Popular baby names in California, 1966

The most popular baby names in California in 1966 were Lisa for girls (4,931 babies) and Michael for boys (7,686). Social Security records list 319,452 babies born in California in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in California in 1966

Names given at least 15 times in California that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Angelica: 99 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Silvia: 95 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Leticia: 281 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Guadalupe: 144 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Adriana: 87 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lorena: 106 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Elsa: 89 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marina: 95 babies, 3× the national rate
Irma: 169 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ana: 189 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Salvador: 156 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Sergio: 122 babies, 4× the national rate
Gabriel: 188 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Arturo: 158 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marco: 132 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jaime: 233 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Raul: 262 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alejandro: 95 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Manuel: 458 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ruben: 355 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in California, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	4,931	–	1
2	Michelle	3,299	↑7	4
3	Kimberly	2,809	–	2
4	Karen	2,066	↓2	5
5	Jennifer	1,919	↑8	10
6	Julie	1,880	↓1	13
7	Mary	1,855	↓3	3
8	Susan	1,826	↓1	6
9	Cynthia	1,781	↓1	11
10	Patricia	1,705	↓4	7
11	Laura	1,641	↓1	19
12	Elizabeth	1,547	↓1	16
13	Christine	1,494	↑4	20
14	Sandra	1,493	↑1	17
15	Deborah	1,470	↓1	14
16	Maria	1,416	–	44
17	Tina	1,282	↑7	23
18	Kelly	1,274	↑1	26
19	Denise	1,270	↓1	32
20	Linda	1,222	↓8	18
21	Tammy	1,168	↑1	8
22	Teresa	1,152	↓1	29
23	Tracy	1,140	↑3	31
24	Stephanie	1,127	↑3	38
25	Lori	1,087	↓2	21
26	Angela	1,059	↑5	9
27	Michele	1,037	↑21	36
28	Kathleen	1,036	↑2	37
29	Nancy	1,003	↑5	33
30	Donna	998	↓10	12
31	Gina	991	↑18	58
32	Wendy	972	↓7	41
33	Debra	958	↓5	35
34	Cheryl	950	↓2	34
35	Dawn	927	↑2	24
36	Rebecca	921	↓3	40
37	Christina	892	↑6	67
38	Pamela	892	↓9	15
39	Barbara	870	↑1	27
40	Brenda	834	↓4	25
41	Sharon	826	↓2	28
42	Diana	820	–	64
43	Diane	771	↓5	45
44	Kim	757	↓3	43
45	Melissa	755	new	22
46	Monica	755	↑4	75
47	Andrea	719	new	52
48	Jill	708	new	49
49	Catherine	704	new	54
50	Theresa	681	↓5	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	7,686	–	1
2	David	6,758	–	2
3	Robert	5,893	↑1	5
4	John	5,755	↓1	4
5	James	4,909	–	3
6	Richard	3,718	–	8
7	Mark	3,301	–	7
8	Steven	2,992	–	13
9	William	2,668	–	6
10	Christopher	2,551	↑3	12
11	Daniel	2,532	↓1	19
12	Brian	2,396	↑5	14
13	Jeffrey	2,383	↑1	9
14	Paul	2,287	↓2	18
15	Scott	2,219	–	16
16	Eric	2,204	–	25
17	Kevin	2,123	↓6	17
18	Timothy	2,085	↑1	11
19	Anthony	1,986	↑3	22
20	Thomas	1,963	↓2	10
21	Joseph	1,928	↓1	15
22	Kenneth	1,758	↓1	21
23	Ronald	1,683	–	24
24	Charles	1,529	↑1	20
25	Gregory	1,512	↓1	23
26	Gary	1,298	–	28
27	Stephen	1,244	↑3	26
28	Matthew	1,236	↑4	34
29	Edward	1,224	↓1	30
30	Sean	1,203	↑10	50
31	Donald	1,179	↓4	27
32	Todd	1,143	↓1	29
33	Patrick	1,140	↓4	31
34	Andrew	981	↑1	36
35	Jose	922	↑4	79
36	Douglas	907	↓3	33
37	Frank	902	↓1	43
38	Keith	881	↑6	32
39	George	823	↓2	37
40	Raymond	806	↓2	47
41	Craig	798	–	46
42	Mike	731	↓8	69
43	Rodney	708	–	35
44	Peter	704	↓2	39
45	Shawn	702	new	54
46	Dennis	693	↑1	44
47	Steve	668	↓2	67
48	Larry	659	↓2	38
49	Jerry	641	↓1	41
50	Martin	630	new	78

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