Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1966

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1966 were Lisa for girls (1,561 babies) and James for boys (2,196). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 82,721 babies born in North Carolina in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1966

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

Girls

Ashley: 39 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Teressa: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Frankie: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Amanda: 188 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Della: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shelby: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shelia: 139 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lillie: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Wanda: 310 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ginger: 86 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 26 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Sandy: 31 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Alton: 41 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Scottie: 41 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Scotty: 53 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dewey: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Horace: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Carlton: 60 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Archie: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Clifton: 62 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	1,561	–	1
2	Angela	1,132	–	9
3	Kimberly	1,053	↑1	2
4	Tammy	845	↑2	8
5	Mary	764	↓2	3
6	Donna	747	↑1	12
7	Teresa	711	↑1	29
8	Sharon	658	↑1	28
9	Pamela	649	↑2	15
10	Karen	631	↓5	5
11	Cynthia	545	↓1	11
12	Susan	541	–	6
13	Sandra	523	↑1	17
14	Patricia	494	↓1	7
15	Melissa	432	↑13	22
16	Elizabeth	431	↑4	16
17	Jennifer	425	↑9	10
18	Deborah	419	↓2	14
19	Linda	408	↓4	18
20	Wendy	381	↑3	41
21	Amy	371	↑4	30
22	Robin	360	↓5	42
23	Brenda	342	↓5	25
24	Tina	339	–	23
25	Barbara	334	↑2	27
26	Rhonda	328	↓7	39
27	Wanda	310	↓6	84
28	Michelle	303	↑20	4
29	Stephanie	296	↑18	38
30	Sheila	288	↓1	51
31	Tracy	287	↓1	31
32	Sherry	276	↓10	53
33	Laura	273	↓2	19
34	Rebecca	259	↑6	40
35	Lori	255	↓2	21
36	Kelly	246	↑3	26
37	Jacqueline	241	↓5	47
38	Cheryl	233	↑3	34
39	Paula	231	↑4	50
40	Debra	229	↓6	35
41	Janet	225	↓4	57
42	Carolyn	224	↓6	60
43	Carol	218	↑2	48
44	Nancy	214	↑2	33
45	Kathy	210	↓10	59
46	Andrea	200	new	52
47	Beverly	199	↓3	>100
48	Regina	193	↑2	82
49	Amanda	188	new	>100
50	Julie	188	↓8	13

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	James	2,196	–	3
2	Michael	1,723	–	1
3	David	1,390	–	2
4	William	1,347	↑1	6
5	John	1,276	↓1	4
6	Robert	1,238	–	5
7	Timothy	931	–	11
8	Jeffrey	891	–	9
9	Charles	874	–	20
10	Kenneth	714	↑1	21
11	Christopher	709	↑5	12
12	Richard	674	–	8
13	Mark	660	↓3	7
14	Thomas	560	–	10
15	Anthony	546	↓2	22
16	Gregory	506	↑2	23
17	Rodney	501	↓2	35
18	Joseph	496	↓1	15
19	Jerry	443	↑1	41
20	Donald	441	↓1	27
21	Kevin	432	↑1	17
22	Steven	432	↓1	13
23	Gary	411	↑1	28
24	Tony	396	↑1	49
25	Ronald	385	↑4	24
26	Terry	383	↓3	40
27	Brian	381	↑4	14
28	Randy	365	↓1	45
29	Larry	363	↓3	38
30	Paul	339	–	18
31	Eric	321	↑6	25
32	Bobby	319	↓4	82
33	Stephen	309	↑2	26
34	George	296	↓1	37
35	Jimmy	293	↑10	77
36	Johnny	291	↓4	73
37	Jeffery	287	↑1	42
38	Edward	284	↓2	30
39	Keith	265	↑1	32
40	Ricky	261	↓6	64
41	Scott	241	↓2	16
42	Billy	240	↓1	80
43	Daniel	237	↑1	19
44	Roger	226	↑6	51
45	Danny	220	↓3	62
46	Douglas	213	↓3	33
47	Ronnie	196	–	>100
48	Barry	195	new	87
49	Todd	192	new	29
50	Samuel	186	new	81

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