Top Baby Names of 1966
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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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 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 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.