Most popular baby names of 1966
Michael and Lisa topped the list in 1966. The 10 most popular names went to 28% of boys and 16% of girls, from 4,539 boy names and 7,623 girl names in all.
Top boy names of 1966
- Michael 79,985
- David 66,408
- James 65,163
- John 65,016
- Robert 59,317
- William 38,237
- Mark 34,801
- Richard 34,457
- Jeffrey 30,200
- Thomas 29,003
- Timothy 28,923
- Christopher 27,866
- Steven 27,698
- Brian 27,253
- Joseph 26,981
- Scott 26,036
- Kevin 25,592
- Paul 23,578
- Daniel 23,269
- Charles 22,252
- Kenneth 20,834
- Anthony 20,624
- Gregory 17,009
- Ronald 16,952
- Eric 16,475
- Stephen 14,742
- Donald 14,713
- Gary 14,155
- Todd 13,557
- Edward 13,279
- Patrick 12,405
- Keith 11,614
- Douglas 11,401
- Matthew 10,803
- Rodney 10,268
- Andrew 10,235
- George 9,941
- Larry 8,709
- Peter 8,584
- Terry 8,455
- Jerry 8,429
- Jeffery 7,904
- Frank 7,787
- Dennis 7,786
- Randy 7,758
- Craig 7,729
- Raymond 7,376
- Troy 6,905
- Tony 6,571
- Sean 6,490
- Roger 6,296
- Bryan 5,890
- Bruce 5,843
- Shawn 5,725
- Chris 5,257
- Carl 5,227
- Alan 4,943
- Vincent 4,941
- Wayne 4,891
- Gerald 4,863
- Russell 4,857
- Danny 4,721
- Darren 4,718
- Ricky 4,680
- Jonathan 4,662
- Lawrence 4,644
- Steve 4,617
- Bradley 4,555
- Mike 4,526
- Randall 4,448
- Phillip 4,402
- Jeff 4,387
- Johnny 4,363
- Joe 4,334
- Curtis 4,242
- Jon 4,239
- Jimmy 4,238
- Martin 4,210
- Jose 4,194
- Billy 4,182
- Samuel 4,155
- Bobby 4,068
- Walter 4,057
- Dean 4,041
- Dale 3,985
- Philip 3,954
- Barry 3,916
- Darryl 3,817
- Jason 3,770
- Glenn 3,668
- Jay 3,598
- Henry 3,575
- Willie 3,546
- Roy 3,522
- Darrell 3,497
- Arthur 3,482
- Allen 3,420
- Tracy 3,380
- Harold 3,323
- Albert 3,297
Top girl names of 1966
- Lisa 56,918
- Kimberly 32,232
- Mary 28,890
- Michelle 27,159
- Karen 25,450
- Susan 23,776
- Patricia 20,112
- Tammy 18,621
- Angela 18,532
- Jennifer 18,215
- Cynthia 17,418
- Donna 17,037
- Julie 16,331
- Deborah 16,250
- Pamela 16,249
- Elizabeth 15,887
- Sandra 15,851
- Linda 15,566
- Laura 15,553
- Christine 15,546
- Lori 14,671
- Melissa 14,254
- Tina 13,892
- Dawn 13,603
- Brenda 13,294
- Kelly 13,242
- Barbara 13,123
- Sharon 13,063
- Teresa 13,024
- Amy 12,998
- Tracy 12,504
- Denise 11,797
- Nancy 11,729
- Cheryl 11,713
- Debra 11,261
- Michele 10,689
- Kathleen 10,491
- Stephanie 10,160
- Rhonda 9,805
- Rebecca 9,777
- Wendy 9,516
- Robin 9,440
- Kim 9,194
- Maria 9,132
- Diane 8,750
- Theresa 8,699
- Jacqueline 8,360
- Carol 8,259
- Jill 7,871
- Paula 7,856
- Sheila 7,208
- Andrea 7,144
- Sherry 6,983
- Catherine 6,962
- Margaret 6,960
- Cindy 6,794
- Janet 6,434
- Gina 6,356
- Kathy 6,319
- Carolyn 6,121
- Ann 5,993
- Suzanne 5,684
- Laurie 5,667
- Diana 5,504
- Beth 5,444
- Renee 5,354
- Christina 5,341
- Dana 5,278
- Tracey 5,127
- Connie 5,102
- Leslie 4,999
- Terri 4,921
- Debbie 4,846
- Valerie 4,816
- Monica 4,722
- Stacey 4,586
- Carla 4,508
- Katherine 4,492
- Annette 4,428
- Janice 4,345
- Lynn 4,306
- Regina 4,295
- Anne 4,151
- Wanda 4,093
- Sarah 4,034
- Kathryn 4,008
- Heidi 3,966
- Anita 3,872
- Shelly 3,856
- Bonnie 3,842
- Stacy 3,779
- Sherri 3,747
- Colleen 3,746
- Darlene 3,728
- Anna 3,682
- Tonya 3,630
- Judy 3,510
- Tamara 3,482
- Cathy 3,421
- Joyce 3,399
Questions
- What was the most popular baby name in 1966?
- Michael was the #1 boy name in 1966 (79,985 babies) and Lisa was the #1 girl name (56,918 babies).
- How many babies were counted in 1966?
- Social Security records list 3,475,638 babies born in 1966 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,783,461 boys and 1,692,177 girls.