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The most popular baby names of 1966

SSA recorded 3,475,638 births in 1966 across all reported names — 1,692,177 girls and 1,783,461 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1966

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1965.
#NameBirthsvs 1965
1 Lisa 56,918 —
2 Kimberly 32,232 +2
3 Mary 28,890 -1
4 Michelle 27,159 +14
5 Karen 25,450 -2
6 Susan 23,776 -1
7 Patricia 20,112 -1
8 Tammy 18,621 +3
9 Angela 18,532 +1
10 Jennifer 18,215 +10
11 Cynthia 17,418 -2
12 Donna 17,037 -5
13 Julie 16,331 +1
14 Deborah 16,250 -1
15 Pamela 16,249 -3
16 Elizabeth 15,887 —
17 Sandra 15,851 -2
18 Linda 15,566 -10
19 Laura 15,553 -2
20 Christine 15,546 +1
21 Lori 14,671 -2
22 Melissa 14,254 +16
23 Tina 13,892 +6
24 Dawn 13,603 +2
25 Brenda 13,294 -2
26 Kelly 13,242 +4
27 Barbara 13,123 -2
28 Sharon 13,063 -6
29 Teresa 13,024 -5
30 Amy 12,998 +5
31 Tracy 12,504 +5
32 Denise 11,797 -4
33 Nancy 11,729 -1
34 Cheryl 11,713 -3
35 Debra 11,261 -8
36 Michele 10,689 +12
37 Kathleen 10,491 -3
38 Stephanie 10,160 +6
39 Rhonda 9,805 -2
40 Rebecca 9,777 +1
41 Wendy 9,516 -2
42 Robin 9,440 -9
43 Kim 9,194 —
44 Maria 9,132 +2
45 Diane 8,750 -5
46 Theresa 8,699 -1
47 Jacqueline 8,360 —
48 Carol 8,259 -6
49 Jill 7,871 +2
50 Paula 7,856 -1
51 Sheila 7,208 -1
52 Andrea 7,144 +11
53 Sherry 6,983 +3
54 Catherine 6,962 +3
55 Margaret 6,960 -3
56 Cindy 6,794 -3
57 Janet 6,434 -2
58 Gina 6,356 +12
59 Kathy 6,319 -5
60 Carolyn 6,121 -2
61 Ann 5,993 -2
62 Suzanne 5,684 +3
63 Laurie 5,667 -3
64 Diana 5,504 —
65 Beth 5,444 +1
66 Renee 5,354 +2
67 Christina 5,341 +7
68 Dana 5,278 +10
69 Tracey 5,127 +16
70 Connie 5,102 -9
71 Leslie 4,999 +4
72 Terri 4,921 -3
73 Debbie 4,846 -11
74 Valerie 4,816 -7
75 Monica 4,722 -3
76 Stacey 4,586 +8
77 Carla 4,508 -1
78 Katherine 4,492 +1
79 Annette 4,428 -8
80 Janice 4,345 -7
81 Lynn 4,306 -1
82 Regina 4,295 —
83 Anne 4,151 -6
84 Wanda 4,093 -3
85 Sarah 4,034 +7
86 Kathryn 4,008 +1
87 Heidi 3,966 +18
88 Anita 3,872 +6
89 Shelly 3,856 +9
90 Bonnie 3,842 -1
91 Stacy 3,779 +28
92 Sherri 3,747 -1
93 Colleen 3,746 —
94 Darlene 3,728 -11
95 Anna 3,682 +1
96 Tonya 3,630 +33
97 Judy 3,510 -11
98 Tamara 3,482 +6
99 Cathy 3,421 -11
100 Joyce 3,399 -10

