Popular baby names in New York, 1966

The most popular baby names in New York in 1966 were Lisa for girls (5,146 babies) and Michael for boys (8,542). Social Security records list 302,915 babies born in New York in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1966

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

Girls

Milagros: 119 babies, 9× the national rate
Ivette: 136 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Maritza: 142 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lizette: 86 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Migdalia: 84 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Marisol: 116 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Madeline: 171 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lourdes: 125 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Luz: 144 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Maribel: 80 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 119 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Salvatore: 268 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dominick: 156 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Angel: 339 babies, 5× the national rate
Julio: 133 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rafael: 229 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Luis: 556 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gerard: 256 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Israel: 96 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Angelo: 179 babies, 3.4× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	5,146	–	1
2	Mary	2,546	–	3
3	Susan	2,505	↑1	6
4	Karen	2,435	↓1	5
5	Michelle	2,352	↑14	4
6	Christine	2,306	–	20
7	Patricia	2,212	↓2	7
8	Elizabeth	1,966	↓1	16
9	Donna	1,723	↓1	12
10	Deborah	1,687	↑1	14
11	Dawn	1,644	↑5	24
12	Kathleen	1,597	↓3	37
13	Maria	1,581	–	44
14	Kimberly	1,574	↑6	2
15	Michele	1,566	↑14	36
16	Jennifer	1,534	↑5	10
17	Laura	1,527	↓2	19
18	Nancy	1,524	↓4	33
19	Denise	1,463	↓7	32
20	Linda	1,435	↓10	18
21	Barbara	1,352	↓4	27
22	Kim	1,294	–	43
23	Jacqueline	1,200	–	47
24	Sandra	1,191	↑6	17
25	Diane	1,160	↓7	45
26	Amy	1,148	↑8	30
27	Cynthia	1,117	↓2	11
28	Pamela	1,105	↑3	15
29	Kelly	1,101	↑11	26
30	Debra	1,091	↓6	35
31	Lori	1,060	↓5	21
32	Theresa	1,050	↓5	46
33	Sharon	1,021	↓5	28
34	Catherine	906	↑2	54
35	Tracy	898	↑14	31
36	Julie	890	↑3	13
37	Margaret	879	↓5	55
38	Tammy	869	↑6	8
39	Melissa	865	new	22
40	Cheryl	863	↓7	34
41	Tina	862	↑5	23
42	Wendy	857	↓5	41
43	Robin	828	↓8	42
44	Brenda	780	↓3	25
45	Stephanie	778	↓2	38
46	Andrea	771	new	52
47	Jill	770	↑1	49
48	Suzanne	767	↓3	62
49	Angela	766	↓2	9
50	Carol	754	↓12	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	8,542	–	1
2	John	6,919	–	4
3	Robert	5,902	–	5
4	David	5,665	–	2
5	James	5,272	–	3
6	Joseph	4,089	–	15
7	Richard	3,665	–	8
8	Thomas	3,568	–	10
9	William	3,511	–	6
10	Christopher	3,340	–	12
11	Anthony	2,849	↑1	22
12	Mark	2,627	↓1	7
13	Steven	2,588	↑1	13
14	Paul	2,421	↓1	18
15	Kevin	2,401	↑1	17
16	Daniel	2,345	↓1	19
17	Jeffrey	2,328	–	9
18	Scott	2,313	↑1	16
19	Timothy	2,159	↓1	11
20	Brian	2,056	↑2	14
21	Peter	1,924	↓1	39
22	Edward	1,774	↑1	30
23	Kenneth	1,770	↓2	21
24	Eric	1,715	–	25
25	Charles	1,590	–	20
26	Stephen	1,570	–	26
27	Andrew	1,536	–	36
28	Ronald	1,321	↑1	24
29	Frank	1,278	↑1	43
30	Gregory	1,263	↑1	23
31	Matthew	1,227	↑3	34
32	Patrick	1,199	↓4	31
33	George	1,166	↓1	37
34	Keith	1,026	↑4	32
35	Donald	1,008	↓2	27
36	Gary	958	↓1	28
37	Jose	950	↑3	79
38	Douglas	944	↓2	33
39	Vincent	900	↓2	58
40	Todd	885	↑1	29
41	Raymond	866	↓2	47
42	Sean	776	↑7	50
43	Craig	706	↑1	46
44	Dennis	652	↓1	44
45	Lawrence	635	↓3	66
46	Jonathan	603	↑2	65
47	Philip	571	↓1	86
48	Louis	562	↓1	>100
49	Luis	556	new	>100
50	Rodney	520	↓5	35

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