The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1966
4,540 different boys’ names were recorded in 1966, covering 1,783,461 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 79,985 |
| 2 | David | 66,408 |
| 3 | James | 65,163 |
| 4 | John | 65,016 |
| 5 | Robert | 59,317 |
| 6 | William | 38,237 |
| 7 | Mark | 34,801 |
| 8 | Richard | 34,457 |
| 9 | Jeffrey | 30,200 |
| 10 | Thomas | 29,003 |
| 11 | Timothy | 28,923 |
| 12 | Christopher | 27,866 |
| 13 | Steven | 27,698 |
| 14 | Brian | 27,253 |
| 15 | Joseph | 26,981 |
| 16 | Scott | 26,036 |
| 17 | Kevin | 25,592 |
| 18 | Paul | 23,578 |
| 19 | Daniel | 23,269 |
| 20 | Charles | 22,252 |
| 21 | Kenneth | 20,834 |
| 22 | Anthony | 20,624 |
| 23 | Gregory | 17,009 |
| 24 | Ronald | 16,952 |
| 25 | Eric | 16,475 |
| 26 | Stephen | 14,742 |
| 27 | Donald | 14,713 |
| 28 | Gary | 14,155 |
| 29 | Todd | 13,557 |
| 30 | Edward | 13,279 |
| 31 | Patrick | 12,405 |
| 32 | Keith | 11,614 |
| 33 | Douglas | 11,401 |
| 34 | Matthew | 10,803 |
| 35 | Rodney | 10,268 |
| 36 | Andrew | 10,235 |
| 37 | George | 9,941 |
| 38 | Larry | 8,709 |
| 39 | Peter | 8,584 |
| 40 | Terry | 8,455 |
| 41 | Jerry | 8,429 |
| 42 | Jeffery | 7,904 |
| 43 | Frank | 7,787 |
| 44 | Dennis | 7,786 |
| 45 | Randy | 7,758 |
| 46 | Craig | 7,729 |
| 47 | Raymond | 7,376 |
| 48 | Troy | 6,905 |
| 49 | Tony | 6,571 |
| 50 | Sean | 6,490 |
| 51 | Roger | 6,296 |
| 52 | Bryan | 5,890 |
| 53 | Bruce | 5,843 |
| 54 | Shawn | 5,725 |
| 55 | Chris | 5,257 |
| 56 | Carl | 5,227 |
| 57 | Alan | 4,943 |
| 58 | Vincent | 4,941 |
| 59 | Wayne | 4,891 |
| 60 | Gerald | 4,863 |
| 61 | Russell | 4,857 |
| 62 | Danny | 4,721 |
| 63 | Darren | 4,718 |
| 64 | Ricky | 4,680 |
| 65 | Jonathan | 4,662 |
| 66 | Lawrence | 4,644 |
| 67 | Steve | 4,617 |
| 68 | Bradley | 4,555 |
| 69 | Mike | 4,526 |
| 70 | Randall | 4,448 |
| 71 | Phillip | 4,402 |
| 72 | Jeff | 4,387 |
| 73 | Johnny | 4,363 |
| 74 | Joe | 4,334 |
| 75 | Curtis | 4,242 |
| 76 | Jon | 4,239 |
| 77 | Jimmy | 4,238 |
| 78 | Martin | 4,210 |
| 79 | Jose | 4,194 |
| 80 | Billy | 4,182 |
| 81 | Samuel | 4,155 |
| 82 | Bobby | 4,068 |
| 83 | Walter | 4,057 |
| 84 | Dean | 4,041 |
| 85 | Dale | 3,985 |
| 86 | Philip | 3,954 |
| 87 | Barry | 3,916 |
| 88 | Darryl | 3,817 |
| 89 | Jason | 3,770 |
| 90 | Glenn | 3,668 |
| 91 | Jay | 3,598 |
| 92 | Henry | 3,575 |
| 93 | Willie | 3,546 |
| 94 | Roy | 3,522 |
| 95 | Darrell | 3,497 |
| 96 | Arthur | 3,482 |
| 97 | Allen | 3,420 |
| 98 | Tracy | 3,380 |
| 99 | Harold | 3,323 |
| 100 | Albert | 3,297 |
