Most popular girls’ 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	Lisa	5,146
2	Mary	2,546
3	Susan	2,505
4	Karen	2,435
5	Michelle	2,352
6	Christine	2,306
7	Patricia	2,212
8	Elizabeth	1,966
9	Donna	1,723
10	Deborah	1,687
11	Dawn	1,644
12	Kathleen	1,597
13	Maria	1,581
14	Kimberly	1,574
15	Michele	1,566
16	Jennifer	1,534
17	Laura	1,527
18	Nancy	1,524
19	Denise	1,463
20	Linda	1,435
21	Barbara	1,352
22	Kim	1,294
23	Jacqueline	1,200
24	Sandra	1,191
25	Diane	1,160

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Amy	1,148
27	Cynthia	1,117
28	Pamela	1,105
29	Kelly	1,101
30	Debra	1,091
31	Lori	1,060
32	Theresa	1,050
33	Sharon	1,021
34	Catherine	906
35	Tracy	898
36	Julie	890
37	Margaret	879
38	Tammy	869
39	Melissa	865
40	Cheryl	863
41	Tina	862
42	Wendy	857
43	Robin	828
44	Brenda	780
45	Stephanie	778
46	Andrea	771
47	Jill	770
48	Suzanne	767
49	Angela	766
50	Carol	754
51	Ann	749
52	Gina	712
53	Maureen	663
54	Laurie	635
55	Janet	614
56	Eileen	591
57	Valerie	568
58	Teresa	560
59	Renee	559
60	Joanne	551
61	Carolyn	550
62	Colleen	546
63	Diana	535
64	Lynn	533
65	Anne	525
66	Rebecca	508
67	Beth	494
68	Tracey	485
69	Darlene	470
70	Marie	468
71	Christina	467
72	Yvette	462
73	Paula	458
74	Ellen	457
75	Judith	456
76	Stacey	449
77	Annette	438
78	Jean	430
79	Sheila	421
80	Victoria	405
81	Wanda	401
82	Carmen	395
83	Leslie	392
84	Regina	390
85	Katherine	387
86	Lorraine	379
87	Bonnie	374
87	Cindy	374
87	Evelyn	374
90	Heidi	364
91	Anna	352
92	Rhonda	332
92	Yvonne	332
94	Janice	331
95	Joann	327
95	Jodi	327
97	Joan	319
98	Yolanda	310
99	Sarah	309
100	Rose	304