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

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1966 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Lisa	56,914	3.242	-890	-56,612	1	Michael	79,990	4.400	-13	-68,370
2	Kimberly	32,234	1.836	-168	-30,538	2	David	66,420	3.654	-20	-56,723
3	Mary	28,884	1.645	-123	-26,557	3	James	65,174	3.585	-1	-51,649
4	Michelle	27,151	1.547	-259	-25,912	4	John	65,032	3.577	-23	-55,913
5	Karen	25,446	1.449	-630	-24,978	5	Robert	59,330	3.264	-66	-54,190
6	Susan	23,773	1.354	-1,073	-23,539	6	William	38,253	2.104	3	-23,737
7	Patricia	20,110	1.146	-906	-19,817	7	Mark	34,806	1.915	-203	-32,947
8	Tammy	18,621	1.061	-4,094	-18,586	8	Richard	34,469	1.896	-180	-32,350
9	Angela	18,530	1.056	-255	-17,294	9	Jeffrey	30,202	1.661	-322	-29,199
10	Jennifer	18,210	1.037	-335	-17,295	10	Thomas	29,014	1.596	-39	-22,235
11	Cynthia	17,416	0.992	-682	-17,000	11	Timothy	28,933	1.592	-154	-26,603
12	Donna	17,033	0.970	-1,555	-16,896	12	Christopher	27,874	1.533	-30	-20,613
13	Julie	16,329	0.930	-575	-15,813	13	Steven	27,706	1.524	-185	-25,684
14	Deborah	16,250	0.926	-765	-15,903	14	Brian	27,266	1.500	-221	-25,648
15	Pamela	16,248	0.926	-1,569	-16,113	15	Joseph	26,990	1.485	-8	-17,435
16	Elizabeth	15,884	0.905	3	-7,371	16	Scott	26,033	1.432	-504	-25,492
17	Sandra	15,851	0.903	-958	-15,582	17	Kevin	25,590	1.408	-108	-22,466
18	Linda	15,562	0.886	-708	-15,173	18	Paul	23,583	1.297	-216	-21,958
19	Laura	15,549	0.886	-321	-14,614	19	Daniel	23,270	1.280	4	-12,097
20	Christine	15,545	0.885	-906	-15,258	20	Charles	22,254	1.224	-32	-15,650
21	Lori	14,672	0.836	-1,554	-14,536	21	Kenneth	20,832	1.146	-205	-19,177
22	Melissa	14,252	0.812	-275	-13,138	22	Anthony	20,625	1.135	-16	-12,622
23	Tina	13,893	0.791	-1,661	-13,770	23	Gregory	17,010	0.936	-385	-16,232
24	Dawn	13,604	0.775	-1,936	-13,504	24	Ronald	16,957	0.933	-469	-16,379
25	Brenda	13,296	0.757	-987	-13,041	25	Eric	16,472	0.906	-135	-14,083
26	Kelly	13,243	0.754	-592	-12,759	26	Stephen	14,746	0.811	-258	-13,510
27	Barbara	13,123	0.748	-903	-12,838	27	Donald	14,719	0.810	-499	-14,186
28	Sharon	13,061	0.744	-1,099	-12,845	28	Gary	14,157	0.779	-646	-13,790
29	Teresa	13,021	0.742	-769	-12,680	29	Todd	13,560	0.746	-1,172	-13,404
30	Amy	12,998	0.740	-175	-11,501	30	Edward	13,273	0.730	-139	-11,005
31	Tracy	12,501	0.712	-2,311	-12,423	31	Patrick	12,414	0.683	-158	-10,303
32	Denise	11,794	0.672	-1,037	-11,558	32	Keith	11,612	0.639	-472	-11,047
33	Nancy	11,730	0.668	-806	-11,408	33	Douglas	11,404	0.627	-639	-11,033
34	Cheryl	11,713	0.667	-2,864	-11,656	34	Matthew	10,809	0.595	14	-885
35	Debra	11,260	0.641	-3,162	-11,210	35	Rodney	10,267	0.565	-784	-9,995
36	Michele	10,687	0.609	-4,463	-10,656	36	Andrew	10,237	0.563	-7	-3,003
37	Kathleen	10,495	0.598	-857	-10,194	37	George	9,943	0.547	-90	-6,884
38	Stephanie	10,163	0.579	-280	-9,137	38	Larry	8,712	0.479	-668	-8,373
39	Rhonda	9,804	0.558	-5,887	-9,783	39	Peter	8,578	0.472	-172	-6,766
40	Rebecca	9,776	0.557	-174	-8,334	40	Terry	8,456	0.465	-717	-8,147
41	Wendy	9,518	0.542	-928	-9,248	41	Jerry	8,427	0.464	-560	-7,976
42	Robin	9,441	0.538	-932	-9,172	42	Jeffery	7,896	0.434	-812	-7,640
43	Kim	9,195	0.524	-4,037	-9,160	43	Frank	7,793	0.429	-349	-6,990
44	Maria	9,118	0.519	-72	-6,523	44	Dennis	7,786	0.428	-512	-7,293
45	Diane	8,750	0.498	-2,428	-8,679	45	Randy	7,763	0.427	-628	-7,393
46	Theresa	8,700	0.496	-1,060	-8,479	46	Craig	7,739	0.426	-1,142	-7,580
47	Jacqueline	8,357	0.476	-292	-7,418	47	Raymond	7,378	0.406	-252	-6,229
48	Carol	8,260	0.471	-1,740	-8,147	48	Troy	6,902	0.380	-315	-5,998
49	Jill	7,868	0.448	-5,453	-7,845	49	Tony	6,569	0.361	-537	-6,104
50	Paula	7,857	0.448	-743	-7,515	50	Sean	6,490	0.357	-219	-5,180

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.