| 101 | Victor | 3,267 |
| 102 | Joel | 3,232 |
| 103 | Tim | 3,141 |
| 104 | Louis | 2,992 |
| 105 | Marc | 2,972 |
| 106 | Lee | 2,965 |
| 107 | Jack | 2,964 |
| 108 | Ronnie | 2,907 |
| 109 | Frederick | 2,884 |
| 110 | Kurt | 2,846 |
| 111 | Kelly | 2,784 |
| 112 | Ralph | 2,783 |
| 113 | Marvin | 2,735 |
| 114 | Brent | 2,689 |
| 115 | Micheal | 2,647 |
| 116 | Eugene | 2,621 |
| 117 | Aaron | 2,599 |
| 118 | Brett | 2,575 |
| 119 | Darrin | 2,569 |
| 120 | Howard | 2,546 |
| 121 | Eddie | 2,534 |
| 122 | Ernest | 2,505 |
| 123 | Adam | 2,498 |
| 124 | Tommy | 2,465 |
| 125 | Leonard | 2,457 |
| 126 | Greg | 2,454 |
| 127 | Derrick | 2,438 |
| 128 | Stanley | 2,437 |
| 129 | Juan | 2,383 |
| 130 | Benjamin | 2,377 |
| 131 | Reginald | 2,330 |
| 132 | Jesse | 2,316 |
| 133 | Dwayne | 2,265 |
| 134 | Darin | 2,251 |
| 135 | Chad | 2,201 |
| 136 | Jim | 2,197 |
| 137 | Norman | 2,171 |
| 138 | Carlos | 2,159 |
| 139 | Nicholas | 2,139 |
| 140 | Duane | 2,116 |
| 141 | Derek | 2,111 |
| 142 | Melvin | 2,044 |
| 143 | Andre | 2,029 |
| 144 | Harry | 1,993 |
| 145 | Erik | 1,965 |
| 146 | Kyle | 1,954 |
| 147 | Jerome | 1,944 |
| 148 | Antonio | 1,915 |
| 149 | Theodore | 1,905 |
| 150 | Brad | 1,896 |
| 151 | Fred | 1,881 |
| 152 | Edwin | 1,873 |
| 153 | Tom | 1,850 |
| 154 | Kirk | 1,839 |
| 155 | Ray | 1,825 |
| 156 | Lance | 1,819 |
| 157 | Wesley | 1,803 |
| 158 | Karl | 1,792 |
| 159 | Calvin | 1,760 |
| 160 | Earl | 1,752 |
| 161 | Glen | 1,750 |
| 162 | Rick | 1,744 |
| 163 | Mitchell | 1,729 |
| 164 | Francis | 1,696 |
| 165 | Luis | 1,659 |
| 166 | Don | 1,650 |
| 167 | Warren | 1,625 |
| 168 | Tyrone | 1,615 |
| 169 | Clifford | 1,612 |
| 170 | Alfred | 1,607 |
| 171 | Ryan | 1,573 |
| 172 | Kent | 1,572 |
| 173 | Bill | 1,556 |
| 174 | Dan | 1,538 |
| 175 | Manuel | 1,532 |
| 176 | Clarence | 1,531 |
| 177 | Bernard | 1,522 |
| 178 | Lonnie | 1,429 |
| 179 | Nathan | 1,422 |
| 180 | Maurice | 1,417 |
| 181 | Gordon | 1,386 |
| 182 | Alexander | 1,368 |
| 183 | Wade | 1,359 |
| 184 | Leroy | 1,349 |
| 185 | Daryl | 1,330 |
| 186 | Shane | 1,315 |
| 187 | Leon | 1,308 |
| 188 | Franklin | 1,304 |
| 189 | Travis | 1,299 |
| 190 | Mario | 1,290 |
| 191 | Vernon | 1,284 |
| 192 | Guy | 1,278 |
| 193 | Gilbert | 1,269 |
| 194 | Marcus | 1,266 |
| 195 | Kerry | 1,241 |
| 196 | Leslie | 1,239 |
| 196 | Alvin | 1,239 |
| 198 | Neil | 1,227 |
| 199 | Ricardo | 1,201 |
| 200 | Ruben | 1,195 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1966 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.