Popular baby names in New York, 1968

The most popular baby names in New York in 1968 were Lisa for girls (4,436 babies) and Michael for boys (7,900). Social Security records list 283,999 babies born in New York in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1968

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

Girls

Milagros: 102 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lissette: 133 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lizette: 119 babies, 7× the national rate
Maritza: 135 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Ivette: 101 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Migdalia: 71 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lisette: 95 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Marisol: 135 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Madeline: 150 babies, 5× the national rate
Daisy: 101 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 96 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Salvatore: 281 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Dominick: 132 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Angel: 365 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Julio: 194 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rafael: 276 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Luis: 585 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gerard: 182 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ismael: 79 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Israel: 97 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	4,436	–	1
2	Jennifer	2,513	↑8	4
3	Michelle	2,471	↓1	2
4	Christine	2,292	↓1	14
5	Karen	1,980	↑1	9
6	Susan	1,826	↓1	10
7	Elizabeth	1,804	↑1	17
8	Mary	1,799	↓4	6
9	Kimberly	1,737	–	3
10	Patricia	1,724	↓3	15
11	Laura	1,696	↑3	11
12	Michele	1,484	↑4	29
13	Dawn	1,467	↓2	21
14	Kelly	1,430	↑10	12
15	Maria	1,403	↓2	41
16	Deborah	1,302	↓4	27
17	Kathleen	1,299	↑1	40
18	Melissa	1,273	↑7	5
19	Denise	1,256	↓2	35
20	Amy	1,253	–	13
21	Donna	1,197	↓6	24
22	Nancy	1,162	↓3	39
23	Linda	1,088	↓2	28
24	Tammy	1,084	↑12	8
25	Lori	1,030	↑4	22
26	Barbara	1,014	↓4	36
27	Jacqueline	972	↑5	50
28	Pamela	967	↓1	20
29	Cynthia	939	↑4	19
30	Kim	921	↓7	57
31	Julie	910	↑7	16
32	Sandra	904	↓6	26
33	Tina	874	↑7	18
34	Debra	851	↓3	38
35	Tracy	841	↑4	25
36	Stephanie	823	↑1	23
37	Sharon	819	↓3	32
38	Theresa	819	↓8	47
39	Diane	801	↓11	51
40	Wendy	800	↓5	31
41	Catherine	781	–	56
42	Christina	739	new	44
43	Angela	727	↑2	7
44	Margaret	711	↓1	63
45	Andrea	696	↓1	48
46	Jill	694	↑4	46
47	Cheryl	684	↓5	37
48	Suzanne	682	↓2	69
49	Ann	672	↓1	54
50	Gina	659	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	7,900	–	1
2	John	5,951	–	3
3	Robert	5,509	↑1	5
4	David	5,444	↓1	2
5	James	4,686	–	4
6	Joseph	3,659	–	16
7	Christopher	3,465	↑1	9
8	Richard	3,298	↑1	8
9	William	3,263	↓2	6
10	Thomas	3,197	–	12
11	Mark	2,714	–	7
12	Anthony	2,608	–	21
13	Daniel	2,301	↑3	18
14	Scott	2,268	↑1	14
15	Paul	2,223	↓1	19
16	Brian	2,148	↑1	10
17	Jeffrey	2,078	↑1	11
18	Steven	2,078	↓5	15
19	Kevin	2,073	–	17
20	Timothy	1,840	–	13
21	Eric	1,822	↑1	22
22	Peter	1,726	↓1	39
23	Edward	1,597	–	31
24	Matthew	1,564	↑3	24
25	Charles	1,469	↑1	20
26	Kenneth	1,459	↓2	23
27	Andrew	1,440	↑1	34
28	Stephen	1,403	↓3	27
29	Patrick	1,263	–	30
30	Frank	1,140	–	49
31	Gregory	1,134	↑1	26
32	Ronald	1,117	↓1	25
33	George	1,071	–	36
34	Jose	1,045	↑2	58
35	Sean	1,009	↑4	37
36	Todd	988	↑1	28
37	Donald	914	↓2	29
38	Keith	883	↓4	35
39	Douglas	878	↓1	33
40	Raymond	812	↑1	50
41	Gary	783	↓1	32
42	Vincent	747	–	73
43	Craig	725	–	41
44	Jonathan	671	–	53
45	Luis	585	↑1	>100
46	Marc	583	↑2	84
47	Dennis	563	–	45
48	Jason	561	new	47
49	Lawrence	547	↓4	67
50	Philip	514	–	82

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