Popular baby names in Indiana, 1966

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1966 were Lisa for girls (1,616 babies) and Michael for boys (2,034). Social Security records list 87,572 babies born in Indiana in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1966

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

Girls

Lora: 101 babies, 3× the national rate
Tamara: 226 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bobbi: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tamera: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tamra: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kristina: 93 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lana: 51 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Chris: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Candy: 35 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Angel: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Monty: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rex: 45 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Max: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dewayne: 36 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brent: 155 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kent: 94 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Doug: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Trent: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bradley: 256 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bret: 48 babies, 2.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	1,616	–	1
2	Kimberly	1,204	–	2
3	Michelle	880	↑9	4
4	Angela	809	↑1	9
5	Mary	684	↓2	3
6	Susan	655	↑1	6
7	Jennifer	639	↑4	10
8	Tammy	638	↑1	8
9	Julie	628	↓3	13
10	Karen	581	↓6	5
11	Lori	554	↓1	21
12	Tina	550	↑1	23
13	Melissa	548	↑13	22
14	Amy	539	↑10	30
15	Laura	531	↑2	19
16	Dawn	515	↑3	24
17	Teresa	486	↓9	29
18	Kelly	476	↓4	26
19	Pamela	473	↓1	15
20	Cynthia	419	↓5	11
21	Rhonda	400	↑1	39
22	Patricia	390	↓6	7
23	Deborah	389	–	14
24	Tracy	389	↑5	31
25	Linda	381	–	18
26	Brenda	372	↓6	25
27	Elizabeth	369	↑6	16
28	Sandra	364	↑2	17
29	Donna	357	↓8	12
30	Rebecca	347	↓2	40
31	Barbara	343	–	27
32	Robin	324	↑2	42
33	Cheryl	319	↑2	34
34	Christine	305	↑7	20
35	Debra	288	↓8	35
36	Jill	283	↑2	49
37	Denise	277	↓5	32
38	Nancy	269	↑2	33
39	Beth	262	–	65
40	Michele	254	↑5	36
41	Paula	253	↑5	50
42	Stephanie	251	↑6	38
43	Kathy	240	↓7	59
44	Sharon	237	↓7	28
45	Sherry	229	↓3	53
46	Tamara	226	↑1	98
47	Carol	223	↓4	48
48	Andrea	201	new	52
49	Kathleen	201	new	37
50	Theresa	201	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	2,034	–	1
2	David	1,881	–	2
3	James	1,740	–	3
4	John	1,614	–	4
5	Robert	1,587	–	5
6	Brian	1,153	↑4	14
7	Jeffrey	1,129	–	9
8	Mark	1,115	↓2	7
9	Timothy	981	↓1	11
10	William	951	↓1	6
11	Scott	886	↑2	16
12	Kevin	857	↓1	17
13	Richard	811	↓1	8
14	Steven	751	↑1	13
15	Thomas	742	↓1	10
16	Christopher	700	↑1	12
17	Charles	626	↑1	20
18	Daniel	611	↓2	19
19	Anthony	580	↑6	22
20	Gregory	572	–	23
21	Joseph	547	↓2	15
22	Ronald	518	↑1	24
23	Kenneth	516	↑1	21
24	Todd	492	↓2	29
25	Paul	480	↓4	18
26	Donald	454	–	27
27	Douglas	428	↑2	33
28	Eric	413	↑2	25
29	Larry	395	↑4	38
30	Gary	391	↓3	28
31	Jeffery	362	↑1	42
32	Jerry	360	↑3	41
33	Rodney	354	↓5	35
34	Stephen	347	↓3	26
35	Terry	337	↓1	40
36	Troy	310	↑10	48
37	Matthew	308	↑3	34
38	Keith	302	↓1	32
39	Patrick	292	↓1	31
40	Andrew	276	↑8	36
41	Bradley	256	–	68
42	Randy	245	↓6	45
43	Tony	245	–	49
44	Dennis	243	↓5	44
45	Bryan	240	↑2	52
46	Edward	222	↓4	30
47	Roger	217	↓2	51
48	Randall	198	↑2	70
49	Jeff	197	↓5	72
50	Chris	193	↓1	55

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