Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1966

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1966 were Lisa for girls (389 babies) and Michael for boys (704). Social Security records list 23,531 babies born in District of Columbia in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1966

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

Girls

Latonya: 21 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Deirdre: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tonya: 90 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lauren: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bridgette: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tanya: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Nicole: 44 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Adrienne: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sabrina: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Yvette: 48 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Donnell: 18 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Carlton: 28 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Maurice: 46 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Andre: 58 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tyrone: 45 babies, 4× the national rate
Reginald: 58 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Clifton: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kelvin: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ricardo: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nathaniel: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	389	–	1
2	Kimberly	228	↑3	2
3	Mary	222	–	3
4	Michelle	221	↑3	4
5	Karen	220	↓3	5
6	Angela	208	↓2	9
7	Jennifer	155	↑15	10
8	Deborah	149	–	14
9	Susan	145	↓3	6
10	Elizabeth	144	↑3	16
11	Cynthia	142	–	11
12	Patricia	140	↓3	7
13	Pamela	130	↓1	15
14	Laura	118	↑1	19
15	Sharon	117	↓5	28
16	Kim	114	↑9	43
17	Donna	110	↓3	12
18	Tracy	110	↑11	31
19	Christine	103	↑2	20
20	Cheryl	101	↓2	34
21	Denise	98	↓4	32
22	Jacqueline	97	↓2	47
23	Linda	95	↓7	18
24	Kathleen	92	↑9	37
25	Tonya	90	new	96
26	Stephanie	89	↓3	38
27	Amy	88	new	30
28	Theresa	88	↓2	46
29	Sandra	84	↑2	17
30	Barbara	80	↑2	27
31	Robin	80	↓12	42
32	Julie	79	↑4	13
33	Michele	79	↑5	36
34	Maria	77	↓6	44
35	Teresa	75	↓1	29
36	Tracey	73	↑12	69
37	Catherine	71	↓7	54
38	Kelly	71	↑3	26
39	Margaret	71	↓2	55
40	Monica	71	↓16	75
41	Carolyn	70	↓1	60
42	Anne	69	new	83
43	Dawn	69	↓16	24
44	Tina	69	↑1	23
45	Andrea	68	↑4	52
46	Brenda	67	–	25
47	Valerie	63	new	74
48	Renee	62	↓9	66
49	Debra	61	↑1	35
50	Lori	61	new	21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	704	–	1
2	John	530	–	4
3	James	511	–	3
4	David	510	–	2
5	Robert	421	–	5
6	William	399	–	6
7	Anthony	292	↑1	22
8	Christopher	259	↑3	12
9	Mark	250	–	7
10	Kevin	240	↓3	17
11	Thomas	239	↑1	10
12	Charles	221	↓2	20
13	Eric	211	↑2	25
14	Joseph	210	–	15
15	Steven	201	↑2	13
16	Kenneth	192	–	21
17	Richard	189	↓4	8
18	Brian	185	↑4	14
19	Timothy	183	↓1	11
20	Paul	164	–	18
21	Jeffrey	160	↓2	9
22	Daniel	147	↑1	19
23	Stephen	145	↑1	26
24	Gregory	132	↓3	23
25	Keith	122	↑1	32
26	Ronald	118	↓1	24
27	Edward	117	–	30
28	Andrew	107	↑3	36
29	Donald	107	–	27
30	Scott	105	↑8	16
31	Patrick	102	↓3	31
32	Sean	95	↑17	50
33	Matthew	90	↑4	34
34	Gary	85	–	28
35	George	84	↓5	37
36	Rodney	82	↓3	35
37	Lawrence	80	↑5	66
38	Peter	77	↑7	39
39	Jonathan	69	↑1	65
40	Vincent	69	↑6	58
41	Darryl	67	↓9	88
42	Douglas	61	↓7	33
43	Andre	58	↓7	>100
44	Reginald	58	↓5	>100
45	Raymond	54	↑3	47
46	Bruce	53	new	53
47	Derrick	50	↓3	>100
48	Darrell	48	↓5	95
49	Frank	47	new	43
50	Carl	46	–	56

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