Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1966
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 8,542 |
| 2 | John | 6,919 |
| 3 | Robert | 5,902 |
| 4 | David | 5,665 |
| 5 | James | 5,272 |
| 6 | Joseph | 4,089 |
| 7 | Richard | 3,665 |
| 8 | Thomas | 3,568 |
| 9 | William | 3,511 |
| 10 | Christopher | 3,340 |
| 11 | Anthony | 2,849 |
| 12 | Mark | 2,627 |
| 13 | Steven | 2,588 |
| 14 | Paul | 2,421 |
| 15 | Kevin | 2,401 |
| 16 | Daniel | 2,345 |
| 17 | Jeffrey | 2,328 |
| 18 | Scott | 2,313 |
| 19 | Timothy | 2,159 |
| 20 | Brian | 2,056 |
| 21 | Peter | 1,924 |
| 22 | Edward | 1,774 |
| 23 | Kenneth | 1,770 |
| 24 | Eric | 1,715 |
| 25 | Charles | 1,590 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Stephen | 1,570 |
| 27 | Andrew | 1,536 |
| 28 | Ronald | 1,321 |
| 29 | Frank | 1,278 |
| 30 | Gregory | 1,263 |
| 31 | Matthew | 1,227 |
| 32 | Patrick | 1,199 |
| 33 | George | 1,166 |
| 34 | Keith | 1,026 |
| 35 | Donald | 1,008 |
| 36 | Gary | 958 |
| 37 | Jose | 950 |
| 38 | Douglas | 944 |
| 39 | Vincent | 900 |
| 40 | Todd | 885 |
| 41 | Raymond | 866 |
| 42 | Sean | 776 |
| 43 | Craig | 706 |
| 44 | Dennis | 652 |
| 45 | Lawrence | 635 |
| 46 | Jonathan | 603 |
| 47 | Philip | 571 |
| 48 | Louis | 562 |
| 49 | Luis | 556 |
| 50 | Rodney | 520 |
| 51 | Adam | 512 |
| 52 | Bruce | 490 |
| 53 | Alan | 474 |
| 54 | Marc | 469 |
| 55 | Wayne | 458 |
| 56 | Carl | 448 |
| 56 | Edwin | 448 |
| 58 | Shawn | 447 |
| 59 | Nicholas | 441 |
| 60 | Victor | 440 |
| 61 | Carlos | 430 |
| 62 | Martin | 426 |
| 63 | Gerald | 413 |
| 64 | Glenn | 410 |
| 65 | Darren | 386 |
| 65 | Frederick | 386 |
| 67 | Samuel | 378 |
| 67 | Walter | 378 |
| 69 | Randy | 377 |
| 70 | Arthur | 373 |
| 71 | Henry | 353 |
| 71 | Juan | 353 |
| 73 | Ralph | 344 |
| 74 | Angel | 339 |
| 74 | Russell | 339 |
| 76 | Howard | 338 |
| 77 | Albert | 336 |
| 78 | Francis | 320 |
| 79 | Darryl | 315 |
| 80 | Roger | 313 |
| 81 | Dean | 309 |
| 82 | Eugene | 306 |
| 83 | Jason | 291 |
| 84 | Harold | 282 |
| 85 | Miguel | 278 |
| 86 | Antonio | 275 |
| 86 | Chris | 275 |
| 88 | Leonard | 272 |
| 89 | Andre | 271 |
| 90 | Salvatore | 268 |
| 91 | Larry | 266 |
| 92 | Alexander | 264 |
| 93 | Barry | 259 |
| 94 | Gerard | 256 |
| 95 | Derrick | 251 |
| 96 | Jeffery | 246 |
| 97 | Erik | 245 |
| 97 | Jay | 245 |
| 97 | Jon | 245 |
| 100 | Bryan | 244 |