Most popular boys’ names in California, 1965
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 7,837 |
| 2 | David | 6,817 |
| 3 | John | 6,367 |
| 4 | Robert | 6,244 |
| 5 | James | 5,053 |
| 6 | Richard | 3,979 |
| 7 | Mark | 3,596 |
| 8 | Steven | 3,023 |
| 9 | William | 2,802 |
| 10 | Daniel | 2,637 |
| 11 | Kevin | 2,422 |
| 12 | Paul | 2,368 |
| 13 | Christopher | 2,311 |
| 14 | Jeffrey | 2,262 |
| 15 | Scott | 2,259 |
| 16 | Eric | 2,241 |
| 17 | Brian | 2,230 |
| 18 | Thomas | 2,201 |
| 19 | Timothy | 2,077 |
| 20 | Joseph | 2,044 |
| 21 | Kenneth | 1,996 |
| 22 | Anthony | 1,927 |
| 23 | Ronald | 1,767 |
| 24 | Gregory | 1,668 |
| 25 | Charles | 1,609 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Gary | 1,440 |
| 27 | Donald | 1,389 |
| 28 | Edward | 1,277 |
| 29 | Patrick | 1,225 |
| 30 | Stephen | 1,205 |
| 31 | Todd | 1,194 |
| 32 | Matthew | 1,147 |
| 33 | Douglas | 976 |
| 34 | Mike | 958 |
| 35 | Andrew | 930 |
| 36 | Frank | 929 |
| 37 | George | 924 |
| 37 | Raymond | 924 |
| 39 | Jose | 916 |
| 40 | Sean | 879 |
| 41 | Craig | 877 |
| 42 | Peter | 875 |
| 43 | Rodney | 846 |
| 44 | Keith | 833 |
| 45 | Steve | 830 |
| 46 | Larry | 823 |
| 47 | Dennis | 801 |
| 48 | Jerry | 752 |
| 49 | Darren | 713 |
| 50 | Jeff | 683 |
| 51 | Randy | 672 |
| 52 | Martin | 655 |
| 53 | Vincent | 641 |
| 54 | Danny | 637 |
| 55 | Chris | 619 |
| 56 | Jon | 613 |
| 57 | Victor | 606 |
| 58 | Shawn | 599 |
| 58 | Tony | 599 |
| 60 | Joe | 594 |
| 61 | Bryan | 543 |
| 62 | Troy | 535 |
| 63 | Jeffery | 532 |
| 64 | Russell | 503 |
| 65 | Terry | 497 |
| 66 | Phillip | 486 |
| 67 | Lawrence | 480 |
| 68 | Bruce | 479 |
| 69 | Arthur | 466 |
| 70 | Erik | 463 |
| 71 | Roger | 459 |
| 72 | Gerald | 456 |
| 72 | Manuel | 456 |
| 74 | Juan | 452 |
| 75 | Alan | 447 |
| 75 | Dean | 447 |
| 77 | Jonathan | 440 |
| 78 | Jim | 433 |
| 79 | Tim | 428 |
| 80 | Johnny | 411 |
| 81 | Carl | 410 |
| 82 | Darryl | 408 |
| 83 | Marc | 405 |
| 84 | Carlos | 404 |
| 84 | Greg | 404 |
| 86 | Bradley | 397 |
| 87 | Darrin | 395 |
| 88 | Albert | 390 |
| 89 | Philip | 389 |
| 90 | Curtis | 388 |
| 91 | Wayne | 384 |
| 92 | Ralph | 382 |
| 93 | Jason | 380 |
| 94 | Ricky | 371 |
| 94 | Samuel | 371 |
| 96 | Aaron | 369 |
| 96 | Roy | 369 |
| 98 | Glenn | 361 |
| 98 | Jack | 361 |
| 98 | Rick | 361 |