Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1968

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1968 were Lisa for girls (1,753 babies) and Michael for boys (2,899). Social Security records list 87,241 babies born in Massachusetts in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1968

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

Girls

Maura: 67 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Maryellen: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Laureen: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lynne: 128 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Maureen: 252 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Marybeth: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Annmarie: 63 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Joanne: 221 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lauren: 112 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Noreen: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 147 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brendan: 48 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dana: 94 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Peter: 679 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Joshua: 57 babies, 3× the national rate
Leo: 55 babies, 3× the national rate
Gerard: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bradford: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Salvatore: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Seth: 30 babies, 2.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	1,753	–	1
2	Michelle	1,194	–	2
3	Christine	1,037	↑1	14
4	Jennifer	953	↑6	4
5	Susan	904	↓2	10
6	Karen	861	↓1	9
7	Kimberly	856	↓1	3
8	Kathleen	587	–	40
9	Patricia	577	–	15
10	Mary	576	↓3	6
11	Kelly	567	↑9	12
12	Laura	555	↑4	11
13	Elizabeth	554	↓2	17
14	Deborah	511	↓2	27
15	Melissa	480	↑9	5
16	Julie	479	↑5	16
17	Amy	477	↑2	13
18	Pamela	454	↓1	20
19	Cheryl	429	↓6	37
20	Donna	420	↓6	24
21	Linda	418	↓6	28
22	Nancy	409	↓4	39
23	Lori	397	↓1	22
24	Dawn	383	↑4	21
25	Michele	365	↑6	29
26	Tracy	344	↑9	25
27	Wendy	335	↓1	31
28	Cynthia	322	↑1	19
29	Diane	319	↓6	51
30	Sharon	316	↑2	32
31	Denise	315	↓6	35
32	Sandra	314	↓5	26
33	Kristen	312	new	>100
34	Debra	305	↓4	38
35	Tammy	301	↑2	8
36	Paula	297	↑2	45
37	Tina	285	↑4	18
38	Ann	280	↓5	54
39	Andrea	275	↑7	48
40	Robin	275	↑2	43
41	Stephanie	272	↓5	23
42	Brenda	271	↑1	34
43	Kim	269	↑1	57
44	Laurie	256	↓10	79
45	Maureen	252	–	>100
46	Barbara	249	↓6	36
47	Suzanne	249	↓8	69
48	Kristin	244	new	84
49	Maria	237	↓2	41
50	Catherine	230	–	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	2,899	–	1
2	John	2,321	–	3
3	David	2,176	–	2
4	Robert	2,017	–	5
5	James	1,827	–	4
6	Christopher	1,412	–	9
7	Mark	1,266	–	7
8	Paul	1,209	↑2	19
9	Richard	1,187	↓1	8
10	William	1,173	↓1	6
11	Scott	1,138	↑1	14
12	Joseph	1,089	↓1	16
13	Thomas	1,040	–	12
14	Brian	986	–	10
15	Kevin	913	↑3	17
16	Steven	852	↑1	15
17	Daniel	838	↓2	18
18	Jeffrey	811	↑2	11
19	Stephen	807	↓3	27
20	Timothy	718	↓1	13
21	Peter	679	–	39
22	Matthew	643	↑1	24
23	Eric	618	↑1	22
24	Edward	518	↓2	31
25	Sean	495	↑2	37
26	Kenneth	476	↓1	23
27	Anthony	451	↓1	21
28	Andrew	445	↑1	34
29	Charles	421	↓1	20
30	Patrick	365	–	30
31	Gregory	362	↑3	26
32	Todd	343	↑5	28
33	Ronald	330	↓2	25
34	Donald	323	↓1	29
35	Douglas	321	–	33
36	Gary	316	↓4	32
37	Shawn	305	↑3	43
38	George	301	–	36
39	Keith	301	↓3	35
40	Jonathan	271	↑1	53
41	Dennis	233	↓2	45
42	Craig	222	↑1	41
43	Raymond	213	↓1	50
44	Marc	184	↑5	84
45	Wayne	173	↓1	63
46	Frank	172	–	49
47	Philip	172	↓2	82
48	Jason	153	new	47
49	Francis	147	↓2	>100
50	Lawrence	145	new	67

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