Top 200 baby girl names in the USA during year 1966

BoysGirls
RankNameBirths
101101Joyce3,397
102102Melinda3,384
103103Victoria3,364
104104Kristine3,313
105105Deanna3,298
106106Martha3,271
107107Kristin3,261
108108April3,253
109109Beverly3,220
110110Judith3,217
111111Jane3,215
112112Penny3,110
113113Veronica3,091
114114Marie3,082
115115Vicki3,053
116116Melanie3,050
117117Julia3,044
118118Jodi3,031
119119Maureen3,014
120120Shannon2,992
121121Betty2,948
122122Virginia2,942
123123Shirley2,920
124124Jean2,918
125125Heather2,898
126126Sonya2,869
127127Gloria2,858
128128Ruth2,847
129129Yvonne2,824
130130Ellen2,805
131131Yolanda2,769
132132Joan2,725
133133Joanne2,724
134134Sheri2,719
135135Rita2,687
136136Dorothy2,667
137137Traci2,659
138138Jamie2,657
139139Peggy2,650
140140Shelley2,547
141141Rose2,533
142142Carrie2,475
143143Yvette2,474
144144Helen2,449
145145Crystal2,422
146146Sylvia2,411
147147Vickie2,395
148148Amanda2,329
149149Kristen2,323
150150Natalie2,309
151151Charlotte2,301
152152Gail2,300
153153Becky2,297
154154Rachel2,277
155155Toni2,248
156156Alicia2,224
157157Alice2,221
158158Sheryl2,211
159159Charlene2,188
160160Tanya2,168
161161Felicia2,136
162162Frances2,123
163163Carmen2,120
164164Joann2,116
165165Joy2,091
166166Elaine2,059
167167Sara2,056
168168Eileen2,039
169169Nicole2,030
170170Marilyn1,996
171171Kimberley1,984
172172Jeanette1,964
173173Phyllis1,938
174174Jackie1,934
175175Loretta1,899
176176Evelyn1,869
177177Jeanne1,864
178178Norma1,859
179179Sally1,833
180180Roberta1,816
181181Shelia1,805
182182Samantha1,794
183183Audrey1,769
184184Allison1,768
185185Jody1,760
186186Kristi1,760
187187Ronda1,752
188188Belinda1,751
189189Lorraine1,743
190190Kelli1,731
191191Terry1,709
192192Melody1,707
193193Karla1,686
194194Sandy1,680
195195Jessica1,665
196196Shari1,645
197197Vanessa1,645
198198Bridget1,628
199199Cassandra1,594
200200Jo1,590

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby names data. Coverage: Names with at least 5 births in a year.

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