Popular baby names in Tennessee, 1966

The most popular baby names in Tennessee in 1966 were Lisa for girls (1,370 babies) and James for boys (1,754). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 63,774 babies born in Tennessee in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Tennessee in 1966

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

Girls

Robbie: 31 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Mitzi: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Angelia: 80 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Shelia: 138 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tabitha: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Deloris: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chandra: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Leigh: 59 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Malinda: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Vickie: 135 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Jackie: 75 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Richie: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Timmy: 91 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Stevie: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dewayne: 50 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darron: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Scotty: 40 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bobby: 292 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hubert: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donnie: 59 babies, 3.6× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	1,370	–	1
2	Kimberly	880	↑2	2
3	Tammy	758	↑2	8
4	Angela	753	↓2	9
5	Melissa	609	↑10	22
6	Mary	564	–	3
7	Karen	562	↓4	5
8	Teresa	549	↓1	29
9	Pamela	502	–	15
10	Donna	496	↓2	12
11	Cynthia	437	↓1	11
12	Tina	390	↑5	23
13	Sharon	387	↓1	28
14	Patricia	379	↓3	7
15	Jennifer	376	↑7	10
16	Rhonda	370	↓2	39
17	Susan	361	↑1	6
18	Sandra	347	↓5	17
19	Sherry	327	↑2	53
20	Linda	314	↓4	18
21	Deborah	284	↓1	14
22	Elizabeth	268	↑2	16
23	Amy	263	↑5	30
24	Brenda	260	↓5	25
25	Rebecca	259	–	40
26	Tracy	251	↑5	31
27	Laura	234	↑9	19
28	Barbara	228	↑1	27
29	Lori	228	↑5	21
30	Michelle	228	↑20	4
31	Robin	225	↓8	42
32	Connie	216	↓6	70
33	Sheila	206	↓6	51
34	Stephanie	206	↓1	38
35	Kathy	200	↓3	59
36	Cheryl	199	↓1	34
37	Kelly	188	↑10	26
38	Paula	175	↓1	50
39	Julie	170	new	13
40	Jacqueline	168	↓1	47
41	Cindy	165	↑1	56
42	Regina	164	↓2	82
43	Tonya	162	new	96
44	Carol	159	new	48
45	Debra	158	↓15	35
46	Carolyn	156	↓8	60
47	Gina	152	new	58
48	Janet	152	↓7	57
49	Nancy	150	↓6	33
50	Wanda	148	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	James	1,754	–	3
2	Michael	1,407	–	1
3	David	1,188	–	2
4	Robert	1,016	↑1	5
5	John	1,014	↓1	4
6	William	955	–	6
7	Timothy	856	–	11
8	Charles	718	–	20
9	Mark	659	–	7
10	Jeffrey	626	–	9
11	Richard	533	–	8
12	Kenneth	497	–	21
13	Christopher	460	↑5	12
14	Anthony	452	–	22
15	Thomas	443	–	10
16	Gregory	440	↓3	23
17	Terry	419	↓1	40
18	Jerry	394	↑1	41
19	Jeffery	380	↑2	42
20	Steven	376	–	13
21	Kevin	362	↓4	17
22	Tony	352	↑1	49
23	Brian	343	↑15	14
24	Gary	320	–	28
25	Paul	315	↑1	18
26	Ronald	298	↑1	24
27	Randy	296	↓5	45
28	Bobby	292	↑5	82
29	Larry	292	↑1	38
30	Donald	283	↓2	27
31	Joseph	280	–	15
32	Stephen	266	↑2	26
33	Rodney	260	↓4	35
34	Billy	258	↓9	80
35	Ricky	248	↓3	64
36	Jimmy	230	↑1	77
37	Scott	224	↑2	16
38	Keith	219	↑4	32
39	Johnny	207	↓4	73
40	Eric	200	↑3	25
41	George	198	↑3	37
42	Daniel	191	↓2	19
43	Danny	186	↓7	62
44	Roger	175	↑1	51
45	Randall	172	↓4	70
46	Edward	171	↑3	30
47	Tracy	163	new	98
48	Phillip	162	–	71
49	Patrick	161	new	31
50	Barry	154	↓4	87

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