Top Names of 1966
The most popular names recorded in 1966 were Lisa for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | 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 | Dennis | 7,787 |
| 44 | Frank | 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 |