Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1966

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1966 were Lisa for girls (1,959 babies) and Michael for boys (3,133). Social Security records list 107,708 babies born in New Jersey in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1966

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

Girls

Maryann: 101 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kecia: 29 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maritza: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marisol: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Marybeth: 41 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maryellen: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Luz: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lauren: 125 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Eileen: 211 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Coleen: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Carmen: 36 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Dominick: 58 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Angelo: 68 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gerard: 78 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Angel: 73 babies, 3× the national rate
Salvatore: 48 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nicholas: 180 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lamont: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Drew: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Darnell: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	1,959	–	1
2	Karen	1,066	–	5
3	Susan	1,063	–	6
4	Patricia	913	–	7
5	Donna	887	↑1	12
6	Mary	869	↓1	3
7	Dawn	836	–	24
8	Christine	814	↑2	20
9	Kimberly	805	↑2	2
10	Michele	795	↑10	36
11	Michelle	787	↑24	4
12	Kathleen	685	↓4	37
13	Denise	621	↑1	32
14	Elizabeth	619	↑2	16
15	Linda	618	↓6	18
16	Jennifer	604	↑8	10
17	Nancy	604	↑1	33
18	Barbara	603	↓6	27
19	Laura	574	↓4	19
20	Deborah	551	↓7	14
21	Sharon	512	↓4	28
22	Sandra	508	↑3	17
23	Cynthia	481	↓4	11
24	Kim	464	↑6	43
25	Cheryl	461	↓3	34
26	Pamela	445	↑6	15
27	Maria	437	↓1	44
28	Diane	436	↓7	45
29	Lori	424	↓1	21
30	Kelly	423	↑4	26
31	Tracy	422	↑7	31
32	Jacqueline	415	↓3	47
33	Debra	409	↓10	35
34	Theresa	390	↓7	46
35	Jill	327	↑2	49
36	Amy	316	↑7	30
37	Carol	316	↓6	48
38	Catherine	316	↑2	54
39	Suzanne	313	↑2	62
40	Robin	309	↓7	42
41	Margaret	308	↓5	55
42	Tracey	307	↑6	69
43	Wendy	307	↓4	41
44	Angela	280	↑1	9
45	Melissa	267	new	22
46	Tammy	263	↑3	8
47	Stephanie	261	↓3	38
48	Maureen	252	↓6	>100
49	Andrea	249	↓2	52
50	Carolyn	245	–	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	3,133	–	1
2	John	2,946	–	4
3	Robert	2,520	–	5
4	James	2,148	–	3
5	David	2,023	–	2
6	Joseph	1,776	–	15
7	William	1,585	–	6
8	Thomas	1,470	–	10
9	Richard	1,403	–	8
10	Christopher	1,212	↑1	12
11	Anthony	1,020	↑2	22
12	Mark	969	↓2	7
13	Jeffrey	897	↑4	9
14	Steven	886	↑1	13
15	Scott	871	↑1	16
16	Brian	867	↑4	14
17	Paul	851	↓5	18
18	Kevin	845	↓4	17
19	Kenneth	770	–	21
20	Daniel	762	↑1	19
21	Edward	760	↓3	30
22	Charles	668	–	20
23	Timothy	655	–	11
24	Stephen	613	↑1	26
25	Eric	576	↑1	25
26	Peter	554	↓2	39
27	Frank	529	–	43
28	Ronald	528	↑1	24
29	Gregory	509	↑4	23
30	George	508	↓2	37
31	Keith	462	↑4	32
32	Andrew	453	↓1	36
33	Patrick	449	↓3	31
34	Gary	430	↓2	28
35	Matthew	398	↑2	34
36	Donald	381	↓2	27
37	Douglas	351	↓1	33
38	Raymond	348	–	47
39	Vincent	317	–	58
40	Sean	276	new	50
41	Craig	273	–	46
42	Glenn	242	↓2	90
43	Todd	236	↓1	29
44	Louis	214	↓1	>100
45	Dennis	212	↑2	44
46	Walter	212	↓1	83
47	Lawrence	210	↓1	66
48	Rodney	207	new	35
49	Wayne	195	↓5	59
50	Jose	193	new	79

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