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Top Baby Names 1966

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,692,169 · Total Boys: 1,783,486

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Lisa	56,918	3.364%
2	Kimberly	32,231	1.905%
3	Mary	28,889	1.707%
4	Michelle	27,159	1.605%
5	Karen	25,449	1.504%
6	Susan	23,775	1.405%
7	Patricia	20,111	1.188%
8	Tammy	18,620	1.100%
9	Angela	18,535	1.095%
10	Jennifer	18,215	1.076%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Cynthia	17,417	1.029%
12	Donna	17,037	1.007%
13	Julie	16,332	0.965%
14	Pamela	16,250	0.960%
15	Deborah	16,248	0.960%
16	Elizabeth	15,886	0.939%
17	Sandra	15,852	0.937%
18	Linda	15,564	0.920%
19	Laura	15,553	0.919%
20	Christine	15,547	0.919%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Lori	14,671	0.867%
22	Melissa	14,253	0.842%
23	Tina	13,892	0.821%
24	Dawn	13,603	0.804%
25	Brenda	13,295	0.786%
26	Kelly	13,242	0.783%
27	Barbara	13,123	0.776%
28	Sharon	13,061	0.772%
29	Teresa	13,024	0.770%
30	Amy	12,998	0.768%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Tracy	12,504	0.739%
32	Denise	11,795	0.697%
33	Nancy	11,730	0.693%
34	Cheryl	11,713	0.692%
35	Debra	11,262	0.666%
36	Michele	10,686	0.632%
37	Kathleen	10,492	0.620%
38	Stephanie	10,161	0.600%
39	Rhonda	9,805	0.579%
40	Rebecca	9,777	0.578%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Wendy	9,515	0.562%
42	Robin	9,440	0.558%
43	Kim	9,194	0.543%
44	Maria	9,130	0.540%
45	Diane	8,750	0.517%
46	Theresa	8,700	0.514%
47	Jacqueline	8,359	0.494%
48	Carol	8,259	0.488%
49	Jill	7,870	0.465%
50	Paula	7,857	0.464%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Sheila	7,208	0.426%
52	Andrea	7,145	0.422%
53	Sherry	6,983	0.413%
54	Catherine	6,961	0.411%
55	Margaret	6,961	0.411%
56	Cindy	6,793	0.401%
57	Janet	6,434	0.380%
58	Gina	6,355	0.376%
59	Kathy	6,319	0.373%
60	Carolyn	6,120	0.362%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Ann	5,992	0.354%
62	Suzanne	5,684	0.336%
63	Laurie	5,667	0.335%
64	Diana	5,505	0.325%
65	Beth	5,444	0.322%
66	Renee	5,354	0.316%
67	Christina	5,341	0.316%
68	Dana	5,278	0.312%
69	Tracey	5,127	0.303%
70	Connie	5,102	0.302%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Leslie	4,999	0.295%
72	Terri	4,920	0.291%
73	Debbie	4,845	0.286%
74	Valerie	4,815	0.285%
75	Monica	4,722	0.279%
76	Stacey	4,586	0.271%
77	Carla	4,508	0.266%
78	Katherine	4,492	0.265%
79	Annette	4,428	0.262%
80	Janice	4,345	0.257%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Lynn	4,306	0.254%
82	Regina	4,295	0.254%
83	Anne	4,151	0.245%
84	Wanda	4,094	0.242%
85	Sarah	4,035	0.238%
86	Kathryn	4,008	0.237%
87	Heidi	3,967	0.234%
88	Anita	3,872	0.229%
89	Shelly	3,856	0.228%
90	Bonnie	3,841	0.227%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Stacy	3,778	0.223%
92	Sherri	3,747	0.221%
93	Colleen	3,746	0.221%
94	Darlene	3,728	0.220%
95	Anna	3,679	0.217%
96	Tonya	3,629	0.214%
97	Judy	3,510	0.207%
