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Most popular baby names of 1966

In 1966, the most popular names in the US were Lisa for girls and Michael for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Lisa56,918
  2. 2Kimberly32,232
  3. 3Mary28,890
  4. 4Michelle27,159
  5. 5Karen25,450
  6. 6Susan23,776
  7. 7Patricia20,112
  8. 8Tammy18,621
  9. 9Angela18,532
  10. 10Jennifer18,215
  11. 11Cynthia17,418
  12. 12Donna17,037
  13. 13Julie16,331
  14. 14Deborah16,250
  15. 15Pamela16,249
  16. 16Elizabeth15,887
  17. 17Sandra15,851
  18. 18Linda15,566
  19. 19Laura15,553
  20. 20Christine15,546
  21. 21Lori14,671
  22. 22Melissa14,254
  23. 23Tina13,892
  24. 24Dawn13,603
  25. 25Brenda13,294
  26. 26Kelly13,242
  27. 27Barbara13,123
  28. 28Sharon13,063
  29. 29Teresa13,024
  30. 30Amy12,998
  31. 31Tracy12,504
  32. 32Denise11,797
  33. 33Nancy11,729
  34. 34Cheryl11,713
  35. 35Debra11,261
  36. 36Michele10,689
  37. 37Kathleen10,491
  38. 38Stephanie10,160
  39. 39Rhonda9,805
  40. 40Rebecca9,777
  41. 41Wendy9,516
  42. 42Robin9,440
  43. 43Kim9,194
  44. 44Maria9,132
  45. 45Diane8,750
  46. 46Theresa8,699
  47. 47Jacqueline8,360
  48. 48Carol8,259
  49. 49Jill7,871
  50. 50Paula7,856
  51. 51Sheila7,208
  52. 52Andrea7,144
  53. 53Sherry6,983
  54. 54Catherine6,962
  55. 55Margaret6,960
  56. 56Cindy6,794
  57. 57Janet6,434
  58. 58Gina6,356
  59. 59Kathy6,319
  60. 60Carolyn6,121
  61. 61Ann5,993
  62. 62Suzanne5,684
  63. 63Laurie5,667
  64. 64Diana5,504
  65. 65Beth5,444
  66. 66Renee5,354
  67. 67Christina5,341
  68. 68Dana5,278
  69. 69Tracey5,127
  70. 70Connie5,102
  71. 71Leslie4,999
  72. 72Terri4,921
  73. 73Debbie4,846
  74. 74Valerie4,816
  75. 75Monica4,722
  76. 76Stacey4,586
  77. 77Carla4,508
  78. 78Katherine4,492
  79. 79Annette4,428
  80. 80Janice4,345
  81. 81Lynn4,306
  82. 82Regina4,295
  83. 83Anne4,151
  84. 84Wanda4,093
  85. 85Sarah4,034
  86. 86Kathryn4,008
  87. 87Heidi3,966
  88. 88Anita3,872
  89. 89Shelly3,856
  90. 90Bonnie3,842
  91. 91Stacy3,779
  92. 92Sherri3,747
  93. 93Colleen3,746
  94. 94Darlene3,728
  95. 95Anna3,682
  96. 96Tonya3,630
  97. 97Judy3,510
  98. 98Tamara3,482
  99. 99Cathy3,421
  100. 100Joyce3,399

Boys

  1. 1Michael79,985
  2. 2David66,408
  3. 3James65,163
  4. 4John65,016
  5. 5Robert59,317
  6. 6William38,237
  7. 7Mark34,801
  8. 8Richard34,457
  9. 9Jeffrey30,200
  10. 10Thomas29,003
  11. 11Timothy28,923
  12. 12Christopher27,866
  13. 13Steven27,698
  14. 14Brian27,253
  15. 15Joseph26,981
  16. 16Scott26,036
  17. 17Kevin25,592
  18. 18Paul23,578
  19. 19Daniel23,269
  20. 20Charles22,252
  21. 21Kenneth20,834
  22. 22Anthony20,624
  23. 23Gregory17,009
  24. 24Ronald16,952
  25. 25Eric16,475
  26. 26Stephen14,742
  27. 27Donald14,713
  28. 28Gary14,155
  29. 29Todd13,557
  30. 30Edward13,279
  31. 31Patrick12,405
  32. 32Keith11,614
  33. 33Douglas11,401
  34. 34Matthew10,803
  35. 35Rodney10,268
  36. 36Andrew10,235
  37. 37George9,941
  38. 38Larry8,709
  39. 39Peter8,584
  40. 40Terry8,455
  41. 41Jerry8,429
  42. 42Jeffery7,904
  43. 43Frank7,787
  44. 44Dennis7,786
  45. 45Randy7,758
  46. 46Craig7,729
  47. 47Raymond7,376
  48. 48Troy6,905
  49. 49Tony6,571
  50. 50Sean6,490
  51. 51Roger6,296
  52. 52Bryan5,890
  53. 53Bruce5,843
  54. 54Shawn5,725
  55. 55Chris5,257
  56. 56Carl5,227
  57. 57Alan4,943
  58. 58Vincent4,941
  59. 59Wayne4,891
  60. 60Gerald4,863
  61. 61Russell4,857
  62. 62Danny4,721
  63. 63Darren4,718
  64. 64Ricky4,680
  65. 65Jonathan4,662
  66. 66Lawrence4,644
  67. 67Steve4,617
  68. 68Bradley4,555
  69. 69Mike4,526
  70. 70Randall4,448
  71. 71Phillip4,402
  72. 72Jeff4,387
  73. 73Johnny4,363
  74. 74Joe4,334
  75. 75Curtis4,242
  76. 76Jon4,239
  77. 77Jimmy4,238
  78. 78Martin4,210
  79. 79Jose4,194
  80. 80Billy4,182
  81. 81Samuel4,155
  82. 82Bobby4,068
  83. 83Walter4,057
  84. 84Dean4,041
  85. 85Dale3,985
  86. 86Philip3,954
  87. 87Barry3,916
  88. 88Darryl3,817
  89. 89Jason3,770
  90. 90Glenn3,668
  91. 91Jay3,598
  92. 92Henry3,575
  93. 93Willie3,546
  94. 94Roy3,522
  95. 95Darrell3,497
  96. 96Arthur3,482
  97. 97Allen3,420
  98. 98Tracy3,380
  99. 99Harold3,323
  100. 100Albert3,297

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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