1966
Top Baby Names of 1966
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1966
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Lisa 56,918 2
Kimberly 32,231 3
Mary 28,889 4
Michelle 27,159 5
Karen 25,449 6
Susan 23,775 7
Patricia 20,111 8
Tammy 18,620 9
Angela 18,535 10
Jennifer 18,215 11
Cynthia 17,417 12
Donna 17,037 13
Julie 16,332 14
Pamela 16,250 15
Deborah 16,248 16
Elizabeth 15,886 17
Sandra 15,852 18
Linda 15,564 19
Laura 15,553 20
Christine 15,547 21
Lori 14,671 22
Melissa 14,253 23
Tina 13,892 24
Dawn 13,603 25
Brenda 13,295 26
Kelly 13,242 27
Barbara 13,123 28
Sharon 13,061 29
Teresa 13,024 30
Amy 12,998 31
Tracy 12,504 32
Denise 11,795 33
Nancy 11,730 34
Cheryl 11,713 35
Debra 11,262 36
Michele 10,686 37
Kathleen 10,492 38
Stephanie 10,161 39
Rhonda 9,805 40
Rebecca 9,777 41
Wendy 9,515 42
Robin 9,440 43
Kim 9,194 44
Maria 9,130 45
Diane 8,750 46
Theresa 8,700 47
Jacqueline 8,359 48
Carol 8,259 49
Jill 7,870 50
Paula 7,857 51
Sheila 7,208 52
Andrea 7,145 53
Sherry 6,983 54
Margaret 6,961 54
Catherine 6,961 56
Cindy 6,793 57
Janet 6,434 58
Gina 6,355 59
Kathy 6,319 60
Carolyn 6,120 61
Ann 5,992 62
Suzanne 5,684 63
Laurie 5,667 64
Diana 5,505 65
Beth 5,444 66
Renee 5,354 67
Christina 5,341 68
Dana 5,278 69
Tracey 5,127 70
Connie 5,102 71
Leslie 4,999 72
Terri 4,920 73
Debbie 4,845 74
Valerie 4,815 75
Monica 4,722 76
Stacey 4,586 77
Carla 4,508 78
Katherine 4,492 79
Annette 4,428 80
Janice 4,345 81
Lynn 4,306 82
Regina 4,295 83
Anne 4,151 84
Wanda 4,094 85
Sarah 4,035 86
Kathryn 4,008 87
Heidi 3,967 88
Anita 3,872 89
Shelly 3,856 90
Bonnie 3,841 91
Stacy 3,778 92
Sherri 3,747 93
Colleen 3,746 94
Darlene 3,728 95
Anna 3,679 96
Tonya 3,629 97
Judy 3,510 98
Tamara 3,481 99
Cathy 3,421 100
Joyce 3,399 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1966
1
Michael 79,984 2
David 66,417 3
James 65,163 4
John 65,015 5
Robert 59,309 6
William 38,240 7
Mark 34,802 8
Richard 34,458 9
Jeffrey 30,199 10
Thomas 29,005 11
Timothy 28,927 12
Christopher 27,867 13
Steven 27,699 14
Brian 27,255 15
Joseph 26,983 16
Scott 26,036 17
Kevin 25,594 18
Paul 23,578 19
Daniel 23,270 20
Charles 22,251 21
Kenneth 20,834 22
Anthony 20,627 23
Gregory 17,006 24
Ronald 16,954 25
Eric 16,472 26
Stephen 14,743 27
Donald 14,713 28
Gary 14,156 29
Todd 13,557 30
Edward 13,277 31
Patrick 12,407 32
Keith 11,614 33
Douglas 11,403 34
Matthew 10,805 35
Rodney 10,269 36
Andrew 10,234 37
George 9,942 38
Larry 8,707 39
Peter 8,583 40
Terry 8,454 41
Jerry 8,429 42
Jeffery 7,899 43
Frank 7,787 43
Dennis 7,787 45
Randy 7,760 46
Craig 7,733 47
Raymond 7,379 48
Troy 6,905 49
Tony 6,570 50
Sean 6,490 51
Roger 6,297 52
Bryan 5,891 53
Bruce 5,843 54
Shawn 5,725 55
Chris 5,257 56
Carl 5,227 57
Alan 4,943 58
Vincent 4,942 59
Wayne 4,888 60
Gerald 4,863 61
Russell 4,858 62
Danny 4,721 63
Darren 4,720 64
Ricky 4,681 65
Jonathan 4,663 66
Lawrence 4,643 67
Steve 4,617 68
Bradley 4,555 69
Mike 4,526 70
Randall 4,448 71
Phillip 4,403 72
Jeff 4,387 73
Johnny 4,364 74
Joe 4,333 75
Curtis 4,242 76
Jon 4,240 77
Jimmy 4,237 78
Martin 4,210 79
Jose 4,193 80
Billy 4,183 81
Samuel 4,158 82
Bobby 4,067 83
Walter 4,056 84
Dean 4,040 85
Dale 3,985 86
Philip 3,954 87
Barry 3,917 88
Darryl 3,817 89
Jason 3,768 90
Glenn 3,667 91
Jay 3,598 92
Henry 3,574 93
Willie 3,544 94
Roy 3,523 95
Darrell 3,496 96
Arthur 3,483 97
Allen 3,420 98
Tracy 3,379 99
Harold 3,322 100
Albert 3,297 About 1966 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1966, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.