Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1965
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,280 |
| 2 | John | 5,053 |
| 3 | Robert | 4,403 |
| 4 | David | 4,245 |
| 5 | James | 4,076 |
| 6 | William | 2,941 |
| 7 | Joseph | 2,844 |
| 8 | Thomas | 2,451 |
| 9 | Mark | 2,427 |
| 10 | Richard | 2,409 |
| 11 | Jeffrey | 2,044 |
| 12 | Brian | 1,880 |
| 13 | Kevin | 1,700 |
| 14 | Daniel | 1,680 |
| 15 | Scott | 1,649 |
| 16 | Timothy | 1,620 |
| 17 | Paul | 1,506 |
| 18 | Christopher | 1,485 |
| 19 | Steven | 1,400 |
| 20 | Charles | 1,368 |
| 21 | Edward | 1,307 |
| 22 | Ronald | 1,281 |
| 23 | Anthony | 1,244 |
| 24 | Kenneth | 1,209 |
| 25 | Stephen | 1,168 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Eric | 1,167 |
| 27 | Donald | 1,024 |
| 28 | Gregory | 962 |
| 29 | Douglas | 872 |
| 30 | Gary | 849 |
| 31 | Todd | 817 |
| 32 | George | 815 |
| 33 | Patrick | 730 |
| 34 | Matthew | 723 |
| 35 | Andrew | 712 |
| 36 | Keith | 690 |
| 37 | Frank | 607 |
| 38 | Raymond | 543 |
| 39 | Rodney | 479 |
| 40 | Peter | 453 |
| 41 | Randy | 452 |
| 42 | Craig | 440 |
| 43 | Dennis | 437 |
| 44 | Vincent | 411 |
| 45 | Larry | 397 |
| 46 | Bruce | 381 |
| 47 | Terry | 375 |
| 48 | Shawn | 358 |
| 49 | Wayne | 355 |
| 50 | Gerald | 349 |
| 51 | Carl | 332 |
| 52 | Barry | 331 |
| 53 | Francis | 327 |
| 54 | Samuel | 324 |
| 55 | Lawrence | 302 |
| 56 | Bryan | 294 |
| 57 | Alan | 280 |
| 58 | Sean | 278 |
| 59 | Glenn | 277 |
| 60 | Russell | 275 |
| 60 | Walter | 275 |
| 62 | Jonathan | 271 |
| 63 | Dale | 264 |
| 63 | Philip | 264 |
| 65 | Bradley | 257 |
| 66 | Darryl | 252 |
| 66 | Harry | 252 |
| 68 | Martin | 250 |
| 69 | Darren | 247 |
| 70 | Troy | 245 |
| 71 | Dean | 242 |
| 72 | Louis | 241 |
| 73 | Albert | 239 |
| 74 | Chris | 236 |
| 75 | Eugene | 222 |
| 76 | Jay | 220 |
| 77 | Ralph | 215 |
| 78 | Roger | 213 |
| 79 | Jeffery | 212 |
| 80 | Frederick | 202 |
| 81 | Theodore | 201 |
| 82 | Arthur | 200 |
| 83 | Curtis | 197 |
| 83 | Jon | 197 |
| 85 | Jerry | 193 |
| 85 | Nicholas | 193 |
| 87 | Randall | 189 |
| 88 | Stanley | 184 |
| 89 | Marc | 183 |
| 90 | Henry | 180 |
| 91 | Allen | 179 |
| 92 | Leonard | 178 |
| 93 | Harold | 175 |
| 94 | Jeff | 173 |
| 95 | Kurt | 171 |
| 96 | Darrin | 160 |
| 97 | Duane | 152 |
| 97 | Steve | 152 |
| 99 | Howard | 151 |
| 100 | Bernard | 149 |