The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1965

4,425 different boys’ names were recorded in 1965, covering 1,860,143 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Michael	80,992
2	John	71,493
3	David	67,825
4	James	67,666
5	Robert	63,106
6	William	40,111
7	Mark	38,244
8	Richard	36,817
9	Thomas	31,595
10	Jeffrey	29,574
11	Joseph	28,630
12	Timothy	28,334
13	Kevin	28,177
14	Steven	27,977
15	Scott	25,437
16	Paul	24,919
17	Daniel	24,833
18	Christopher	24,640
19	Brian	24,552
20	Charles	23,494
21	Kenneth	22,677
22	Anthony	20,326
23	Gregory	18,205
24	Ronald	17,619
25	Eric	16,826
26	Donald	16,033
27	Gary	15,259
28	Stephen	14,648
29	Edward	14,404
30	Todd	13,934
31	Patrick	12,929
32	Douglas	12,787
33	Rodney	11,086
34	George	10,680
35	Keith	10,670
36	Matthew	9,982
37	Andrew	9,673
38	Larry	9,403
39	Peter	9,395
40	Terry	9,088
41	Jerry	9,015
42	Randy	8,861
43	Frank	8,319
44	Dennis	8,215
45	Raymond	8,051
46	Craig	7,877
47	Jeffery	7,734
48	Tony	6,815
49	Roger	6,429
50	Bruce	6,325
51	Mike	6,035
52	Darren	5,938
53	Troy	5,856
54	Carl	5,797
55	Steve	5,685
56	Danny	5,675
57	Ricky	5,659
58	Russell	5,645
59	Alan	5,612
60	Chris	5,479
61	Vincent	5,428
62	Jeff	5,406
63	Bryan	5,345
64	Gerald	5,252
65	Wayne	5,112
66	Lawrence	4,961
67	Martin	4,932
68	Darryl	4,925
69	Shawn	4,924
70	Phillip	4,891
71	Joe	4,833
72	Bradley	4,787
73	Randall	4,752
74	Jonathan	4,723
75	Curtis	4,687
75	Johnny	4,687
77	Billy	4,649
78	Jon	4,601
79	Sean	4,594
80	Bobby	4,588
81	Jimmy	4,529
82	Walter	4,483
83	Dale	4,397
84	Samuel	4,395
85	Glenn	4,355
86	Barry	4,324
87	Philip	4,278
88	Dean	4,096
89	Jose	3,966
90	Jay	3,944
91	Darrell	3,888
92	Allen	3,834
93	Willie	3,807
94	Henry	3,801
95	Roy	3,785
96	Arthur	3,779
97	Tim	3,718
98	Victor	3,682
99	Harold	3,539
100	Albert	3,419
101	Louis	3,270
102	Darrin	3,255
103	Ralph	3,225
104	Jack	3,199
105	Greg	3,181
106	Frederick	3,154
107	Ronnie	3,146
108	Marc	3,051
109	Marvin	2,969
110	Tracy	2,932
111	Jason	2,887
112	Kurt	2,875
113	Eddie	2,867
114	Joel	2,860
115	Stanley	2,819
116	Lee	2,772
116	Jim	2,772
118	Micheal	2,763
119	Tommy	2,719
120	Eugene	2,714
121	Leonard	2,712
122	Howard	2,678
123	Darin	2,614
124	Ernest	2,578
125	Adam	2,561
126	Dwayne	2,521
127	Tom	2,497
128	Reginald	2,470
129	Derrick	2,422
130	Aaron	2,411
131	Brent	2,408
132	Brett	2,342
133	Benjamin	2,337
134	Norman	2,302
135	Duane	2,274
136	Kelly	2,258
137	Rick	2,254
138	Melvin	2,230
139	Jesse	2,212
140	Juan	2,199
141	Fred	2,146
142	Jerome	2,143
143	Theodore	2,140
144	Carlos	2,131
145	Erik	2,117
146	Harry	2,111
147	Ray	2,092
148	Brad	2,091
149	Nicholas	2,068
149	Glen	2,068
151	Bill	2,060
152	Kirk	2,057
153	Calvin	2,045
154	Karl	2,019
155	Dan	1,992
156	Earl	1,949
157	Edwin	1,907
157	Don	1,907
159	Mitchell	1,878
160	Wesley	1,860
161	Kent	1,846
162	Warren	1,826
163	Clifford	1,821
164	Francis	1,815
165	Andre	1,805
166	Clarence	1,802
167	Derek	1,801
168	Antonio	1,778
169	Lance	1,754
170	Bernard	1,675
171	Alfred	1,656
172	Tyrone	1,569
173	Leroy	1,538
174	Luis	1,525
175	Lonnie	1,505
176	Manuel	1,502
177	Kerry	1,471
178	Gordon	1,444
179	Daryl	1,429
180	Leslie	1,419
181	Nathan	1,417
181	Maurice	1,417
183	Herbert	1,380
184	Marcus	1,373
185	Franklin	1,368
186	Perry	1,364
187	Guy	1,359
188	Vernon	1,358
189	Gilbert	1,347
190	Alvin	1,328
191	Alexander	1,321
191	Neil	1,321
193	Gene	1,307
194	Wade	1,300
195	Lloyd	1,295
195	Stuart	1,295
197	Mario	1,289
198	Ricardo	1,279
199	Leon	1,263
200	Alex	1,246

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1965 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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