Popular baby names in Ohio, 1966

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1966 were Lisa for girls (3,325 babies) and Michael for boys (4,528). Social Security records list 177,894 babies born in Ohio in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1966

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

Girls

Lora: 151 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Beth: 561 babies, 2× the national rate
Molly: 101 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Deron: 58 babies, 4.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	3,325	–	1
2	Kimberly	2,312	–	2
3	Michelle	1,816	↑8	4
4	Mary	1,640	↓1	3
5	Karen	1,371	↓1	5
6	Susan	1,313	↓1	6
7	Jennifer	1,272	↓1	10
8	Tammy	1,168	↑1	8
9	Amy	1,156	↑1	30
10	Julie	1,086	↑3	13
11	Melissa	1,064	↑13	22
12	Deborah	1,006	↑4	14
13	Angela	1,002	↑4	9
14	Tina	983	–	23
15	Lori	981	↓7	21
16	Laura	976	↓1	19
17	Patricia	966	↓10	7
18	Kelly	962	↑4	26
19	Christine	914	–	20
20	Pamela	910	↓8	15
21	Cynthia	867	↓3	11
22	Tracy	821	↑14	31
23	Teresa	810	↓2	29
24	Dawn	782	↑2	24
25	Sandra	757	↑5	17
26	Cheryl	749	↑1	34
27	Linda	739	↓7	18
28	Elizabeth	737	↑5	16
29	Denise	733	↓1	32
30	Donna	723	↓1	12
31	Barbara	718	↑1	27
32	Brenda	714	↓9	25
33	Rebecca	652	↑1	40
34	Michele	627	↑12	36
35	Rhonda	622	–	39
36	Sharon	604	↓5	28
37	Robin	571	↓12	42
38	Theresa	570	–	46
39	Beth	561	–	65
40	Nancy	560	↑2	33
41	Debra	552	↓1	35
42	Kathleen	549	↓5	37
43	Jill	528	↑4	49
44	Diane	483	↓3	45
45	Wendy	475	↓2	41
46	Stephanie	469	↓1	38
47	Paula	436	new	50
48	Jacqueline	402	–	47
49	Sheila	398	new	51
50	Kathy	395	–	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	4,528	–	1
2	David	4,006	–	2
3	James	3,878	↑1	3
4	John	3,621	↓1	4
5	Robert	3,404	–	5
6	Mark	2,249	–	7
7	William	2,146	–	6
8	Jeffrey	2,144	–	9
9	Timothy	1,998	–	11
10	Brian	1,910	↑3	14
11	Richard	1,896	–	8
12	Thomas	1,775	↓2	10
13	Scott	1,746	↓1	16
14	Christopher	1,725	↑3	12
15	Steven	1,575	↓1	13
16	Joseph	1,468	↓1	15
17	Daniel	1,458	↑1	19
18	Kevin	1,452	↓2	17
19	Charles	1,284	–	20
20	Ronald	1,165	↑1	24
21	Paul	1,133	↓1	18
22	Kenneth	1,130	–	21
23	Gregory	1,042	–	23
24	Anthony	1,033	↑4	22
25	Todd	1,018	–	29
26	Eric	1,011	↑1	25
27	Donald	1,010	↓3	27
28	Douglas	978	↓2	33
29	Gary	874	–	28
30	Stephen	827	–	26
31	Matthew	742	↑2	34
32	Keith	667	↑3	32
33	Edward	654	↓1	30
34	Rodney	598	↓3	35
35	Patrick	586	↓1	31
36	Jeffery	535	↑2	42
37	Andrew	531	↑3	36
38	Terry	531	↓2	40
39	Larry	520	↓2	38
40	Jerry	504	↓1	41
41	George	465	↑3	37
42	Dennis	445	–	44
43	Randy	444	–	45
44	Craig	435	↓3	46
45	Roger	432	–	51
46	Bryan	410	↑1	52
47	Raymond	405	↓1	47
48	Shawn	370	new	54
49	Frank	369	↓1	43
50	Bruce	353	–	53

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