Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1966

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1966 were Lisa for girls (2,138 babies) and Michael for boys (2,947). Social Security records list 93,374 babies born in Massachusetts in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1966

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

Girls

Maura: 83 babies, 9× the national rate
Maryellen: 38 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Annmarie: 53 babies, 5× the national rate
Lynne: 142 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maureen: 335 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marybeth: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Annemarie: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lauren: 122 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Noreen: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Joanne: 270 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 60 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Francis: 176 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dana: 96 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bradford: 47 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 739 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Edmund: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Gerard: 63 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joshua: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shaun: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Stephen: 971 babies, 2.4× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	2,138	–	1
2	Susan	1,151	↑1	6
3	Karen	1,112	↓1	5
4	Michelle	1,074	↑11	4
5	Christine	976	–	20
6	Kimberly	828	↑6	2
7	Mary	820	↓3	3
8	Kathleen	815	↓1	37
9	Patricia	763	↓3	7
10	Deborah	698	–	14
11	Elizabeth	674	–	16
12	Donna	616	↓4	12
13	Cheryl	592	↑1	34
14	Jennifer	578	↑5	10
15	Linda	549	↓6	18
16	Nancy	538	↓3	33
17	Pamela	499	↓1	15
18	Laura	470	–	19
19	Julie	450	↑1	13
20	Diane	439	↓3	45
21	Sandra	404	↑3	17
22	Kelly	403	↑6	26
23	Cynthia	395	–	11
24	Debra	391	↓2	35
25	Denise	386	↑5	32
26	Kim	380	↑15	43
27	Laurie	378	↑7	63
28	Amy	376	↑10	30
29	Dawn	375	↑7	24
30	Lori	373	↓4	21
31	Barbara	368	↓2	27
32	Sharon	365	↓11	28
33	Robin	340	↓6	42
34	Michele	336	↑11	36
35	Maureen	335	–	>100
36	Wendy	335	↓11	41
37	Paula	331	↓6	50
38	Tracy	331	↑9	31
39	Ann	327	↓7	61
40	Melissa	324	new	22
41	Catherine	319	↓2	54
42	Brenda	317	↓5	25
43	Carol	307	↓10	48
44	Theresa	297	↓4	46
45	Suzanne	294	↓2	62
46	Maria	293	↓4	44
47	Tammy	274	↑3	8
48	Joanne	270	↓2	>100
49	Margaret	265	↓5	55
50	Andrea	262	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	2,947	–	1
2	John	2,725	–	4
3	David	2,440	–	2
4	Robert	2,183	–	5
5	James	2,062	–	3
6	Richard	1,419	↑2	8
7	Paul	1,414	↓1	18
8	William	1,370	↑1	6
9	Mark	1,281	↓2	7
10	Christopher	1,241	↑1	12
11	Joseph	1,198	↓1	15
12	Thomas	1,159	–	10
13	Scott	1,101	–	16
14	Steven	1,019	↑3	13
15	Kevin	1,015	↑1	17
16	Brian	1,004	↓1	14
17	Stephen	971	↑1	26
18	Daniel	939	↓4	19
19	Jeffrey	821	↑1	9
20	Timothy	769	↑1	11
21	Peter	739	↓2	39
22	Edward	621	–	30
23	Kenneth	580	–	21
24	Eric	503	↑1	25
25	Charles	468	↓1	20
26	Anthony	446	–	22
27	Matthew	435	↑6	34
28	Ronald	421	–	24
29	Donald	393	↑2	27
30	Andrew	389	–	36
31	Gary	383	↓4	28
32	Patrick	378	↓3	31
33	Sean	368	↑3	50
34	Keith	355	↑3	32
35	Gregory	352	↓1	23
36	George	319	↓4	37
37	Douglas	306	↓2	33
38	Todd	299	–	29
39	Jonathan	239	↑2	65
40	Shawn	234	↑7	54
41	Bruce	225	↑4	53
42	Dennis	218	↓2	44
43	Raymond	218	↓1	47
44	Frank	204	↓5	43
45	Philip	197	↓2	86
46	Craig	195	↑2	46
47	Wayne	195	↓3	59
48	Marc	182	↑2	>100
49	Francis	176	–	>100
50	Alan	169	↓4	57

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