Popular baby names in Illinois, 1966

The most popular baby names in Illinois in 1966 were Lisa for girls (3,100 babies) and Michael for boys (4,794). Social Security records list 183,276 babies born in Illinois in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Illinois in 1966

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

Girls

Lolita: 82 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Karyn: 63 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Caryn: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Therese: 58 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Darnell: 64 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Andre: 218 babies, 2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	3,100	–	1
2	Kimberly	1,959	↑2	2
3	Mary	1,705	↓1	3
4	Michelle	1,676	↑8	4
5	Karen	1,501	↓2	5
6	Susan	1,468	↓1	6
7	Laura	1,229	–	19
8	Julie	1,179	↓2	13
9	Patricia	1,131	↓1	7
10	Jennifer	1,105	↑8	10
11	Christine	1,080	↓1	20
12	Angela	1,029	↓1	9
13	Dawn	980	↑4	24
14	Cynthia	955	↓1	11
15	Elizabeth	953	↑4	16
16	Deborah	929	↓2	14
17	Linda	913	↓8	18
18	Pamela	890	↓2	15
19	Sandra	837	↑1	17
20	Donna	836	↓5	12
21	Tammy	827	–	8
22	Lori	807	–	21
23	Tina	789	↑6	23
24	Amy	756	↑7	30
25	Kathleen	748	↓1	37
26	Barbara	715	↑2	27
27	Kelly	715	↑6	26
28	Tracy	705	↑8	31
29	Sharon	701	↓6	28
30	Debra	695	↓3	35
31	Denise	689	↓6	32
32	Cheryl	679	↓2	34
33	Nancy	669	↓7	33
34	Brenda	595	↑1	25
35	Diane	575	↓3	45
36	Theresa	555	↑1	46
37	Teresa	553	↑1	29
38	Melissa	542	new	22
39	Jill	533	–	49
40	Michele	516	new	36
41	Jacqueline	490	↑2	47
42	Catherine	478	new	54
43	Maria	477	↑1	44
44	Rebecca	472	↑4	40
45	Carol	470	↓11	48
46	Stephanie	466	new	38
47	Rhonda	465	↓6	39
48	Janet	428	↓6	57
49	Robin	427	↓4	42
50	Margaret	418	↓10	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	4,794	–	1
2	John	3,764	–	4
3	David	3,626	↑1	2
4	James	3,609	↓1	3
5	Robert	3,299	–	5
6	Mark	2,086	–	7
7	William	2,051	–	6
8	Jeffrey	1,886	↑3	9
9	Thomas	1,862	↓1	10
10	Steven	1,851	–	13
11	Richard	1,848	↓2	8
12	Timothy	1,844	↑1	11
13	Brian	1,796	↑2	14
14	Scott	1,675	↑3	16
15	Joseph	1,579	↑1	15
16	Daniel	1,567	↓4	19
17	Kevin	1,483	↓3	17
18	Christopher	1,391	↑3	12
19	Anthony	1,386	–	22
20	Paul	1,324	↓2	18
21	Kenneth	1,176	↓1	21
22	Charles	1,103	↑1	20
23	Ronald	1,050	↓1	24
24	Eric	943	–	25
25	Gregory	928	–	23
26	Donald	856	–	27
27	Todd	833	↑1	29
28	Patrick	759	↑1	31
29	Edward	758	↓2	30
30	Stephen	700	↑2	26
31	Keith	677	↑2	32
32	Gary	668	↓2	28
33	Matthew	640	↑1	34
34	Douglas	614	↓3	33
35	Andrew	588	↑2	36
36	Peter	530	↓1	39
37	Rodney	512	↓1	35
38	Jeffery	501	↑4	42
39	George	496	↓1	37
40	Frank	480	–	43
41	Craig	469	↑3	46
42	Dennis	462	↓3	44
43	Terry	428	↑3	40
44	Larry	409	↓3	38
45	Raymond	406	↓2	47
46	Jerry	389	↓1	41
47	Bradley	379	–	68
48	Bryan	351	new	52
49	Roger	346	↑1	51
50	Tony	329	new	49

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