Popular baby names in Indiana, 1968

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1968 were Lisa for girls (1,395 babies) and Michael for boys (2,196). Social Security records list 83,713 babies born in Indiana in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1968

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

Girls

Stacia: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Misty: 54 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lora: 90 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Joni: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jerri: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shellie: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tamara: 229 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nikki: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bonita: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Leann: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Rex: 42 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Doug: 42 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Max: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kent: 80 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rick: 85 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dewayne: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brent: 166 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bradley: 252 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Brad: 91 babies, 2.1× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	1,395	–	1
2	Kimberly	1,055	–	3
3	Michelle	996	–	2
4	Angela	950	–	7
5	Melissa	859	–	5
6	Jennifer	835	↑4	4
7	Amy	697	↓1	13
8	Julie	593	↑4	16
9	Tammy	592	–	8
10	Kelly	591	↑6	12
11	Tina	549	–	18
12	Laura	541	↑3	11
13	Mary	537	↓6	6
14	Susan	518	↓6	10
15	Dawn	473	↑2	21
16	Lori	453	↓2	22
17	Karen	433	↓4	9
18	Teresa	388	–	30
19	Tracy	371	↑8	25
20	Elizabeth	326	↑3	17
21	Rhonda	323	↑1	42
22	Christina	318	↑18	44
23	Patricia	318	↓2	15
24	Christine	317	↑8	14
25	Cynthia	314	↓5	19
26	Pamela	314	↓7	20
27	Rebecca	314	↓1	33
28	Deborah	312	↓4	27
29	Stephanie	302	↓1	23
30	Michele	300	↑5	29
31	Jill	280	↑5	46
32	Donna	274	↓2	24
33	Brenda	264	↓8	34
34	Sandra	246	↓5	26
35	Cheryl	236	↓2	37
36	Linda	234	↓5	28
37	Debra	233	↓3	38
38	Sherry	230	↓1	52
39	Tamara	229	↑4	80
40	Shannon	225	new	53
41	Denise	224	↑3	35
42	Wendy	223	↓3	31
43	Robin	220	↓5	43
44	Beth	216	↓2	74
45	Tonya	215	↑2	60
46	Andrea	211	↑2	48
47	Nancy	203	↑3	39
48	Barbara	200	↓7	36
49	Paula	192	–	45
50	Sharon	192	↓5	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	2,196	–	1
2	David	1,796	–	2
3	James	1,730	–	4
4	Robert	1,579	↑1	5
5	John	1,513	↓1	3
6	Brian	1,204	–	10
7	Mark	1,047	–	7
8	William	969	↑1	6
9	Jeffrey	957	↓1	11
10	Timothy	887	–	13
11	Scott	870	–	14
12	Christopher	835	↑2	9
13	Richard	819	↓1	8
14	Kevin	772	↓1	17
15	Steven	706	–	15
16	Thomas	701	–	12
17	Charles	598	↑1	20
18	Anthony	575	↑1	21
19	Daniel	541	↓2	18
20	Joseph	540	↑1	16
21	Todd	536	↑3	28
22	Gregory	510	↓2	26
23	Eric	482	–	22
24	Ronald	478	↑1	25
25	Paul	465	↓3	19
26	Kenneth	454	–	23
27	Matthew	450	↑2	24
28	Donald	427	↓1	29
29	Stephen	424	↓1	27
30	Douglas	405	–	33
31	Larry	361	↑1	38
32	Gary	348	↓1	32
33	Jeffery	323	↑1	46
34	Patrick	315	↑1	30
35	Troy	310	↓2	40
36	Andrew	309	↑4	34
37	Jerry	305	↓1	44
38	Terry	253	–	48
39	Bradley	252	↑3	57
40	Keith	250	↓1	35
41	Rodney	238	↓4	42
42	Edward	236	↓1	31
43	Shawn	221	↑6	43
44	Dennis	211	↓1	45
45	Tony	198	↑1	52
46	Craig	196	new	41
47	Bryan	187	–	51
48	Roger	184	–	55
49	George	181	↓5	36
50	Sean	177	new	37

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