100 Most popular girl names of 1965, USA

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Updated: May 24th, 2024

The list of most popular female names in US prevalent in 1965 with their respective percentage. View girl name from popular names trending in America in 1965.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Lisa
60271
3.3
-
2
Mary
34271
1.88
-
3
Karen
32870
1.8
+1
4
Kimberly
28835
1.58
+2
5
Susan
26328
1.44
-2
6
Patricia
23553
1.29
-1
7
Donna
19699
1.08
-
8
Linda
19338
1.06
-
9
Cynthia
19247
1.05
-
10
Angela
18748
1.03
+12
11
Tammy
18008
0.99
-1
12
Pamela
17470
0.96
-1
13
Deborah
17084
0.93
-1
14
Julie
16987
0.93
+3
15
Sandra
16373
0.9
-2
16
Elizabeth
16321
0.89
-
17
Michelle
16215
0.89
+6
18
Laura
16214
0.89
-4
19
Lori
15697
0.86
-4
20
Jennifer
15207
0.83
+11
21
Christine
15200
0.83
+7
22
Sharon
15131
0.83
-2
23
Brenda
15059
0.82
-5
24
Teresa
14578
0.8
-3
25
Barbara
14026
0.77
-6
26
Dawn
13339
0.73
+7
27
Debra
13099
0.72
-3
28
Denise
13033
0.71
-3
29
Tina
12827
0.7
+5
30
Kelly
12762
0.7
+5
31
Cheryl
12553
0.69
-2
32
Nancy
12258
0.67
-6
33
Robin
11992
0.66
-6
34
Kathleen
11778
0.64
-4
35
Amy
11530
0.63
+9
36
Tracy
11173
0.61
+4
37
Rhonda
10949
0.6
+6
38
Melissa
10564
0.58
+15
39
Wendy
10481
0.57
+16
40
Diane
10363
0.57
-8
41
Rebecca
10210
0.56
+5
42
Carol
10098
0.55
-6
43
Kim
10084
0.55
-1
44
Stephanie
9764
0.53
+13
45
Theresa
9682
0.53
-7
46
Maria
9474
0.52
-5
47
Jacqueline
9412
0.52
-10
48
Michele
8665
0.47
+10
49
Paula
7913
0.43
-4
50
Sheila
7903
0.43
+1
51
Jill
7822
0.43
+10
52
Margaret
7794
0.43
-3
53
Cindy
7779
0.43
-6
54
Kathy
7762
0.42
-15
55
Janet
7654
0.42
-7
56
Sherry
7383
0.4
-6
57
Catherine
7243
0.4
-3
58
Carolyn
6966
0.38
-2
59
Ann
6782
0.37
+1
60
Laurie
6534
0.36
-1
61
Connie
6155
0.34
+3
62
Debbie
6089
0.33
-10
63
Andrea
6082
0.33
+14
64
Diana
5927
0.32
-1
65
Suzanne
5913
0.32
+2
66
Beth
5772
0.32
-1
67
Valerie
5648
0.31
-1
68
Renee
5497
0.3
+3
69
Terri
5376
0.29
-7
70
Gina
5267
0.29
+9
71
Annette
5259
0.29
-3
72
Monica
5115
0.28
+18
73
Janice
5031
0.28
-4
74
Christina
4975
0.27
+14
75
Leslie
4876
0.27
-2
76
Carla
4780
0.26
+2
77
Anne
4723
0.26
-1
77
Dana
4723
0.26
-7
79
Katherine
4707
0.26
+3
80
Lynn
4668
0.26
-8
81
Wanda
4654
0.25
-
82
Regina
4548
0.25
+1
83
Darlene
4359
0.24
-3
84
Stacey
4269
0.23
+42
85
Tracey
4258
0.23
+26
86
Judy
4242
0.23
-12
87
Kathryn
4158
0.23
-3
88
Cathy
4153
0.23
-13
89
Bonnie
4128
0.23
-
89
Joyce
4128
0.23
-2
91
Sherri
4064
0.22
-5
92
Sarah
4059
0.22
-
93
Colleen
4030
0.22
+1
94
Anita
4019
0.22
-9
95
Jane
3925
0.21
-2
96
Anna
3922
0.21
+1
97
Penny
3897
0.21
-1
98
Shelly
3850
0.21
+3
99
Martha
3799
0.21
-4
100
Melinda
3797
0.21
+13
101
Beverly
3772
0.21
-10
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See also

100 Most Popular Boy Names in USA (1965)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html