Top 100 baby boy names in the United States in 1965
See the most popular baby boy names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1964.
Top 100
| Rank | Name | Recorded count | Change from 1964 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 80,992 | 0 |
| 2 | John | 71,493 | 0 |
| 3 | David | 67,825 | 0 |
| 4 | James | 67,666 | 0 |
| 5 | Robert | 63,106 | 0 |
| 6 | William | 40,111 | +1 |
| 7 | Mark | 38,244 | -1 |
| 8 | Richard | 36,817 | 0 |
| 9 | Thomas | 31,595 | 0 |
| 10 | Jeffrey | 29,574 | 0 |
| 11 | Joseph | 28,630 | 0 |
| 12 | Timothy | 28,334 | +3 |
| 13 | Kevin | 28,177 | 0 |
| 14 | Steven | 27,977 | -2 |
| 15 | Scott | 25,437 | -1 |
| 16 | Paul | 24,919 | 0 |
| 17 | Daniel | 24,833 | +2 |
| 18 | Christopher | 24,640 | +5 |
| 19 | Brian | 24,552 | +1 |
| 20 | Charles | 23,494 | -3 |
| 21 | Kenneth | 22,677 | -3 |
| 22 | Anthony | 20,326 | -1 |
| 23 | Gregory | 18,205 | -1 |
| 24 | Ronald | 17,619 | 0 |
| 25 | Eric | 16,826 | +7 |
| 26 | Donald | 16,033 | -1 |
| 27 | Gary | 15,259 | -1 |
| 28 | Stephen | 14,648 | +1 |
| 29 | Edward | 14,404 | -2 |
| 30 | Todd | 13,934 | -2 |
| 31 | Patrick | 12,929 | -1 |
| 32 | Douglas | 12,787 | -1 |
| 33 | Rodney | 11,086 | +26 |
| 34 | George | 10,680 | -1 |
| 35 | Keith | 10,670 | -1 |
| 36 | Matthew | 9,982 | +7 |
| 37 | Andrew | 9,673 | 0 |
| 38 | Larry | 9,403 | -2 |
| 39 | Peter | 9,395 | 0 |
| 40 | Terry | 9,088 | -5 |
| 41 | Jerry | 9,015 | -1 |
| 42 | Randy | 8,861 | -4 |
| 43 | Frank | 8,319 | -2 |
| 44 | Dennis | 8,215 | -2 |
| 45 | Raymond | 8,051 | -1 |
| 46 | Craig | 7,877 | +2 |
| 47 | Jeffery | 7,734 | -2 |
| 48 | Tony | 6,815 | +2 |
| 49 | Roger | 6,429 | 0 |
| 50 | Bruce | 6,325 | -4 |
| 51 | Mike | 6,035 | -4 |
| 52 | Darren | 5,938 | +75 |
| 53 | Troy | 5,856 | +4 |
| 54 | Carl | 5,797 | +1 |
| 55 | Steve | 5,685 | -4 |
| 56 | Danny | 5,675 | 0 |
| 57 | Ricky | 5,659 | -3 |
| 58 | Russell | 5,645 | 0 |
| 59 | Alan | 5,612 | -6 |
| 60 | Chris | 5,479 | +5 |
| 61 | Vincent | 5,428 | +3 |
| 62 | Jeff | 5,406 | -10 |
| 63 | Bryan | 5,345 | +7 |
| 64 | Gerald | 5,252 | -4 |
| 65 | Wayne | 5,112 | -4 |
| 66 | Lawrence | 4,961 | +2 |
| 67 | Martin | 4,932 | -4 |
| 68 | Darryl | 4,925 | +19 |
| 69 | Shawn | 4,924 | +19 |
| 70 | Phillip | 4,891 | -3 |
| 71 | Joe | 4,833 | -9 |
| 72 | Bradley | 4,787 | +5 |
| 73 | Randall | 4,752 | -7 |
| 74 | Jonathan | 4,723 | +9 |
| 75 | Curtis | 4,687 | 0 |
| 75 | Johnny | 4,687 | -1 |
| 77 | Billy | 4,649 | -6 |
| 78 | Jon | 4,601 | +1 |
| 79 | Sean | 4,594 | +39 |
| 80 | Bobby | 4,588 | -7 |
| 81 | Jimmy | 4,529 | -3 |
| 82 | Walter | 4,483 | -2 |
| 83 | Dale | 4,397 | -11 |
| 84 | Samuel | 4,395 | +2 |
| 85 | Glenn | 4,355 | -4 |
| 86 | Barry | 4,324 | -17 |
| 87 | Philip | 4,278 | -11 |
| 88 | Dean | 4,096 | -3 |
| 89 | Jose | 3,966 | +5 |
| 90 | Jay | 3,944 | -6 |
| 91 | Darrell | 3,888 | +5 |
| 92 | Allen | 3,834 | +1 |
| 93 | Willie | 3,807 | -3 |
| 94 | Henry | 3,801 | -2 |
| 95 | Roy | 3,785 | -6 |
| 96 | Arthur | 3,779 | -5 |
| 97 | Tim | 3,718 | -15 |
| 98 | Victor | 3,682 | -1 |
| 99 | Harold | 3,539 | -1 |
| 100 | Albert | 3,419 | 0 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.