Most popular girls’ 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	Lisa	4,925
2	Karen	2,715
3	Kimberly	2,537
4	Mary	2,237
5	Julie	2,024
6	Patricia	2,021
7	Susan	2,007
8	Cynthia	1,943
9	Michelle	1,931
10	Laura	1,730
11	Elizabeth	1,676
12	Linda	1,655
13	Jennifer	1,650
14	Deborah	1,613
15	Sandra	1,536
16	Maria	1,494
17	Christine	1,453
18	Denise	1,423
19	Kelly	1,374
20	Donna	1,273
21	Teresa	1,239
22	Tammy	1,219
23	Lori	1,216
24	Tina	1,202
25	Wendy	1,171

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Tracy	1,164
27	Stephanie	1,161
28	Debra	1,153
29	Pamela	1,125
30	Kathleen	1,100
31	Angela	1,064
32	Cheryl	1,051
33	Rebecca	1,007
34	Nancy	1,002
35	Robin	973
36	Brenda	964
37	Dawn	962
38	Diane	948
39	Sharon	928
40	Barbara	922
41	Kim	921
42	Diana	867
43	Christina	851
44	Cindy	842
45	Theresa	835
46	Carol	814
47	Rhonda	801
48	Michele	795
49	Gina	789
50	Monica	768
51	Jill	767
52	Catherine	706
53	Jacqueline	690
54	Suzanne	664
55	Melissa	648
56	Debbie	647
57	Laurie	630
58	Margaret	617
59	Andrea	605
60	Paula	589
61	Kathy	571
61	Renee	571
63	Annette	570
64	Janet	569
65	Leslie	567
66	Anna	563
66	Katherine	563
66	Valerie	563
69	Dana	546
70	Carolyn	545
71	Stacy	535
72	Sheila	523
73	Yvonne	522
74	Sherry	517
75	Stacey	513
76	Deanna	506
77	Sylvia	500
78	Amy	494
78	Shelly	494
80	Yolanda	487
81	Heidi	486
82	Terri	485
83	Tamara	482
84	Victoria	455
85	Martha	454
86	Ann	453
87	Shannon	440
88	Veronica	428
89	Kathryn	425
90	Heather	405
91	Regina	395
92	Sheri	391
93	Gloria	390
94	Yvette	387
95	Kristin	386
96	Kristine	382
97	Anne	381
98	Connie	377
99	Marie	376
100	Carrie	367