Popular baby names in Washington, 1966

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1966 were Lisa for girls (723 babies) and Michael for boys (1,212). Social Security records list 45,624 babies born in Washington in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1966

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

Girls

Keri: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kari: 59 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Janelle: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Shelli: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Shannon: 148 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tami: 74 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Danette: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shauna: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Laurel: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Heidi: 181 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Tod: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rob: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Devin: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Tyler: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Cameron: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rick: 88 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Loren: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cory: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bob: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mathew: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	723	–	1
2	Michelle	465	↑5	4
3	Kimberly	435	↓1	2
4	Julie	387	–	13
5	Mary	325	↑1	3
6	Jennifer	313	↑4	10
7	Susan	308	↓2	6
8	Karen	277	↓5	5
9	Tina	246	↑10	23
10	Teresa	242	↓2	29
11	Brenda	237	–	25
12	Tracy	220	↑3	31
13	Angela	214	↑7	9
14	Lori	208	↓5	21
15	Laura	206	↑1	19
16	Kelly	199	↑2	26
17	Tammy	193	↑11	8
18	Cheryl	191	↑14	34
19	Deborah	187	↓2	14
20	Christine	186	↑2	20
21	Elizabeth	182	↑6	16
22	Sandra	182	↑2	17
23	Heidi	181	↑21	87
24	Patricia	180	↓12	7
25	Wendy	174	↓12	41
26	Pamela	173	–	15
27	Dawn	171	↓6	24
28	Kim	168	↑7	43
29	Cynthia	161	↓6	11
30	Denise	157	↑3	32
31	Kathleen	157	↑6	37
32	Jill	152	↑4	49
33	Shannon	148	↑8	>100
34	Barbara	147	↑4	27
35	Cindy	147	↓4	56
36	Linda	145	↓22	18
37	Stephanie	138	↑6	38
38	Amy	136	↑8	30
39	Debra	135	↓10	35
40	Michele	134	new	36
41	Nancy	132	↓11	33
42	Rhonda	132	↓2	39
43	Rebecca	131	↓18	40
44	Debbie	122	↓5	73
45	Donna	118	↓11	12
46	Melissa	117	↓1	22
47	Theresa	116	new	46
48	Kristin	113	new	>100
49	Tamara	113	new	98
50	Robin	111	↓2	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	1,212	–	1
2	David	1,035	–	2
3	John	837	–	4
4	Robert	806	–	5
5	James	735	–	3
6	Scott	538	–	16
7	Mark	519	–	7
8	Brian	512	↑4	14
9	Richard	509	↓1	8
10	Jeffrey	466	↓1	9
11	Steven	462	↓1	13
12	William	452	↑1	6
13	Kevin	388	↓2	17
14	Daniel	371	–	19
15	Eric	349	↑5	25
16	Christopher	348	↑5	12
17	Timothy	346	↓1	11
18	Thomas	341	–	10
19	Todd	334	↓4	29
20	Paul	324	↓3	18
21	Kenneth	290	↓2	21
22	Joseph	251	↑1	15
23	Ronald	242	↓1	24
24	Gary	236	–	28
25	Donald	232	↑2	27
26	Douglas	228	–	33
27	Gregory	224	↓2	23
28	Patrick	220	↑1	31
29	Charles	211	↓1	20
30	Anthony	178	↑11	22
31	Shawn	168	↑5	54
32	Craig	167	↑7	46
33	Matthew	167	↑1	34
34	Mike	165	↓4	69
35	Andrew	151	↑13	36
36	Stephen	151	↓4	26
37	Jeffery	146	↑8	42
38	Troy	146	new	48
39	Jeff	137	↓8	72
40	Dennis	135	new	44
41	Keith	130	↑3	32
42	Randy	128	↓4	45
43	Rodney	128	–	35
44	Bradley	126	new	68
45	Dean	126	new	84
46	Sean	125	new	50
47	Edward	123	↓10	30
48	Darren	118	↓15	63
49	Terry	114	↓9	40
50	Peter	112	↓8	39

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