Popular baby names of 1967

In 1967, the most popular baby names in the United States were Lisa for girls (52,437 babies) and Michael for boys (82,411). Social Security records show 3,394,836 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 7,852 girls' names and 4,551 boys' names.

1967 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 15.8% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 28.3% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: April, Heather, Victoria, Melinda, Kristin.
New in the boys' top 100: Joel, Victor.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966
1	Lisa	52,437	–
2	Kimberly	33,097	–
3	Michelle	30,827	↑1
4	Mary	25,316	↓1
5	Susan	22,262	↑1
6	Karen	21,537	↓1
7	Angela	19,555	↑2
8	Tammy	18,652	–
9	Melissa	18,377	↑13
10	Jennifer	18,236	–
11	Patricia	17,753	↓4
12	Amy	16,122	↑18
13	Elizabeth	16,116	↑3
14	Christine	15,991	↑6
15	Laura	15,819	↑4
16	Julie	15,547	↓3
17	Pamela	15,368	↓2
18	Cynthia	15,340	↓7
19	Donna	14,787	↓7
20	Sandra	14,738	↓3
21	Tina	14,160	↑2
22	Deborah	14,012	↓8
23	Kelly	13,717	↑3
24	Lori	13,564	↓3
25	Stephanie	13,354	↑13
26	Linda	13,196	↓8
27	Dawn	13,167	↓3
28	Teresa	12,272	↑1
29	Tracy	11,951	↑2
30	Sharon	11,923	↓2
31	Brenda	11,479	↓6
32	Wendy	11,223	↑9
33	Barbara	11,203	↓6
34	Denise	11,078	↓2
35	Cheryl	10,767	↓1
36	Michele	10,416	–
37	Nancy	10,268	↓4
38	Debra	10,217	↓3
39	Rebecca	9,823	↑1
40	Kathleen	9,209	↓3
41	Rhonda	9,072	↓2
42	Maria	8,878	↑2
43	Theresa	8,105	↑3
44	Diane	7,818	↑1
45	Robin	7,696	↓3
46	Paula	7,694	↑4
47	Carol	7,491	↑1
48	Andrea	7,418	↑4
49	Kim	7,408	↓6
50	Jill	7,398	↓1
51	Sherry	7,130	↑2
52	Jacqueline	6,954	↓5
53	Christina	6,600	↑14
54	Gina	6,358	↑4
55	Catherine	6,345	↓1
56	Sheila	6,326	↓5
57	Ann	6,247	↑4
58	Margaret	6,226	↓3
59	Cindy	5,781	↓3
60	Carolyn	5,719	–
61	Janet	5,657	↓4
62	Renee	5,564	↑4
63	Suzanne	5,489	↓1
64	Kathy	5,406	↓5
65	Diana	5,340	↓1
66	Leslie	5,318	↑5
67	Beth	5,186	↓2
68	Tonya	5,164	↑28
69	Stacey	5,117	↑7
70	Monica	4,966	↑5
71	Dana	4,935	↓3
72	Laurie	4,921	↓9
73	Valerie	4,757	↑1
74	Stacy	4,597	↑17
75	Connie	4,583	↓5
76	Katherine	4,560	↑2
77	Terri	4,523	↓5
78	Tracey	4,498	↓9
79	April	4,466	new
80	Regina	4,362	↑2
81	Lynn	4,196	–
82	Carla	4,185	↓5
83	Sarah	4,139	↑2
84	Anne	4,102	↓1
85	Annette	4,005	↓6
86	Tamara	4,000	↑12
87	Heather	3,904	new
88	Heidi	3,865	↓1
89	Sherri	3,841	↑3
90	Debbie	3,742	↓17
91	Anna	3,728	↑4
92	Kathryn	3,695	↓6
93	Victoria	3,664	new
94	Shelly	3,648	↓5
95	Melinda	3,632	new
96	Colleen	3,621	↓3
97	Kristin	3,600	new
98	Anita	3,518	↓10
99	Janice	3,514	↓19
100	Wanda	3,473	↓16

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966
1	Michael	82,411	–
2	David	66,806	–
3	James	61,683	–
4	John	61,600	–
5	Robert	56,369	–
6	William	37,615	–
7	Mark	34,910	–
8	Richard	33,585	–
9	Christopher	29,413	↑3
10	Brian	28,646	↑4
11	Timothy	28,587	–
12	Thomas	28,247	↓2
13	Jeffrey	28,083	↓4
14	Steven	27,031	↓1
15	Joseph	25,926	–
16	Scott	25,535	–
17	Kevin	24,603	–
18	Paul	22,821	–
19	Daniel	22,192	–
20	Charles	21,288	–
21	Anthony	20,887	↑1
22	Kenneth	19,263	↓1
23	Eric	17,830	↑2
24	Ronald	16,443	–
25	Gregory	15,775	↓2
26	Stephen	15,087	–
27	Donald	14,226	–
28	Matthew	13,568	↑6
29	Todd	13,453	–
30	Patrick	12,976	↑1
31	Edward	12,652	↓1
32	Gary	12,616	↓4
33	Douglas	11,434	–
34	Keith	11,006	↓2
35	Andrew	9,967	↑1
36	George	9,699	↑1
37	Rodney	8,440	↓2
38	Larry	8,332	–
39	Peter	8,311	–
40	Troy	7,933	↑8
41	Jerry	7,780	–
42	Terry	7,685	↓2
43	Dennis	7,636	↑1
44	Sean	7,496	↑6
45	Frank	7,426	↓2
46	Craig	7,311	–
47	Jeffery	7,226	↓5
48	Raymond	7,065	↓1
49	Randy	6,799	↓4
50	Tony	6,220	↓1
51	Shawn	6,138	↑3
52	Bryan	6,017	–
53	Roger	5,723	↓2
54	Jason	5,336	↑35
55	Bruce	5,067	↓2
56	Jonathan	4,920	↑9
57	Carl	4,890	↓1
58	Russell	4,889	↑3
59	Gerald	4,873	↑1
60	Chris	4,618	↓5
61	Alan	4,572	↓4
62	Wayne	4,470	↓3
63	Darren	4,440	–
64	Jose	4,417	↑15
65	Vincent	4,393	↓7
66	Bradley	4,342	↑2
67	Lawrence	4,341	↓1
68	Danny	4,310	↓6
69	Samuel	4,232	↑12
70	Johnny	4,169	↑3
71	Jon	4,160	↑5
72	Randall	4,062	↓2
73	Phillip	4,049	↓2
74	Jimmy	4,021	↑3
75	Ricky	4,019	↓11
76	Billy	3,984	↑4
77	Curtis	3,966	↓2
78	Dean	3,914	↑6
79	Steve	3,909	↓12
80	Martin	3,834	↓2
81	Walter	3,808	↑2
82	Philip	3,786	↑4
83	Bobby	3,779	↓1
84	Mike	3,757	↓15
85	Joe	3,717	↓11
86	Darrell	3,652	↑9
87	Jay	3,612	↑4
88	Jeff	3,591	↓16
89	Dale	3,537	↓4
90	Joel	3,476	new
91	Glenn	3,440	↓1
92	Willie	3,391	↑1
93	Henry	3,332	↓1
94	Arthur	3,312	↑2
95	Roy	3,276	↓1
96	Barry	3,208	↓9
97	Victor	3,194	new
98	Albert	3,169	↑2
99	Tracy	3,168	↓1
100	Allen	3,123	↓3

Every name given in 1967

All 12,403 names Social Security recorded for 1967, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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