Popular baby names of 1968

In 1968, the most popular baby names in the United States were Lisa for girls (49,534 babies) and Michael for boys (81,968). Social Security records show 3,378,363 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 8,198 girls' names and 4,746 boys' names.

1968 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 16.1% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 28.3% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Shannon, Carrie, Rachel, Yolanda, Melanie, Jodi.
New in the boys' top 100: Marc, Aaron, Kelly, Benjamin.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967
1	Lisa	49,534	–
2	Michelle	33,223	↑1
3	Kimberly	31,906	↓1
4	Jennifer	26,853	↑6
5	Melissa	21,733	↑4
6	Mary	21,727	↓2
7	Angela	20,670	–
8	Tammy	20,058	–
9	Karen	19,560	↓3
10	Susan	19,503	↓5
11	Laura	18,741	↑4
12	Kelly	17,138	↑11
13	Amy	17,090	↓1
14	Christine	16,525	–
15	Patricia	15,803	↓4
16	Julie	15,750	–
17	Elizabeth	14,887	↓4
18	Tina	14,772	↑3
19	Cynthia	14,050	↓1
20	Pamela	14,031	↓3
21	Dawn	13,441	↑6
22	Lori	13,126	↑2
23	Stephanie	12,953	↑2
24	Donna	12,748	↓5
25	Tracy	12,743	↑4
26	Sandra	12,686	↓6
27	Deborah	12,288	↓5
28	Linda	11,371	↓2
29	Michele	11,219	↑7
30	Teresa	10,912	↓2
31	Wendy	10,709	↑1
32	Sharon	10,340	↓2
33	Rebecca	10,225	↑6
34	Brenda	9,945	↓3
35	Denise	9,877	↓1
36	Barbara	9,740	↓3
37	Cheryl	9,138	↓2
38	Debra	9,095	–
39	Nancy	8,961	↓2
40	Kathleen	8,729	–
41	Maria	8,386	↑1
42	Rhonda	8,268	↓1
43	Robin	8,180	↑2
44	Christina	8,016	↑9
45	Paula	7,637	↑1
46	Jill	7,521	↑4
47	Theresa	7,307	↓4
48	Andrea	7,089	–
49	Carol	7,078	↓2
50	Jacqueline	6,745	↑2
51	Diane	6,583	↓7
52	Sherry	6,435	↓1
53	Shannon	6,403	new
54	Ann	6,177	↑3
55	Stacey	6,150	↑14
56	Catherine	6,129	↓1
57	Kim	6,089	↓8
58	Gina	6,045	↓4
59	Sheila	5,730	↓3
60	Tonya	5,661	↑8
61	Carolyn	5,538	↓1
62	Heather	5,502	↑25
63	Margaret	5,440	↓5
64	Stacy	5,384	↑10
65	Renee	5,356	↓3
66	Leslie	5,282	–
67	Cindy	5,238	↓8
68	Monica	5,221	↑2
69	Suzanne	5,040	↓6
70	Dana	5,012	↑1
71	Diana	4,995	↓6
72	Tracey	4,931	↑6
73	Janet	4,838	↓12
74	Beth	4,765	↓7
75	Katherine	4,716	↑1
76	Kathy	4,677	↓12
77	Valerie	4,550	↓4
78	Sarah	4,489	↑5
79	Laurie	4,342	↓7
80	Tamara	4,308	↑6
81	Regina	4,295	↓1
82	Victoria	4,286	↑11
83	Terri	4,267	↓6
84	Kristin	4,134	↑13
85	Lynn	4,103	↓4
86	Carrie	3,979	new
87	Connie	3,955	↓12
88	Anne	3,914	↓4
89	Heidi	3,913	↓1
90	Melinda	3,814	↑5
91	Carla	3,813	↓9
92	Rachel	3,727	new
93	Yolanda	3,697	new
94	Melanie	3,641	new
95	Sherri	3,641	↓6
96	April	3,622	↓17
97	Jodi	3,598	new
98	Shelly	3,595	↓4
99	Anna	3,569	↓8
100	Kathryn	3,561	↓8

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967
1	Michael	81,968	–
2	David	63,679	–
3	John	60,903	↑1
4	James	60,665	↓1
5	Robert	58,174	–
6	William	36,927	–
7	Mark	35,401	–
8	Richard	32,976	–
9	Christopher	31,468	–
10	Brian	29,922	–
11	Jeffrey	28,369	↑2
12	Thomas	27,420	–
13	Timothy	26,496	↓2
14	Scott	26,022	↑2
15	Steven	25,493	↓1
16	Joseph	25,396	↓1
17	Kevin	23,862	–
18	Daniel	22,012	↑1
19	Paul	21,865	↓1
20	Charles	21,575	–
21	Anthony	20,231	–
22	Eric	18,501	↑1
23	Kenneth	18,077	↓1
24	Matthew	15,823	↑4
25	Ronald	15,415	↓1
26	Gregory	15,392	↓1
27	Stephen	14,761	↓1
28	Todd	14,659	↑1
29	Donald	13,362	↓2
30	Patrick	13,062	–
31	Edward	12,276	–
32	Gary	11,973	–
33	Douglas	11,405	–
34	Andrew	10,563	↑1
35	Keith	9,861	↓1
36	George	9,382	–
37	Sean	9,172	↑7
38	Larry	8,231	–
39	Peter	8,122	–
40	Troy	7,976	–
41	Craig	7,858	↑5
42	Rodney	7,505	↓5
43	Shawn	7,478	↑8
44	Jerry	7,450	↓3
45	Dennis	7,403	↓2
46	Jeffery	7,223	↑1
47	Jason	7,143	↑7
48	Terry	7,089	↓6
49	Frank	6,897	↓4
50	Raymond	6,883	↓2
51	Bryan	6,254	↑1
52	Tony	5,875	↓2
53	Jonathan	5,808	↑3
54	Randy	5,709	↓5
55	Roger	5,183	↓2
56	Russell	5,097	↑2
57	Bradley	4,804	↑9
58	Jose	4,794	↑6
59	Carl	4,645	↓2
60	Darren	4,642	↑3
61	Bruce	4,486	↓6
62	Gerald	4,475	↓3
63	Wayne	4,251	↓1
64	Chris	4,249	↓4
65	Jon	4,209	↑6
66	Samuel	4,123	↑3
67	Lawrence	4,098	–
68	Martin	4,073	↑12
69	Johnny	4,050	↑1
70	Ricky	4,036	↑5
71	Phillip	3,987	↑2
72	Danny	3,984	↓4
73	Vincent	3,982	↓8
74	Alan	3,976	↓13
75	Curtis	3,855	↑2
76	Billy	3,814	–
77	Jimmy	3,814	↓3
78	Dean	3,799	–
79	Randall	3,751	↓7
80	Joel	3,683	↑10
81	Bobby	3,628	↑2
82	Philip	3,622	–
83	Walter	3,589	↓2
84	Marc	3,537	new
85	Joe	3,522	–
86	Darrell	3,446	–
87	Aaron	3,428	new
88	Jay	3,428	↓1
89	Steve	3,408	↓10
90	Jeff	3,279	↓2
91	Dale	3,257	↓2
92	Glenn	3,246	↓1
93	Mike	3,214	↓9
94	Roy	3,177	↑1
95	Henry	3,129	↓2
96	Willie	3,109	↓4
97	Kelly	3,059	new
98	Arthur	3,039	↓4
99	Benjamin	3,017	new
100	Allen	2,961	–

Every name given in 1968

All 12,944 names Social Security recorded for 1968, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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