Popular baby names in Virginia, 1966

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1966 were Lisa for girls (1,327 babies) and James for boys (1,666). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 71,305 babies born in Virginia in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1966

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

Girls

Benita: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Laverne: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Courtney: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shelby: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tamela: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Wanda: 226 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sophia: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bonita: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Mitzi: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tabatha: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 26 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Garland: 23 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Carlton: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Luther: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Milton: 48 babies, 3× the national rate
Randolph: 46 babies, 3× the national rate
Clifton: 43 babies, 3× the national rate
Claude: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sherman: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lewis: 57 babies, 2.6× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	1,327	–	1
2	Kimberly	869	↑2	2
3	Mary	776	–	3
4	Karen	640	↓2	5
5	Angela	618	–	9
6	Tammy	573	↑6	8
7	Cynthia	527	↑3	11
8	Pamela	527	↑3	15
9	Donna	520	↓3	12
10	Patricia	492	↓3	7
11	Teresa	492	↓3	29
12	Susan	491	↓3	6
13	Melissa	468	↑9	22
14	Deborah	438	–	14
15	Elizabeth	438	–	16
16	Sharon	402	↓3	28
17	Jennifer	400	↑2	10
18	Michelle	389	↑12	4
19	Sandra	373	↓2	17
20	Tina	350	↑4	23
21	Linda	336	↓5	18
22	Rebecca	327	↑3	40
23	Brenda	302	↓2	25
24	Robin	301	↓6	42
25	Amy	295	↑7	30
26	Barbara	293	↓6	27
27	Laura	286	↓4	19
28	Tracy	285	↑1	31
29	Rhonda	272	↓1	39
30	Stephanie	271	↑1	38
31	Sherry	262	↓4	53
32	Cheryl	244	↓6	34
33	Kelly	233	↑12	26
34	Wanda	226	–	84
35	Wendy	220	↑7	41
36	Lori	217	↑11	21
37	Jacqueline	207	↑2	47
38	Dawn	204	↑3	24
39	Carolyn	199	↓4	60
40	Sheila	197	↓3	51
41	Christine	194	↑9	20
42	Andrea	193	new	52
43	Denise	193	↑1	32
44	Nancy	193	↓6	33
45	Margaret	191	new	55
46	Debra	190	↓10	35
47	Julie	187	↑2	13
48	Theresa	184	↓5	46
49	Janet	183	↓9	57
50	Catherine	170	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	James	1,666	–	3
2	Michael	1,635	–	1
3	David	1,466	–	2
4	John	1,397	↑1	4
5	Robert	1,388	↓1	5
6	William	1,201	–	6
7	Mark	748	↑3	7
8	Timothy	724	–	11
9	Christopher	710	↑6	12
10	Charles	700	↓1	20
11	Richard	700	↓4	8
12	Jeffrey	651	↓1	9
13	Thomas	626	↓1	10
14	Kevin	571	–	17
15	Steven	517	↑2	13
16	Brian	504	↑3	14
17	Kenneth	498	↓4	21
18	Anthony	485	–	22
19	Joseph	477	↓3	15
20	Paul	399	↑2	18
21	Gregory	385	–	23
22	Ronald	372	↑1	24
23	Stephen	359	↑4	26
24	Donald	344	↓4	27
25	Eric	344	↑5	25
26	Gary	324	↓2	28
27	Rodney	324	↓2	35
28	Daniel	319	↓2	19
29	George	294	↓1	37
30	Scott	290	↑1	16
31	Edward	288	↓2	30
32	Keith	276	–	32
33	Tony	227	↑3	49
34	Jerry	215	↑1	41
35	Larry	205	↓1	38
36	Patrick	200	↑4	31
37	Douglas	199	↓4	33
38	Andrew	197	↑10	36
39	Barry	197	↑2	87
40	Terry	189	↓1	40
41	Jeffery	176	↑1	42
42	Matthew	172	↑7	34
43	Raymond	172	↑7	47
44	Dennis	171	↓1	44
45	Roger	167	↓7	51
46	Troy	162	new	48
47	Wayne	158	–	59
48	Carl	151	↓2	56
49	Todd	150	new	29
50	Ricky	147	↓13	64

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