Popular baby names in Florida, 1966

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1966 were Lisa for girls (1,314 babies) and James for boys (2,046). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 90,576 babies born in Florida in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1966

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

Girls

Tangela: 43 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Sonji: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lourdes: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tia: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Felecia: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sabrina: 75 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Valarie: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Latonya: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ana: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cassandra: 92 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Dexter: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jorge: 66 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Roosevelt: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Willie: 306 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Johnnie: 69 babies, 3× the national rate
Charlie: 66 babies, 3× the national rate
Freddie: 60 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alonzo: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Roderick: 68 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sheldon: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	1,314	–	1
2	Kimberly	1,005	–	2
3	Mary	782	–	3
4	Angela	680	↑1	9
5	Michelle	665	↑19	4
6	Karen	624	↓2	5
7	Patricia	604	↓1	7
8	Cynthia	589	↓1	11
9	Tammy	587	↓1	8
10	Pamela	543	↑2	15
11	Susan	516	↓2	6
12	Sharon	507	↓2	28
13	Deborah	489	–	14
14	Donna	458	–	12
15	Melissa	449	↑17	22
16	Teresa	448	↑1	29
17	Linda	439	↓6	18
18	Elizabeth	438	↓3	16
19	Sandra	430	↓1	17
20	Jennifer	412	↑6	10
21	Tina	412	↑1	23
22	Barbara	405	↓3	27
23	Laura	404	↓2	19
24	Brenda	386	↓8	25
25	Lori	356	↑3	21
26	Stephanie	353	↑3	38
27	Julie	332	↑4	13
28	Cheryl	329	↓8	34
29	Debra	328	↓6	35
30	Tracy	319	↑6	31
31	Kelly	313	↑3	26
32	Rhonda	303	↓5	39
33	Dawn	292	–	24
34	Robin	285	↓9	42
35	Nancy	275	↑6	33
36	Sheila	268	↑4	51
37	Christine	258	↑8	20
38	Theresa	258	↓3	46
39	Amy	246	↑7	30
40	Denise	242	↓3	32
41	Michele	241	new	36
42	Wendy	236	↓3	41
43	Carol	232	↓13	48
44	Kim	229	↓1	43
45	Rebecca	224	↓7	40
46	Catherine	222	new	54
47	Andrea	221	new	52
48	Jacqueline	216	↓6	47
49	Maria	216	↑1	44
50	Sherry	199	↓3	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	James	2,046	↑1	3
2	Michael	2,037	↓1	1
3	John	1,897	–	4
4	Robert	1,810	↑1	5
5	David	1,687	↓1	2
6	William	1,256	–	6
7	Richard	968	–	8
8	Mark	798	↑1	7
9	Charles	790	↓1	20
10	Kenneth	703	↑2	21
11	Timothy	702	↓1	11
12	Christopher	676	↑4	12
13	Thomas	658	↓2	10
14	Joseph	656	↓1	15
15	Anthony	623	↓1	22
16	Jeffrey	601	↑1	9
17	Steven	552	↑2	13
18	Kevin	530	–	17
19	Ronald	500	↑5	24
20	Gregory	491	↓5	23
21	Scott	491	↓1	16
22	Paul	481	↓1	18
23	Brian	458	↑6	14
24	Daniel	429	↓1	19
25	Donald	428	↓3	27
26	Eric	388	–	25
27	Keith	383	↑5	32
28	Gary	378	↓3	28
29	Stephen	369	↓1	26
30	Edward	360	↓3	30
31	Patrick	349	↑2	31
32	George	330	↓1	37
33	Willie	306	↓3	93
34	Rodney	290	–	35
35	Larry	288	↑2	38
36	Terry	273	–	40
37	Tony	247	↑1	49
38	Andrew	237	↑4	36
39	Douglas	235	↓4	33
40	Raymond	225	↑1	47
41	Jerry	222	↑6	41
42	Todd	216	↑3	29
43	Jeffery	210	↓4	42
44	Frank	207	↓4	43
45	Matthew	199	new	34
46	Troy	192	new	48
47	Vincent	181	new	58
48	Johnny	179	↓2	73
49	Darryl	178	↓5	88
50	Sean	177	new	50

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