060
#24Teresa Endangered14,578
#25Barbara Endangered14,023
#26Dawn Endangered13,344
#27Debra Endangered13,098
#28Denise Endangered13,036
#29Tina Endangered12,831
#30Kelly Endangered12,763
#31Cheryl Endangered12,550
#32Nancy Endangered12,255
#33Robin Endangered11,995
#34Kathleen Endangered11,778
#35Amy Endangered11,530
#36Tracy Endangered11,174
#37Rhonda Endangered10,949
#38Melissa Endangered10,563
#39Wendy Endangered10,481
#40Diane Endangered10,365
#41Rebecca Endangered10,211
#42Carol Endangered10,097
#43Kim Endangered10,083
#44Stephanie Endangered9,765
#45Theresa Endangered9,685
#46Maria Stable9,480
#47Jacqueline Endangered9,413
#48Michele Endangered8,661
#49Paula Endangered7,915
#50Sheila Endangered7,904
#51Jill Endangered7,820
#52Margaret Endangered7,799
#53Cindy Endangered7,777
#54Kathy Endangered7,762
#55Janet Endangered7,654
#56Sherry Endangered7,381
#57Catherine Endangered7,243
#58Carolyn Endangered6,965
#59Ann Endangered6,784
#60Laurie Endangered6,533
#61Connie Endangered6,155
#62Debbie Endangered6,088
#63Andrea Declining6,080
#64Diana Stable5,926
#65Suzanne Endangered5,912
#66Beth Endangered5,774
#67Valerie Stable5,648
#68Renee Endangered5,496
#69Terri Endangered5,373
#70Gina Endangered5,267
#71Annette Endangered5,262
#72Monica Endangered5,113
#73Janice Endangered5,029
#74Christina Endangered4,979
#75Leslie Endangered4,875
#76Carla Endangered4,781
#77Anne Endangered4,726
#78Dana Endangered4,722
#79Katherine Declining4,706
#80Lynn Endangered4,668
#81Wanda Endangered4,654
#82Regina Stable4,548
#83Darlene Endangered4,356
#84Stacey Endangered4,269
#85Tracey Endangered4,260
#86Judy Endangered4,243
#87Kathryn Endangered4,157
#88Cathy Endangered4,151
#89Bonnie Endangered4,130
#90Joyce Endangered4,128
#91Sherri Endangered4,065
#92Sarah Endangered4,062
#93Colleen Endangered4,028
#94Anita Endangered4,017
#95Jane Stable3,927
#96Anna Declining3,920
#97Penny Endangered3,898
#98Shelly Endangered3,850
#99Martha Endangered3,801
#100Melinda Endangered3,796

Boys

#1Michael Past peak80,992
#2John Past peak71,493
#3David Past peak67,825
#4James Stable67,666
#5Robert Endangered63,106
#6William Declining40,111
#7Mark Endangered38,244
#8Richard Endangered36,817
#9Thomas Stable31,595
#10Jeffrey Endangered29,574
#11Joseph Declining28,630
#12Timothy Endangered28,334
#13Kevin Endangered28,177
#14Steven Endangered27,977
#15Scott Endangered25,437
#16Paul Endangered24,919
#17Daniel Declining24,833
#18Christopher Endangered24,640
#19Brian Endangered24,552
#20Charles Stable23,494
#21Kenneth Endangered22,677
#22Anthony Declining20,326
#23Gregory Endangered18,205
#24Ronald Endangered17,619
#25Eric Endangered16,826
#26Donald Endangered16,033
#27Gary Endangered15,259
#28Stephen Endangered14,648
#29Edward Endangered14,404
#30Todd Endangered13,934
#31Patrick Declining12,929
#32Douglas Endangered12,787
#33Rodney Endangered11,086
#34George Stable10,680
#35Keith Endangered10,670
#36Matthew Declining9,982
#37Andrew Declining9,673
#38Larry Endangered9,403
#39Peter Stable9,395
#40Terry Endangered9,088
#41Jerry Endangered9,015
#42Randy Endangered8,861
#43Frank Endangered8,319
#44Dennis Endangered8,215
#45Raymond Endangered8,051
#46Craig Endangered7,877
#47Jeffery Endangered7,734
#48Tony Endangered6,815
#49Roger Endangered6,429
#50Bruce Endangered6,325
#51Mike Endangered6,035
#52Darren Endangered5,938
#53Troy Endangered5,856
#54Carl Endangered5,797
#55Steve Endangered5,685
#56Danny Endangered5,675
#57Ricky Endangered5,659
#58Russell Stable5,645
#59Alan Stable5,612
#60Chris Endangered5,479
#61Vincent Stable5,428
#62Jeff Endangered5,406
#63Bryan Declining5,345
#64Gerald Endangered5,252
#65Wayne Endangered5,112
#66Lawrence Endangered4,961
#67Martin Stable4,932
#68Darryl Endangered4,925
#69Shawn Endangered4,924
#70Phillip Endangered4,891
#71Joe Endangered4,833
#72Bradley Declining4,787
#73Randall Endangered4,752
#74Jonathan Declining4,723
#75Curtis Endangered4,687
#76Johnny Endangered4,687
#77Billy Endangered4,649
#78Jon Endangered4,601
#79Sean Endangered4,594
#80Bobby Endangered4,588
#81Jimmy Endangered4,529
#82Walter Stable4,483
#83Dale Endangered4,397
#84Samuel Stable4,395
#85Glenn Endangered4,355
#86Barry Endangered4,324
#87Philip Endangered4,278
#88Dean Stable4,096
#89Jose Stable3,966
#90Jay Stable3,944
#91Darrell Endangered3,888
#92Allen Endangered3,834
#93Willie Endangered3,807
#94Henry Stable3,801
#95Roy Endangered3,785
#96Arthur Rising3,779
#97Tim Endangered3,718
#98Victor Declining3,682
#99Harold Endangered3,539
#100Albert Endangered3,419