Top 100 boys' names in 1966

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1965.
#NameBirthsvs 1965
1 Michael 79,985 —
2 David 66,408 +1
3 James 65,163 +1
4 John 65,016 -2
5 Robert 59,317 —
6 William 38,237 —
7 Mark 34,801 —
8 Richard 34,457 —
9 Jeffrey 30,200 +1
10 Thomas 29,003 -1
11 Timothy 28,923 +1
12 Christopher 27,866 +6
13 Steven 27,698 +1
14 Brian 27,253 +5
15 Joseph 26,981 -4
16 Scott 26,036 -1
17 Kevin 25,592 -4
18 Paul 23,578 -2
19 Daniel 23,269 -2
20 Charles 22,252 —
21 Kenneth 20,834 —
22 Anthony 20,624 —
23 Gregory 17,009 —
24 Ronald 16,952 —
25 Eric 16,475 —
26 Stephen 14,742 +2
27 Donald 14,713 -1
28 Gary 14,155 -1
29 Todd 13,557 +1
30 Edward 13,279 -1
31 Patrick 12,405 —
32 Keith 11,614 +3
33 Douglas 11,401 -1
34 Matthew 10,803 +2
35 Rodney 10,268 -2
36 Andrew 10,235 +1
37 George 9,941 -3
38 Larry 8,709 —
39 Peter 8,584 —
40 Terry 8,455 —
41 Jerry 8,429 —
42 Jeffery 7,904 +5
43 Frank 7,787 —
44 Dennis 7,786 —
45 Randy 7,758 -3
46 Craig 7,729 —
47 Raymond 7,376 -2
48 Troy 6,905 +5
49 Tony 6,571 -1
50 Sean 6,490 +29
51 Roger 6,296 -2
52 Bryan 5,890 +11
53 Bruce 5,843 -3
54 Shawn 5,725 +15
55 Chris 5,257 +5
56 Carl 5,227 -2
57 Alan 4,943 +2
58 Vincent 4,941 +3
59 Wayne 4,891 +6
60 Gerald 4,863 +4
61 Russell 4,857 -3
62 Danny 4,721 -6
63 Darren 4,718 -11
64 Ricky 4,680 -7
65 Jonathan 4,662 +9
66 Lawrence 4,644 —
67 Steve 4,617 -12
68 Bradley 4,555 +4
69 Mike 4,526 -18
70 Randall 4,448 +3
71 Phillip 4,402 -1
72 Jeff 4,387 -10
73 Johnny 4,363 +2
74 Joe 4,334 -3
75 Curtis 4,242 —
76 Jon 4,239 +2
77 Jimmy 4,238 +4
78 Martin 4,210 -11
79 Jose 4,194 +10
80 Billy 4,182 -3
81 Samuel 4,155 +3
82 Bobby 4,068 -2
83 Walter 4,057 -1
84 Dean 4,041 +4
85 Dale 3,985 -2
86 Philip 3,954 +1
87 Barry 3,916 -1
88 Darryl 3,817 -20
89 Jason 3,770 +22
90 Glenn 3,668 -5
91 Jay 3,598 -1
92 Henry 3,575 +2
93 Willie 3,546 —
94 Roy 3,522 +1
95 Darrell 3,497 -4
96 Arthur 3,482 —
97 Allen 3,420 -5
98 Tracy 3,380 +12
99 Harold 3,323 —
100 Albert 3,297 —

Names that climbed fastest in 1966

Ranked by places gained against 1965, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1966Rank 1965Change
Trevor boys 289 528 +239
Greta girls 451 606 +155
Noelle girls 497 649 +152
Tiffany girls 242 389 +147
Stefanie girls 389 525 +136
Courtney girls 482 613 +131
Nicole girls 169 298 +129
Barbra girls 512 639 +127
Simone girls 539 658 +119
Kendra girls 331 444 +113
Scottie boys 383 496 +113
Christie girls 327 437 +110
Shauna girls 428 535 +107
Shana girls 482 586 +104
Brendan boys 339 439 +100

Names that fell fastest in 1966

NameRank 1966Rank 1965Change
Kecia girls 672 392 -280
Deneen girls 641 465 -176
Allyson girls 617 445 -172
Rae girls 654 537 -117
Harriet girls 675 559 -116
Bessie girls 686 579 -107
Diann girls 573 475 -98
Roseann girls 632 540 -92
Robbin girls 599 510 -89
Whitney girls 640 551 -89
Vonda girls 349 261 -88
Agnes girls 685 602 -83
Lorna girls 493 412 -81
Luann girls 588 510 -78
Lesia girls 648 572 -76

Names that first appear in 1966

1966 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1966

For these names, 1966 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.