Name.Baby Names by year 1960s 1966 Most Popular Baby Names of 1966 Social Security has card records for 3,573,471 people born in the U.S. in 1966. Lisa was the top girl name (56,918 babies) and Michael the top boy name (79,985).
Top 100 names of 1966 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1966, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Lisa 56,918 #987 2 Kimberly 32,232 #302 3 Mary 28,890 #125 4 Michelle 27,159 #465 5 Karen 25,450 #1,279 6 Susan 23,776 #1,085 7 Patricia 20,112 #1,334 8 Tammy 18,621 #3,645 9 Angela 18,532 #408 10 Jennifer 18,215 #586 11 Cynthia 17,418 #1,013 12 Donna 17,037 #1,962 13 Julie 16,331 #872 14 Deborah 16,250 #862 15 Pamela 16,249 #2,239 16 Elizabeth 15,887 #17 17 Sandra 15,851 #1,207 18 Linda 15,566 #902 19 Laura 15,553 #379 20 Christine 15,546 #1,272 21 Lori 14,671 #1,721 22 Melissa 14,254 #419 23 Tina 13,892 #2,778 24 Dawn 13,603 #2,173 25 Brenda 13,294 #1,525 26 Kelly 13,242 #851 27 Barbara 13,123 #968 28 Sharon 13,063 #1,250 29 Teresa 13,024 #908 30 Amy 12,998 #257 31 Tracy 12,504 #2,153 32 Denise 11,797 #1,673 33 Nancy 11,729 #965 34 Cheryl 11,713 #4,352 35 Debra 11,261 #4,460 36 Michele 10,689 #4,758 37 Kathleen 10,491 #1,150 38 Stephanie 10,160 #557 39 Rhonda 9,805 #6,116 40 Rebecca 9,777 #349 41 Wendy 9,516 #1,341 42 Robin 9,440 #704 43 Kim 9,194 #4,172 44 Maria 9,132 #87 45 Diane 8,750 #2,607 46 Theresa 8,699 #1,548 47 Jacqueline 8,360 #558 48 Carol 8,259 #2,239 49 Jill 7,871 #5,722 50 Paula 7,856 #853
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1966, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Sheila 7,208 #2,645 52 Andrea 7,144 #235 53 Sherry 6,983 #5,410 54 Catherine 6,962 #313 55 Margaret 6,960 #112 56 Cindy 6,794 #1,927 57 Janet 6,434 #2,778 58 Gina 6,356 #2,076 59 Kathy 6,319 #3,249 60 Carolyn 6,121 #1,222 61 Ann 5,993 #1,076 62 Suzanne 5,684 #2,387 63 Laurie 5,667 #2,822 64 Diana 5,504 #244 65 Beth 5,444 #3,389 66 Renee 5,354 #1,098 67 Christina 5,341 #770 68 Dana 5,278 #1,027 69 Tracey 5,127 #7,885 70 Connie 5,102 #3,067 71 Leslie 4,999 #712 72 Terri 4,921 #6,116 73 Debbie 4,846 #5,238 74 Valerie 4,816 #127 75 Monica 4,722 #736 76 Stacey 4,586 #3,067 77 Carla 4,508 #1,082 78 Katherine 4,492 #186 79 Annette 4,428 #1,443 80 Janice 4,345 #2,514 81 Lynn 4,306 #2,542 82 Regina 4,295 #395 83 Anne 4,151 #619 84 Wanda 4,093 #5,917 85 Sarah 4,034 #90 86 Kathryn 4,008 #729 87 Heidi 3,966 #340 88 Anita 3,872 #1,341 89 Shelly 3,856 #5,722 90 Bonnie 3,842 #396 91 Stacy 3,779 #1,652 92 Sherri 3,747 #8,362 93 Colleen 3,746 #2,822 94 Darlene 3,728 #1,844 95 Anna 3,682 #107 96 Tonya 3,630 #8,860 97 Judy 3,510 #1,872 98 Tamara 3,482 #1,808 99 Cathy 3,421 #8,362 100 Joyce 3,399 #1,071
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1966, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 79,985 #21 2 David 66,408 #35 3 James 65,163 #6 4 John 65,016 #23 5 Robert 59,317 #92 6 William 38,237 #9 7 Mark 34,801 #244 8 Richard 34,457 #234 9 Jeffrey 30,200 #552 10 Thomas 29,003 #34 11 Timothy 28,923 #203 12 Christopher 27,866 #68 13 Steven 27,698 #271 14 Brian 27,253 #339 15 Joseph 26,981 #29 16 Scott 26,036 #534 17 Kevin 25,592 #221 18 Paul 23,578 #262 19 Daniel 23,269 #22 20 Charles 22,252 #48 21 Kenneth 20,834 #294 22 Anthony 20,624 #46 23 Gregory 17,009 #593 24 Ronald 16,952 #637 25 Eric 16,475 #273 26 Stephen 14,742 #383 27 Donald 14,713 #690 28 Gary 14,155 #1,073 29 Todd 13,557 #1,609 30 Edward 13,279 #224 31 Patrick 12,405 #235 32 Keith 11,614 #800 33 Douglas 11,401 #807 34 Matthew 10,803 #32 35 Rodney 10,268 #1,091 36 Andrew 10,235 #73 37 George 9,941 #126 38 Larry 8,709 #1,084 39 Peter 8,584 #187 40 Terry 8,455 #1,115 41 Jerry 8,429 #906 42 Jeffery 7,904 #1,554 43 Frank 7,787 #513 44 Dennis 7,786 #707 45 Randy 7,758 #1,084 46 Craig 7,729 #1,644 47 Raymond 7,376 #394 48 Troy 6,905 #532 49 Tony 6,571 #783 50 Sean 6,490 #489
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1966, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Roger 6,296 #832 52 Bryan 5,890 #336 53 Bruce 5,843 #536 54 Shawn 5,725 #681 55 Chris 5,257 #646 56 Carl 5,227 #1,132 57 Alan 4,943 #191 58 Vincent 4,941 #107 59 Wayne 4,891 #652 60 Gerald 4,863 #1,204 61 Russell 4,857 #345 62 Danny 4,721 #628 63 Darren 4,718 #1,132 64 Ricky 4,680 #948 65 Jonathan 4,662 #89 66 Lawrence 4,644 #518 67 Steve 4,617 #1,609 68 Bradley 4,555 #403 69 Mike 4,526 #1,231 70 Randall 4,448 #1,499 71 Phillip 4,402 #651 72 Jeff 4,387 #3,314 73 Johnny 4,363 #457 74 Joe 4,334 #991 75 Curtis 4,242 #984 76 Jon 4,239 #951 77 Jimmy 4,238 #846 78 Martin 4,210 #335 79 Jose 4,194 #95 80 Billy 4,182 #1,068 81 Samuel 4,155 #18 82 Bobby 4,068 #1,097 83 Walter 4,057 #251 84 Dean 4,041 #125 85 Dale 3,985 #1,409 86 Philip 3,954 #527 87 Barry 3,916 #1,520 88 Darryl 3,817 #2,108 89 Jason 3,770 #165 90 Glenn 3,668 #1,443 91 Jay 3,598 #392 92 Henry 3,575 #5 93 Willie 3,546 #1,315 94 Roy 3,522 #525 95 Darrell 3,497 #1,688 96 Arthur 3,482 #87 97 Allen 3,420 #578 98 Tracy 3,380 #3,848 99 Harold 3,323 #991 100 Albert 3,297 #614
Entered the top 100 in 1966
