Most popular girls’ 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	Lisa	4,931
2	Michelle	3,299
3	Kimberly	2,809
4	Karen	2,066
5	Jennifer	1,919
6	Julie	1,880
7	Mary	1,855
8	Susan	1,826
9	Cynthia	1,781
10	Patricia	1,705
11	Laura	1,641
12	Elizabeth	1,547
13	Christine	1,494
14	Sandra	1,493
15	Deborah	1,470
16	Maria	1,416
17	Tina	1,282
18	Kelly	1,274
19	Denise	1,270
20	Linda	1,222
21	Tammy	1,168
22	Teresa	1,152
23	Tracy	1,140
24	Stephanie	1,127
25	Lori	1,087

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Angela	1,059
27	Michele	1,037
28	Kathleen	1,036
29	Nancy	1,003
30	Donna	998
31	Gina	991
32	Wendy	972
33	Debra	958
34	Cheryl	950
35	Dawn	927
36	Rebecca	921
37	Christina	892
37	Pamela	892
39	Barbara	870
40	Brenda	834
41	Sharon	826
42	Diana	820
43	Diane	771
44	Kim	757
45	Melissa	755
45	Monica	755
47	Andrea	719
48	Jill	708
49	Catherine	704
50	Theresa	681
51	Robin	676
52	Rhonda	664
53	Suzanne	656
54	Cindy	653
55	Jacqueline	645
56	Carol	622
57	Dana	617
58	Amy	616
59	Leslie	614
60	Anna	586
61	Renee	581
62	Stacy	556
63	Paula	546
64	Margaret	544
65	Stacey	529
66	Shannon	516
67	Janet	507
68	Debbie	505
69	Victoria	486
70	Heidi	482
71	Katherine	479
72	Kathy	478
73	Sherry	472
74	Carolyn	464
74	Deanna	464
74	Shelly	464
74	Veronica	464
78	Valerie	455
79	Laurie	454
80	Sheila	452
81	Terri	448
82	Yolanda	435
82	Yvonne	435
84	Tamara	433
85	Ann	426
86	Kristine	424
87	Heather	422
88	Martha	420
89	Kristin	416
90	Kathryn	409
91	Annette	408
92	Sheri	401
93	Regina	397
94	Sylvia	395
95	Yvette	389
96	April	379
97	Jamie	376
98	Gloria	373
99	Carrie	355
100	Anne	353