Popular baby names of 1969

In 1969, the most popular baby names in the United States were Lisa for girls (45,028 babies) and Michael for boys (85,162). Social Security records show 3,475,190 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 8,708 girls' names and 5,043 boys' names.

1969 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 15.9% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 27.7% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Nicole, Holly, Deanna, Tanya, Kristen, Julia.
New in the boys' top 100: Corey, Chad, Shane, Brent, Brett, Barry.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968
1	Lisa	45,028	–
2	Michelle	34,319	–
3	Jennifer	33,705	↑1
4	Kimberly	33,077	↓1
5	Melissa	23,018	–
6	Amy	21,464	↑7
7	Angela	21,060	–
8	Mary	19,850	↓2
9	Tammy	19,053	↓1
10	Laura	17,922	↑1
11	Susan	17,806	↓1
12	Julie	17,739	↑4
13	Karen	17,633	↓4
14	Christine	16,752	–
15	Kelly	16,328	↓3
16	Elizabeth	15,297	↑1
17	Tracy	15,108	↑8
18	Patricia	14,959	↓3
19	Stephanie	14,488	↑4
20	Lori	14,020	↑2
21	Dawn	13,768	–
22	Tina	13,606	↓4
23	Cynthia	13,516	↓4
24	Pamela	13,355	↓4
25	Sandra	12,185	↑1
26	Donna	11,447	↓2
27	Deborah	11,187	–
28	Rebecca	10,950	↑5
29	Wendy	10,624	↑2
30	Michele	10,556	↓1
31	Shannon	10,452	↑22
32	Teresa	10,357	↓2
33	Linda	10,246	↓5
34	Heather	10,069	↑28
35	Denise	9,798	–
36	Sharon	9,698	↓4
37	Christina	9,323	↑7
38	Brenda	8,989	↓4
39	Barbara	8,811	↓3
40	Maria	8,401	↑1
41	Cheryl	8,346	↓4
42	Kathleen	8,299	↓2
43	Debra	7,951	↓5
44	Rhonda	7,917	↓2
45	Nancy	7,902	↓6
46	Robin	7,501	↓3
47	Nicole	7,212	new
48	Andrea	7,201	–
49	Theresa	6,858	↓2
50	Paula	6,753	↓5
51	Jill	6,666	↓5
52	Stacey	6,614	↑3
53	Stacy	6,486	↑11
54	Tonya	6,169	↑6
55	Sherry	6,139	↓3
56	Carol	6,138	↓7
57	Ann	6,133	↓3
58	Catherine	6,094	↓2
59	Monica	6,032	↑9
60	Dana	6,025	↑10
61	Diane	5,943	↓10
62	Jacqueline	5,920	↓12
63	Gina	5,911	↓5
64	Leslie	5,836	↑2
65	Tracey	5,624	↑7
66	Kim	5,450	↓9
67	Renee	5,254	↓2
68	Sheila	5,245	↓9
69	Rachel	5,242	↑23
70	Katherine	5,167	↑5
71	Carolyn	5,129	↓10
72	Sarah	5,078	↑6
73	Margaret	5,044	↓10
74	Cindy	4,955	↓7
75	Suzanne	4,902	↓6
76	Kristin	4,753	↑8
77	Kathy	4,751	↓1
78	Tamara	4,652	↑2
79	Laurie	4,627	–
80	Heidi	4,532	↑9
81	Diana	4,525	↓10
82	Beth	4,460	↓8
83	Victoria	4,390	↓1
84	Janet	4,380	↓11
85	Valerie	4,300	↓8
86	Regina	4,267	↓5
87	Holly	4,123	new
88	Deanna	4,068	new
89	Melinda	3,988	↑1
90	Carla	3,964	↑1
91	Tanya	3,964	new
92	Melanie	3,925	↑2
93	Terri	3,903	↓10
94	Carrie	3,888	↓8
95	Jodi	3,865	↑2
96	Kristen	3,812	new
97	April	3,802	↓1
98	Yolanda	3,771	↓5
99	Anna	3,720	–
100	Julia	3,712	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968
1	Michael	85,162	–
2	David	63,672	–
3	James	59,886	↑1
4	John	58,732	↓1
5	Robert	58,300	–
6	William	37,607	–
7	Christopher	35,672	↑2
8	Mark	33,388	↓1
9	Brian	31,669	↑1
10	Richard	31,085	↓2
11	Jeffrey	28,967	–
12	Scott	28,653	↑2
13	Thomas	27,465	↓1
14	Steven	26,532	↑1
15	Joseph	26,173	↑1
16	Kevin	23,557	↑1
17	Timothy	23,358	↓4
18	Daniel	23,165	–
19	Charles	21,658	↑1
20	Anthony	20,904	↑1
21	Eric	20,747	↑1
22	Paul	20,690	↓3
23	Kenneth	17,553	–
24	Matthew	17,462	–
25	Jason	16,488	↑22
26	Gregory	16,166	–
27	Stephen	15,090	–
28	Todd	14,745	–
29	Ronald	14,618	↓4
30	Donald	12,775	↓1
31	Patrick	12,675	↓1
32	Edward	12,451	↓1
33	Andrew	11,282	↑1
34	Douglas	11,237	↓1
35	Gary	11,142	↓3
36	Keith	9,445	↓1
37	Sean	9,346	–
38	George	9,199	↓2
39	Craig	8,783	↑2
40	Larry	8,283	↓2
41	Shawn	8,267	↑2
42	Troy	8,098	↓2
43	Peter	7,832	↓4
44	Dennis	7,357	↑1
45	Jerry	7,283	↓1
46	Jonathan	7,080	↑7
47	Frank	6,917	↑2
48	Jeffery	6,738	↓2
49	Rodney	6,669	↓7
50	Raymond	6,638	–
51	Bryan	6,469	–
52	Terry	6,415	↓4
53	Bradley	6,389	↑4
54	Tony	5,516	↓2
55	Randy	5,265	↓1
56	Jose	5,185	↑2
57	Russell	5,156	↓1
58	Corey	4,924	new
59	Roger	4,905	↓4
60	Darren	4,660	–
61	Aaron	4,596	↑26
62	Carl	4,522	↓3
63	Marc	4,500	↑21
64	Samuel	4,430	↑2
65	Gerald	4,384	↓3
66	Chris	4,280	↓2
67	Johnny	4,219	↑2
68	Jon	4,213	↓3
69	Chad	4,060	new
70	Vincent	4,056	↑3
71	Lawrence	4,044	↓4
72	Bruce	4,041	↓11
73	Danny	4,010	↓1
74	Phillip	4,006	↓3
75	Wayne	3,896	↓12
76	Alan	3,852	↓2
77	Billy	3,773	↓1
78	Martin	3,758	↓10
79	Jimmy	3,757	↓2
80	Joel	3,681	–
81	Curtis	3,675	↓6
82	Bobby	3,652	↓1
83	Joe	3,617	↑2
84	Walter	3,569	↓1
85	Randall	3,562	↓6
86	Philip	3,540	↓4
87	Shane	3,531	new
88	Glenn	3,467	↑4
89	Dean	3,445	↓11
90	Ricky	3,415	↓20
91	Benjamin	3,379	↑8
92	Brent	3,355	new
93	Darrell	3,249	↓7
94	Brett	3,183	new
95	Jay	3,181	↓7
96	Dale	3,154	↓5
97	Arthur	3,138	↑1
98	Steve	3,062	↓9
99	Barry	3,060	new
100	Henry	3,055	↓5

Every name given in 1969

All 13,751 names Social Security recorded for 1969, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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