98	Tamara	3,481	0.206%
99	Cathy	3,421	0.202%
100	Holly	3,399	0.201%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Michael	79,984	4.485%
2	David	66,417	3.724%
3	James	65,163	3.654%
4	John	65,015	3.645%
5	Robert	59,309	3.325%
6	William	38,240	2.144%
7	Mark	34,802	1.951%
8	Richard	34,458	1.932%
9	Jeffrey	30,199	1.693%
10	Thomas	29,005	1.626%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Timothy	28,927	1.622%
12	Christopher	27,867	1.563%
13	Steven	27,699	1.553%
14	Brian	27,255	1.528%
15	Joseph	26,983	1.513%
16	Scott	26,036	1.460%
17	Kevin	25,594	1.435%
18	Paul	23,578	1.322%
19	Daniel	23,270	1.305%
20	Charles	22,251	1.248%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Kenneth	20,834	1.168%
22	Anthony	20,627	1.157%
23	Gregory	17,006	0.954%
24	Ronald	16,954	0.951%
25	Eric	16,472	0.924%
26	Stephen	14,743	0.827%
27	Donald	14,713	0.825%
28	Gary	14,156	0.794%
29	Todd	13,557	0.760%
30	Edward	13,277	0.744%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Patrick	12,407	0.696%
32	Keith	11,614	0.651%
33	Douglas	11,403	0.639%
34	Matthew	10,805	0.606%
35	Rodney	10,269	0.576%
36	Andrew	10,234	0.574%
37	George	9,942	0.557%
38	Larry	8,707	0.488%
39	Peter	8,583	0.481%
40	Terry	8,454	0.474%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Jerry	8,429	0.473%
42	Jeffery	7,899	0.443%
43	Dennis	7,787	0.437%
44	Frank	7,787	0.437%
45	Randy	7,760	0.435%
46	Craig	7,733	0.434%
47	Raymond	7,379	0.414%
48	Troy	6,905	0.387%
49	Tony	6,570	0.368%
50	Sean	6,490	0.364%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Roger	6,297	0.353%
52	Bryan	5,891	0.330%
53	Bruce	5,843	0.328%
54	Shawn	5,725	0.321%
55	Chris	5,257	0.295%
56	Carl	5,227	0.293%
57	Alan	4,943	0.277%
58	Vincent	4,942	0.277%
59	Wayne	4,888	0.274%
60	Gerald	4,863	0.273%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Russell	4,858	0.272%
62	Danny	4,721	0.265%
63	Darren	4,720	0.265%
64	Ricky	4,681	0.262%
65	Jonathan	4,663	0.261%
66	Lawrence	4,643	0.260%
67	Steve	4,617	0.259%
68	Bradley	4,555	0.255%
69	Mike	4,526	0.254%
70	Randall	4,448	0.249%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Phillip	4,403	0.247%
72	Jeff	4,387	0.246%
73	Johnny	4,364	0.245%
74	Joe	4,333	0.243%
75	Curtis	4,242	0.238%
76	Jon	4,240	0.238%
77	Jimmy	4,237	0.238%
78	Martin	4,210	0.236%
79	Jose	4,193	0.235%
80	Billy	4,183	0.235%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Samuel	4,158	0.233%
82	Bobby	4,067	0.228%
83	Walter	4,056	0.227%
84	Dean	4,040	0.227%
85	Dale	3,985	0.223%
86	Philip	3,954	0.222%
87	Barry	3,917	0.220%
88	Darryl	3,817	0.214%
89	Jason	3,768	0.211%
90	Glenn	3,667	0.206%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Jay	3,598	0.202%
92	Henry	3,574	0.200%
93	Willie	3,544	0.199%
94	Roy	3,523	0.198%
95	Darrell	3,496	0.196%
96	Arthur	3,483	0.195%
97	Allen	3,420	0.192%
98	Tracy	3,379	0.189%
99	Harold	3,322	0.186%
100	Albert	3,297	0.185%

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