EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1966

United States · 3,475,638 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Lisa56,918—
#2Kimberly32,232↑2
#3Mary28,890↓1
#4Michelle27,159↑14
#5Karen25,450↓2
#6Susan23,776↓1
#7Patricia20,112↓1
#8Tammy18,621↑3
#9Angela18,532↑1
#10Jennifer18,215↑10
#11Cynthia17,418↓2
#12Donna17,037↓5
#13Julie16,331↑1
#14Deborah16,250↓1
#15Pamela16,249↓3
#16Elizabeth15,887—
#17Sandra15,851↓2
#18Linda15,566↓10
#19Laura15,553↓2
#20Christine15,546↑1
#21Lori14,671↓2
#22Melissa14,254↑16
#23Tina13,892↑6
#24Dawn13,603↑2
#25Brenda13,294↓2
#26Kelly13,242↑4
#27Barbara13,123↓2
#28Sharon13,063↓6
#29Teresa13,024↓5
#30Amy12,998↑5
#31Tracy12,504↑5
#32Denise11,797↓4
#33Nancy11,729↓1
#34Cheryl11,713↓3
#35Debra11,261↓8
#36Michele10,689↑12
#37Kathleen10,491↓3
#38Stephanie10,160↑6
#39Rhonda9,805↓2
#40Rebecca9,777↑1
#41Wendy9,516↓2
#42Robin9,440↓9
#43Kim9,194—
#44Maria9,132↑2
#45Diane8,750↓5
#46Theresa8,699↓1
#47Jacqueline8,360—
#48Carol8,259↓6
#49Jill7,871↑2
#50Paula7,856↓1
#51Sheila7,208↓1
#52Andrea7,144↑11
#53Sherry6,983↑3
#54Catherine6,962↑3
#55Margaret6,960↓3
#56Cindy6,794↓3
#57Janet6,434↓2
#58Gina6,356↑12
#59Kathy6,319↓5
#60Carolyn6,121↓2
#61Ann5,993↓2
#62Suzanne5,684↑3
#63Laurie5,667↓3
#64Diana5,504—
#65Beth5,444↑1
#66Renee5,354↑2
#67Christina5,341↑7
#68Dana5,278↑10
#69Tracey5,127↑16
#70Connie5,102↓9
#71Leslie4,999↑4
#72Terri4,921↓3
#73Debbie4,846↓11
#74Valerie4,816↓7
#75Monica4,722↓3
#76Stacey4,586↑8
#77Carla4,508↓1
#78Katherine4,492↑1
#79Annette4,428↓8
#80Janice4,345↓7
#81Lynn4,306↓1
#82Regina4,295—
#83Anne4,151↓6
#84Wanda4,093↓3
#85Sarah4,034↑7
#86Kathryn4,008↑1
#87Heidi3,966
#88Anita3,872↑6
#89Shelly3,856↑9
#90Bonnie3,842↓1
#91Stacy3,779
#92Sherri3,747↓1
#93Colleen3,746—
#94Darlene3,728↓11
#95Anna3,682↑1
#96Tonya3,630
#97Judy3,510↓11
#98Tamara3,482
#99Cathy3,421↓11
#100Joyce3,399↓10

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Michael79,985—
#2David66,408↑1
#3James65,163↑1
#4John65,016↓2
#5Robert59,317—
#6William38,237—
#7Mark34,801—
#8Richard34,457—
#9Jeffrey30,200↑1
#10Thomas29,003↓1
#11Timothy28,923↑1
#12Christopher27,866↑6
#13Steven27,698↑1
#14Brian27,253↑5
#15Joseph26,981↓4
#16Scott26,036↓1
#17Kevin25,592↓4
#18Paul23,578↓2
#19Daniel23,269↓2
#20Charles22,252—
#21Kenneth20,834—
#22Anthony20,624—
#23Gregory17,009—
#24Ronald16,952—
#25Eric16,475—
#26Stephen14,742↑2
#27Donald14,713↓1
#28Gary14,155↓1
#29Todd13,557↑1
#30Edward13,279↓1
#31Patrick12,405—
#32Keith11,614↑3
#33Douglas11,401↓1
#34Matthew10,803↑2
#35Rodney10,268↓2
#36Andrew10,235↑1
#37George9,941↓3
#38Larry8,709—
#39Peter8,584—
#40Terry8,455—
#41Jerry8,429—
#42Jeffery7,904↑5
#43Frank7,787—
#44Dennis7,786—
#45Randy7,758↓3
#46Craig7,729—
#47Raymond7,376↓2
#48Troy6,905↑5
#49Tony6,571↓1
#50Sean6,490↑29
#51Roger6,296↓2
#52Bryan5,890↑11
#53Bruce5,843↓3
#54Shawn5,725↑15
#55Chris5,257↑5
#56Carl5,227↓2
#57Alan4,943↑2
#58Vincent4,941↑3
#59Wayne4,891↑6
#60Gerald4,863↑4
#61Russell4,857↓3
#62Danny4,721↓6
#63Darren4,718↓11
#64Ricky4,680↓7
#65Jonathan4,662↑9
#66Lawrence4,644—
#67Steve4,617↓12
#68Bradley4,555↑4
#69Mike4,526↓18
#70Randall4,448↑3
#71Phillip4,402↓1
#72Jeff4,387↓10
#73Johnny4,363↑2
#74Joe4,334↓3
#75Curtis4,242—
#76Jon4,239↑2
#77Jimmy4,238↑4
#78Martin4,210↓11
#79Jose4,194↑10
#80Billy4,182↓3
#81Samuel4,155↑3
#82Bobby4,068↓2
#83Walter4,057↓1
#84Dean4,041↑4
#85Dale3,985↓2
#86Philip3,954↑1
#87Barry3,916↓1
#88Darryl3,817↓20
#89Jason3,770
#90Glenn3,668↓5
#91Jay3,598↓1
#92Henry3,575↑2
#93Willie3,546—
#94Roy3,522↑1
#95Darrell3,497↓4
#96Arthur3,482—
#97Allen3,420↓5
#98Tracy3,380
#99Harold3,323—
#100Albert3,297—