Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1966

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1966 were Lisa for girls (3,648 babies) and Michael for boys (5,245). Social Security records list 185,057 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1966

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

Girls

Marybeth: 55 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Coleen: 50 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Beth: 677 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bernadette: 131 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Maryann: 84 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marcy: 59 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Colleen: 417 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Joanne: 302 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Janine: 135 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marianne: 103 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 317 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Harry: 244 babies, 2.3× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	3,648	–	1
2	Kimberly	1,964	↑3	2
3	Karen	1,846	↓1	5
4	Susan	1,737	–	6
5	Mary	1,695	↓2	3
6	Michelle	1,606	↑12	4
7	Christine	1,404	↑2	20
8	Patricia	1,279	↓2	7
9	Lori	1,255	↓2	21
10	Michele	1,150	↑10	36
11	Donna	1,131	↓3	12
12	Denise	1,080	↓1	32
13	Amy	1,009	↑6	30
14	Jennifer	1,007	↑14	10
15	Deborah	980	↓2	14
16	Barbara	978	↓2	27
17	Tammy	960	↓1	8
18	Linda	959	↓8	18
19	Kathleen	943	↓7	37
20	Kelly	908	↑5	26
21	Sharon	876	↓6	28
22	Pamela	868	↑1	15
23	Dawn	867	↓2	24
24	Tracy	856	↑8	31
25	Brenda	829	↑1	25
26	Diane	796	↓9	45
27	Elizabeth	792	↓5	16
28	Tina	773	↑1	23
29	Melissa	762	↑18	22
30	Sandra	738	↓3	17
31	Nancy	734	–	33
32	Cynthia	732	↓8	11
33	Beth	677	↑5	65
34	Wendy	651	↑1	41
35	Cheryl	632	↑2	34
36	Theresa	628	–	46
37	Debra	613	↓3	35
38	Laura	612	↑1	19
39	Angela	586	↑1	9
40	Carol	582	↓7	48
41	Robin	565	↓11	42
42	Stephanie	565	↑4	38
43	Jill	529	↑5	49
44	Maria	524	↓1	44
45	Julie	517	↓1	13
46	Kim	503	↓1	43
47	Jacqueline	500	↓6	47
48	Margaret	498	↓6	55
49	Tracey	489	new	69
50	Rebecca	438	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	5,245	–	1
2	John	4,517	–	4
3	David	4,240	↑1	2
4	Robert	4,082	↓1	5
5	James	3,893	–	3
6	William	2,724	–	6
7	Joseph	2,587	–	15
8	Richard	2,255	↑2	8
9	Mark	2,227	–	7
10	Thomas	2,140	↓2	10
11	Brian	2,100	↑1	14
12	Jeffrey	2,065	↓1	9
13	Scott	1,713	↑2	16
14	Christopher	1,694	↑4	12
15	Timothy	1,662	↑1	11
16	Daniel	1,545	↓2	19
17	Paul	1,405	–	18
18	Kevin	1,379	↓5	17
19	Steven	1,310	–	13
20	Charles	1,266	–	20
21	Ronald	1,198	↑1	24
22	Edward	1,158	↓1	30
23	Kenneth	1,153	↑1	21
24	Stephen	1,125	↑1	26
25	Anthony	1,112	↓2	22
26	Eric	1,098	–	25
27	Gregory	969	↑1	23
28	Donald	957	↓1	27
29	Todd	813	↑2	29
30	Keith	777	↑6	32
31	Matthew	771	↑3	34
32	Gary	751	↓2	28
33	George	726	↓1	37
34	Douglas	704	↓5	33
35	Andrew	700	–	36
36	Patrick	684	↓3	31
37	Frank	592	–	43
38	Raymond	507	–	47
39	Craig	474	↑3	46
40	Peter	469	–	39
41	Dennis	460	↑2	44
42	Rodney	446	↓3	35
43	Shawn	414	↑5	54
44	Randy	401	↓3	45
45	Sean	381	new	50
46	Wayne	369	↑3	59
47	Larry	366	↓2	38
48	Vincent	348	↓4	58
49	Terry	337	↓2	40
50	Bruce	335	↓4	53

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