Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1965

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Lisa	5,611
2	Mary	3,077
3	Karen	3,033
4	Susan	2,779
5	Patricia	2,633
6	Christine	2,251
7	Elizabeth	2,110
8	Donna	1,996
9	Kathleen	1,824
10	Linda	1,768
11	Deborah	1,732
12	Denise	1,692
13	Maria	1,678
14	Nancy	1,663
15	Laura	1,599
16	Dawn	1,571
17	Barbara	1,489
18	Diane	1,371
19	Michelle	1,326
20	Kimberly	1,320
21	Jennifer	1,311
22	Kim	1,294
23	Jacqueline	1,261
24	Debra	1,234
25	Cynthia	1,230

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lori	1,217
27	Theresa	1,206
28	Sharon	1,187
29	Michele	1,184
30	Sandra	1,154
31	Pamela	1,140
32	Margaret	1,046
33	Cheryl	1,029
34	Amy	1,023
35	Robin	1,009
36	Catherine	979
37	Wendy	964
38	Carol	959
39	Julie	951
40	Kelly	927
41	Brenda	867
42	Ann	852
43	Stephanie	841
44	Tammy	827
45	Suzanne	818
46	Tina	805
47	Angela	804
48	Jill	773
49	Tracy	771
50	Laurie	738
51	Andrea	730
52	Maureen	715
53	Eileen	712
54	Janet	709
55	Joanne	668
56	Melissa	664
57	Anne	645
58	Diana	611
59	Valerie	610
60	Colleen	608
61	Teresa	601
62	Carolyn	593
63	Renee	568
64	Ellen	547
65	Gina	541
66	Lynn	534
67	Marie	529
68	Annette	514
69	Beth	513
70	Darlene	509
71	Jean	507
72	Sheila	503
73	Christina	500
74	Rebecca	498
75	Yvette	490
76	Paula	489
77	Stacey	479
78	Regina	472
79	Judith	464
80	Allison	458
81	Katherine	456
82	Joan	444
83	Tracey	436
83	Victoria	436
85	Evelyn	429
85	Leslie	429
87	Lorraine	428
88	Wanda	423
89	Janice	409
90	Carmen	407
91	Cindy	399
92	Bonnie	383
93	Anna	382
94	Debbie	377
95	Joann	375
96	Jane	362
97	Kathy	357
98	Rhonda	356
99	Doreen	349
99	Rose	349