Most popular boys’ names in California, 1966
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 7,686 |
| 2 | David | 6,758 |
| 3 | Robert | 5,893 |
| 4 | John | 5,755 |
| 5 | James | 4,909 |
| 6 | Richard | 3,718 |
| 7 | Mark | 3,301 |
| 8 | Steven | 2,992 |
| 9 | William | 2,668 |
| 10 | Christopher | 2,551 |
| 11 | Daniel | 2,532 |
| 12 | Brian | 2,396 |
| 13 | Jeffrey | 2,383 |
| 14 | Paul | 2,287 |
| 15 | Scott | 2,219 |
| 16 | Eric | 2,204 |
| 17 | Kevin | 2,123 |
| 18 | Timothy | 2,085 |
| 19 | Anthony | 1,986 |
| 20 | Thomas | 1,963 |
| 21 | Joseph | 1,928 |
| 22 | Kenneth | 1,758 |
| 23 | Ronald | 1,683 |
| 24 | Charles | 1,529 |
| 25 | Gregory | 1,512 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Gary | 1,298 |
| 27 | Stephen | 1,244 |
| 28 | Matthew | 1,236 |
| 29 | Edward | 1,224 |
| 30 | Sean | 1,203 |
| 31 | Donald | 1,179 |
| 32 | Todd | 1,143 |
| 33 | Patrick | 1,140 |
| 34 | Andrew | 981 |
| 35 | Jose | 922 |
| 36 | Douglas | 907 |
| 37 | Frank | 902 |
| 38 | Keith | 881 |
| 39 | George | 823 |
| 40 | Raymond | 806 |
| 41 | Craig | 798 |
| 42 | Mike | 731 |
| 43 | Rodney | 708 |
| 44 | Peter | 704 |
| 45 | Shawn | 702 |
| 46 | Dennis | 693 |
| 47 | Steve | 668 |
| 48 | Larry | 659 |
| 49 | Jerry | 641 |
| 50 | Martin | 630 |
| 51 | Bryan | 581 |
| 52 | Troy | 572 |
| 53 | Chris | 569 |
| 54 | Jeff | 567 |
| 55 | Jason | 563 |
| 56 | Randy | 560 |
| 57 | Vincent | 554 |
| 58 | Joe | 551 |
| 59 | Tony | 547 |
| 60 | Jeffery | 535 |
| 61 | Darren | 534 |
| 62 | Jon | 517 |
| 63 | Victor | 512 |
| 64 | Juan | 481 |
| 65 | Danny | 474 |
| 66 | Phillip | 465 |
| 67 | Manuel | 458 |
| 68 | Roger | 449 |
| 69 | Dean | 434 |
| 70 | Jonathan | 432 |
| 71 | Bruce | 430 |
| 72 | Carlos | 429 |
| 73 | Lawrence | 428 |
| 74 | Russell | 427 |
| 75 | Arthur | 426 |
| 75 | Erik | 426 |
| 77 | Terry | 410 |
| 78 | Gerald | 407 |
| 79 | Aaron | 392 |
| 80 | Johnny | 388 |
| 81 | Jim | 384 |
| 82 | Albert | 374 |
| 83 | Marc | 373 |
| 84 | Alan | 361 |
| 85 | Curtis | 359 |
| 85 | Samuel | 359 |
| 87 | Tim | 358 |
| 88 | Carl | 356 |
| 89 | Mario | 355 |
| 89 | Ruben | 355 |
| 91 | Wayne | 353 |
| 92 | Brett | 348 |
| 93 | Bradley | 345 |
| 94 | Glenn | 338 |
| 94 | Henry | 338 |
| 96 | Jesse | 336 |
| 97 | Dale | 335 |
| 98 | Greg | 334 |
| 99 | Philip | 333 |
| 100 | Adam | 332 |