Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1968

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1968 were Lisa for girls (346 babies) and Michael for boys (572). Social Security records list 21,929 babies born in District of Columbia in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1968

Names given at least 15 times in District of Columbia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Lashawn: 34 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Nichelle: 19 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Dionne: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Courtney: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Katrina: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Patrice: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Crystal: 69 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Megan: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Monique: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Antoinette: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Donnell: 19 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Darnell: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Tyrone: 62 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Andre: 81 babies, 6× the national rate
Carlton: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Clifton: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lorenzo: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maurice: 43 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Reginald: 72 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bernard: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	346	–	1
2	Michelle	274	↑1	2
3	Kimberly	242	↓1	3
4	Jennifer	214	↑4	4
5	Karen	180	↓1	9
6	Angela	164	↓1	7
7	Mary	144	↓1	6
8	Susan	139	↑6	10
9	Elizabeth	136	↓2	17
10	Laura	133	↑5	11
11	Tracy	126	–	25
12	Pamela	114	↓2	20
13	Christine	108	↑8	14
14	Stephanie	105	↓5	23
15	Sharon	102	↓3	32
16	Melissa	98	↑4	5
17	Monica	95	↑12	68
18	Amy	92	↑5	13
19	Robin	92	↑3	43
20	Deborah	91	↓3	27
21	Patricia	90	↓8	15
22	Donna	84	↑5	24
23	Andrea	79	↑15	48
24	Michele	79	↑15	29
25	Linda	76	–	28
26	Tonya	75	–	60
27	Christina	74	↑19	44
28	Kelly	74	↑8	12
29	Sandra	74	↓10	26
30	Cynthia	72	↓12	19
31	Dawn	72	↑1	21
32	Kathleen	71	↑2	40
33	Crystal	69	new	>100
34	Barbara	68	↑9	36
35	Denise	68	↓19	35
36	Julie	68	↑9	16
37	Theresa	68	↓13	47
38	Maria	67	↓10	41
39	Leslie	65	new	66
40	Catherine	64	↓7	56
41	Jacqueline	63	↓11	50
42	Wendy	63	↓11	31
43	Cheryl	62	↓6	37
44	Renee	60	new	65
45	Kim	59	↑3	57
46	Tracey	58	↓2	72
47	Carolyn	57	↑2	61
48	Tammy	57	new	8
49	Tanya	57	new	>100
50	Katherine	55	new	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	572	–	1
2	John	503	–	3
3	David	485	–	2
4	James	465	–	4
5	Robert	405	–	5
6	Christopher	287	↑1	9
7	Anthony	271	↑2	21
8	William	267	↓2	6
9	Mark	251	↑2	7
10	Kevin	223	↓2	17
11	Richard	198	↑2	8
12	Joseph	193	–	16
13	Charles	190	↑1	20
14	Thomas	184	↓4	12
15	Jeffrey	176	↑2	11
16	Timothy	176	↑3	13
17	Brian	174	↑3	10
18	Eric	174	–	22
19	Steven	160	↓3	15
20	Kenneth	154	↓5	23
21	Paul	144	↑3	19
22	Sean	141	↑9	37
23	Stephen	138	↓2	27
24	Gregory	132	↓2	26
25	Edward	127	↑7	31
26	Matthew	118	↓3	24
27	Andrew	117	↑2	34
28	Daniel	113	↓3	18
29	Scott	113	↑4	14
30	Ronald	110	↓3	25
31	George	108	↓3	36
32	Keith	103	↓6	35
33	Donald	94	↑1	29
34	Patrick	94	↑1	30
35	Andre	81	↓5	>100
36	Jonathan	73	↑7	53
37	Douglas	72	–	33
38	Reginald	72	↑1	>100
39	Peter	71	↑3	39
40	Gary	69	↓2	32
41	Rodney	67	↓5	42
42	Derrick	65	↑5	>100
43	Raymond	64	↓3	50
44	Tyrone	62	new	>100
45	Craig	58	new	41
46	Todd	54	↑2	28
47	Lawrence	49	↓6	67
48	Darryl	48	↑2	>100
49	Aaron	47	↓5	87
50	Samuel	46	new	66

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