Popular baby names in Michigan, 1968

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1968 were Lisa for girls (2,423 babies) and Michael for boys (4,078). Social Security records list 145,654 babies born in Michigan in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1968

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

Girls

Latonya: 66 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bethany: 52 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shellie: 36 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Shawn: 162 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jodie: 74 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Kurt: 218 babies, 2× the national rate
Dion: 41 babies, 2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	2,423	–	1
2	Michelle	1,950	↑1	2
3	Kimberly	1,755	↓1	3
4	Jennifer	1,203	↑9	4
5	Amy	1,159	↑1	13
6	Kelly	1,068	↑5	12
7	Julie	1,020	↑1	16
8	Dawn	1,003	↑1	21
9	Laura	994	↑3	11
10	Susan	952	↓6	10
11	Mary	948	↓6	6
12	Tammy	899	↓2	8
13	Melissa	875	↑4	5
14	Karen	856	↓7	9
15	Christine	820	–	14
16	Angela	803	↓2	7
17	Tina	777	↑2	18
18	Lori	719	–	22
19	Pamela	704	↓3	20
20	Wendy	631	↑6	31
21	Tracy	608	↑7	25
22	Patricia	603	–	15
23	Deborah	577	↓3	27
24	Michele	577	↑11	29
25	Sandra	554	↓2	26
26	Rebecca	548	↑6	33
27	Elizabeth	545	↓6	17
28	Cheryl	505	↓4	37
29	Cynthia	495	↓4	19
30	Jill	489	↑6	46
31	Denise	482	↓1	35
32	Kathleen	474	↑1	40
33	Brenda	469	↓4	34
34	Linda	451	↓7	28
35	Stephanie	427	↓1	23
36	Barbara	424	↓5	36
37	Teresa	423	↑2	30
38	Ann	420	↑6	54
39	Nancy	410	↓1	39
40	Debra	406	–	38
41	Theresa	398	↑4	47
42	Rhonda	385	↓1	42
43	Renee	384	–	65
44	Donna	381	↓7	24
45	Robin	360	new	43
46	Christina	341	new	44
47	Paula	334	↑3	45
48	Sharon	334	↑1	32
49	Andrea	321	↓3	48
50	Carrie	319	new	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	4,078	–	1
2	David	3,163	–	2
3	James	2,788	–	4
4	Robert	2,766	–	5
5	John	2,498	–	3
6	Scott	1,839	–	14
7	Mark	1,817	–	7
8	Brian	1,690	↑1	10
9	Jeffrey	1,678	↓1	11
10	William	1,516	↑1	6
11	Steven	1,485	↑1	15
12	Richard	1,478	↑2	8
13	Thomas	1,438	–	12
14	Christopher	1,364	↑1	9
15	Timothy	1,356	↓5	13
16	Daniel	1,267	↑1	18
17	Kevin	1,263	↓1	17
18	Paul	1,175	–	19
19	Matthew	1,101	↑2	24
20	Joseph	1,086	↓1	16
21	Todd	1,045	↓1	28
22	Kenneth	941	↑1	23
23	Eric	906	↑2	22
24	Charles	847	↑2	20
25	Anthony	832	↓3	21
26	Ronald	813	↓2	25
27	Patrick	713	↑2	30
28	Gregory	704	↓1	26
29	Donald	685	↓1	29
30	Douglas	658	–	33
31	Stephen	623	–	27
32	Gary	569	–	32
33	Andrew	520	↑3	34
34	Dennis	517	↑3	45
35	Jeffery	485	–	46
36	Keith	471	↓3	35
37	Edward	468	↓3	31
38	Craig	456	–	41
39	Larry	357	↑2	38
40	Sean	343	↑9	37
41	Rodney	340	↓2	42
42	Troy	338	↑1	40
43	Raymond	324	↑4	50
44	Peter	320	↓2	39
45	George	318	↑1	36
46	Gerald	303	↓2	62
47	Terry	303	↓7	48
48	Jerry	295	–	44
49	Shawn	292	new	43
50	Randy	277	↓5	54

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