Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1966

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1966 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1965						Change from 1965
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Lisa	56,914	3.242	0	-3,355	1	Michael	79,990	4.400	0	-1,031
2	Kimberly	32,234	1.836	2	3,404	2	David	66,420	3.654	1	-1,432
3	Mary	28,884	1.645	-1	-5,386	3	James	65,174	3.585	1	-2,527
4	Michelle	27,151	1.547	13	10,937	4	John	65,032	3.577	-2	-6,509
5	Karen	25,446	1.449	-2	-7,426	5	Robert	59,330	3.264	0	-3,793
6	Susan	23,773	1.354	-1	-2,555	6	William	38,253	2.104	0	-1,874
7	Patricia	20,110	1.146	-1	-3,444	7	Mark	34,806	1.915	0	-3,458
8	Tammy	18,621	1.061	3	613	8	Richard	34,469	1.896	0	-2,380
9	Angela	18,530	1.056	1	-219	9	Jeffrey	30,202	1.661	1	615
10	Jennifer	18,210	1.037	10	3,002	10	Thomas	29,014	1.596	-1	-2,609
11	Cynthia	17,416	0.992	-2	-1,832	11	Timothy	28,933	1.592	1	589
12	Donna	17,033	0.970	-5	-2,665	12	Christopher	27,874	1.533	6	3,237
13	Julie	16,329	0.930	1	-657	13	Steven	27,706	1.524	1	-283
14	Deborah	16,250	0.926	-1	-833	14	Brian	27,266	1.500	5	2,712
15	Pamela	16,248	0.926	-3	-1,223	15	Joseph	26,990	1.485	-4	-1,669
16	Elizabeth	15,884	0.905	0	-436	16	Scott	26,033	1.432	-1	590
17	Sandra	15,851	0.903	-2	-521	17	Kevin	25,590	1.408	-4	-2,599
18	Linda	15,562	0.886	-10	-3,772	18	Paul	23,583	1.297	-2	-1,343
19	Laura	15,549	0.886	-1	-664	19	Daniel	23,270	1.280	-2	-1,576
20	Christine	15,545	0.885	1	345	20	Charles	22,254	1.224	0	-1,236
21	Lori	14,672	0.836	-2	-1,028	21	Kenneth	20,832	1.146	0	-1,839
22	Melissa	14,252	0.812	16	3,687	22	Anthony	20,625	1.135	0	288
23	Tina	13,893	0.791	6	1,066	23	Gregory	17,010	0.936	0	-1,196
24	Dawn	13,604	0.775	2	266	24	Ronald	16,957	0.933	0	-663
25	Brenda	13,296	0.757	-2	-1,763	25	Eric	16,472	0.906	0	-361
26	Kelly	13,243	0.754	4	482	26	Stephen	14,746	0.811	2	98
27	Barbara	13,123	0.748	-2	-903	27	Donald	14,719	0.810	-1	-1,321
28	Sharon	13,061	0.744	-6	-2,072	28	Gary	14,157	0.779	-1	-1,111
29	Teresa	13,021	0.742	-5	-1,558	29	Todd	13,560	0.746	1	-379
30	Amy	12,998	0.740	5	1,468	30	Edward	13,273	0.730	-1	-1,143
31	Tracy	12,501	0.712	5	1,327	31	Patrick	12,414	0.683	0	-528
32	Denise	11,794	0.672	-4	-1,240	32	Keith	11,612	0.639	3	932
33	Nancy	11,730	0.668	-1	-525	33	Douglas	11,404	0.627	-1	-1,385
34	Cheryl	11,713	0.667	-3	-840	34	Matthew	10,809	0.595	2	818
35	Debra	11,260	0.641	-8	-1,837	35	Rodney	10,267	0.565	-2	-812
36	Michele	10,687	0.609	12	2,023	36	Andrew	10,237	0.563	1	561
37	Kathleen	10,495	0.598	-3	-1,283	37	George	9,943	0.547	-3	-742
38	Stephanie	10,163	0.579	6	400	38	Larry	8,712	0.479	0	-691
39	Rhonda	9,804	0.558	-2	-1,146	39	Peter	8,578	0.472	0	-816
40	Rebecca	9,776	0.557	1	-438	40	Terry	8,456	0.465	0	-635
41	Wendy	9,518	0.542	-2	-963	41	Jerry	8,427	0.464	0	-592
42	Robin	9,441	0.538	-9	-2,550	42	Jeffery	7,896	0.434	5	160
43	Kim	9,195	0.524	0	-887	43	Frank	7,793	0.429	0	-529
44	Maria	9,118	0.519	2	-355	44	Dennis	7,786	0.428	0	-427
45	Diane	8,750	0.498	-5	-1,613	45	Randy	7,763	0.427	-3	-1,101
46	Theresa	8,700	0.496	-1	-983	46	Craig	7,739	0.426	0	-133
47	Jacqueline	8,357	0.476	0	-1,057	47	Raymond	7,378	0.406	-2	-672
48	Carol	8,260	0.471	-6	-1,838	48	Troy	6,902	0.380	5	1,045
49	Jill	7,868	0.448	2	47	49	Tony	6,569	0.361	-1	-253
50	Paula	7,857	0.448	-1	-55	50	Sean	6,490	0.357	29	1,893

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.