Popular baby names in Florida, 1968

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1968 were Lisa for girls (1,239 babies) and Michael for boys (2,185). Social Security records list 89,710 babies born in Florida in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1968

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

Girls

Tangela: 37 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Latonya: 48 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lourdes: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Cristina: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sabrina: 107 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Vivian: 59 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Valarie: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Katrina: 90 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Daphne: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Chandra: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Roosevelt: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Willie: 284 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jorge: 78 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Freddie: 59 babies, 3× the national rate
Lorenzo: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Carlton: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alton: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Johnnie: 50 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bennie: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Roderick: 65 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	1,239	–	1
2	Kimberly	1,018	–	3
3	Michelle	863	–	2
4	Tammy	681	↑2	8
5	Melissa	657	↑2	5
6	Jennifer	653	↑7	4
7	Angela	648	↓2	7
8	Mary	642	↓4	6
9	Karen	520	↓1	9
10	Cynthia	518	↓1	19
11	Pamela	495	↑1	20
12	Laura	475	↑6	11
13	Patricia	474	↓2	15
14	Elizabeth	436	↑1	17
15	Susan	435	↓5	10
16	Stephanie	413	↓2	23
17	Tina	410	–	18
18	Kelly	395	↑11	12
19	Tracy	394	↑7	25
20	Donna	384	↑3	24
21	Sharon	373	–	32
22	Deborah	358	↓3	27
23	Sandra	353	↓7	26
24	Dawn	346	↑8	21
25	Teresa	336	↓5	30
26	Barbara	325	↓2	36
27	Linda	323	↓5	28
28	Lori	319	↑6	22
29	Christine	305	↑6	14
30	Julie	305	↑1	16
31	Amy	301	↓4	13
32	Cheryl	298	↓7	37
33	Wendy	286	↓3	31
34	Brenda	270	↓6	34
35	Rebecca	260	↑3	33
36	Robin	254	↑3	43
37	Denise	252	↑4	35
38	Theresa	235	↓1	47
39	Michele	233	↑6	29
40	Rhonda	231	↑2	42
41	Carol	225	↓5	49
42	Debra	225	↓9	38
43	Tonya	223	new	60
44	Nancy	222	↓4	39
45	Christina	215	↑5	44
46	Shannon	214	new	53
47	Andrea	203	↓1	48
48	Sherry	192	new	52
49	Maria	190	new	41
50	Jacqueline	185	↓6	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	2,185	–	1
2	James	1,947	–	4
3	Robert	1,861	↑2	5
4	John	1,816	–	3
5	David	1,708	↓2	2
6	William	1,288	–	6
7	Richard	990	–	8
8	Christopher	850	↑1	9
9	Charles	823	↓1	20
10	Mark	816	↑1	7
11	Thomas	723	↑1	12
12	Joseph	712	↑1	16
13	Timothy	677	↓3	13
14	Kenneth	613	–	23
15	Kevin	601	↑1	17
16	Anthony	592	↓1	21
17	Brian	569	↑1	10
18	Steven	536	↓1	15
19	Jeffrey	525	–	11
20	Scott	501	↑5	14
21	Paul	489	↑1	19
22	Gregory	482	↓2	26
23	Ronald	473	↓2	25
24	Eric	443	–	22
25	Daniel	434	↓2	18
26	Donald	404	–	29
27	Edward	376	↑4	31
28	Stephen	366	↓1	27
29	Patrick	337	–	30
30	Gary	329	↑3	32
31	George	318	↓1	36
32	Keith	292	↓4	35
33	Douglas	291	↑2	33
34	Willie	284	↓2	96
35	Todd	282	↑6	28
36	Andrew	279	↑2	34
37	Larry	275	–	38
38	Matthew	272	↓2	24
39	Sean	260	↑5	37
40	Rodney	240	↓6	42
41	Raymond	219	↑2	50
42	Terry	202	↓2	48
43	Shawn	198	new	43
44	Jerry	195	↑3	44
45	Jeffery	194	↑1	46
46	Frank	188	↓1	49
47	Jonathan	180	new	53
48	Troy	174	↓9	40
49	Johnny	173	new	69
50	Henry	166	new	95

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