Popular baby names in Delaware, 1966

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1966 were Lisa for girls (187 babies) and Michael for boys (251). Social Security records list 8,075 babies born in Delaware in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1966

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

Girls

Crystal: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Veronica: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dawn: 74 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Michele: 60 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Diane: 44 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Eugene: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Howard: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ralph: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Samuel: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Darryl: 19 babies, 2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	187	–	1
2	Kimberly	130	–	2
3	Mary	93	↑1	3
4	Karen	78	↓1	5
5	Michelle	78	↑11	4
6	Dawn	74	↑1	24
7	Donna	72	↓1	12
8	Susan	72	↓3	6
9	Deborah	68	↓1	14
10	Patricia	65	↓1	7
11	Christine	60	↓1	20
12	Michele	60	↑3	36
13	Barbara	52	↑6	27
14	Elizabeth	48	↑6	16
15	Tracy	47	↑20	31
16	Teresa	46	↑13	29
17	Tammy	45	↑15	8
18	Diane	44	↑10	45
19	Jennifer	44	↓1	10
20	Kelly	43	↑20	26
21	Tina	43	↑26	23
22	Linda	42	↓8	18
23	Kathleen	41	↑1	37
24	Nancy	41	↑14	33
25	Cynthia	40	↓13	11
26	Denise	40	↓5	32
27	Pamela	40	↓2	15
28	Sandra	40	↓6	17
29	Amy	38	↑4	30
30	Brenda	34	–	25
31	Julie	34	new	13
32	Laura	34	↓6	19
33	Sharon	33	↓22	28
34	Cheryl	32	↓3	34
35	Theresa	32	↑8	46
36	Carol	31	↑6	48
37	Lori	30	↓10	21
38	Stephanie	30	↓15	38
39	Andrea	28	↑9	52
40	Robin	28	↓27	42
41	Catherine	27	↑4	54
42	Sheila	27	↓3	51
43	Angela	26	↓26	9
44	Melissa	25	new	22
45	Debra	24	↓8	35
46	Paula	24	↑3	50
47	Wendy	24	↓11	41
48	Beth	23	new	65
49	Jacqueline	23	↓3	47
50	Maria	23	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	251	↑2	1
2	Robert	230	↑2	5
3	John	229	↓2	4
4	James	214	↑1	3
5	David	213	↓3	2
6	William	158	–	6
7	Mark	119	↑3	7
8	Joseph	109	↑3	15
9	Richard	108	↓1	8
10	Christopher	106	↑3	12
11	Jeffrey	106	↑1	9
12	Thomas	97	↓5	10
13	Brian	83	↑4	14
14	Charles	79	↓5	20
15	Kevin	77	↓1	17
16	Timothy	76	↑3	11
17	Steven	69	↓2	13
18	Anthony	66	↑7	22
19	Kenneth	66	↑7	21
20	Paul	63	↓4	18
21	Eric	58	↑2	25
22	Scott	57	↓4	16
23	Stephen	53	↓2	26
24	Daniel	51	↓2	19
25	George	45	↑6	37
26	Matthew	45	↑8	34
27	Edward	42	↓7	30
28	Andrew	41	–	36
29	Donald	40	↓2	27
30	Gregory	40	↓1	23
31	Ronald	38	↓7	24
32	Keith	36	–	32
33	Peter	33	↑5	39
34	Douglas	32	↓1	33
35	Frank	31	↑2	43
36	Carl	25	↑9	56
37	Patrick	25	↓1	31
38	Gary	24	↓8	28
39	Rodney	24	↑1	35
40	Samuel	21	new	81
41	Shawn	21	↑5	54
42	Bryan	20	–	52
43	Francis	20	–	>100
44	Todd	20	new	29
45	Vincent	20	↓6	58
46	Craig	19	↑2	46
47	Curtis	19	new	75
48	Darryl	19	new	88
49	Dennis	19	new	44
50	Gerald	19	new	60

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