Popular baby names in Ohio, 1968

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1968 were Lisa for girls (2,866 babies) and Michael for boys (4,630). Social Security records list 172,895 babies born in Ohio in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	2,866	–	1
2	Michelle	2,108	↑1	2
3	Kimberly	2,085	↓1	3
4	Jennifer	1,657	↑4	4
5	Melissa	1,633	↑1	5
6	Amy	1,438	↓1	13
7	Angela	1,320	↑2	7
8	Kelly	1,313	↑5	12
9	Mary	1,176	↓5	6
10	Susan	1,111	↓3	10
11	Tammy	1,103	–	8
12	Julie	1,066	–	16
13	Laura	1,041	↑1	11
14	Tina	1,021	↑2	18
15	Karen	995	↓5	9
16	Lori	931	↑2	22
17	Christine	913	↓2	14
18	Tracy	847	↑5	25
19	Dawn	802	↑6	21
20	Pamela	787	↓3	20
21	Patricia	751	↓2	15
22	Elizabeth	747	–	17
23	Cynthia	745	↑1	19
24	Deborah	735	↓4	27
25	Stephanie	711	↑2	23
26	Teresa	697	↓5	30
27	Rebecca	694	↑6	33
28	Michele	641	–	29
29	Denise	629	↑3	35
30	Wendy	610	↑8	31
31	Barbara	579	↓1	36
32	Sandra	561	↓1	26
33	Linda	560	↑1	28
34	Brenda	554	↓5	34
35	Cheryl	553	↓9	37
36	Donna	532	–	24
37	Christina	523	↑8	44
38	Jill	510	↑1	46
39	Rhonda	507	↓4	42
40	Kathleen	501	–	40
41	Robin	493	↑5	43
42	Tonya	456	new	60
43	Debra	453	↑1	38
44	Sharon	447	↓7	32
45	Beth	446	↓2	74
46	Sherry	436	↑3	52
47	Paula	432	↑1	45
48	Theresa	432	↓7	47
49	Nancy	415	↓7	39
50	Diane	403	↓3	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	4,630	–	1
2	David	3,999	–	2
3	James	3,670	–	4
4	John	3,454	–	3
5	Robert	3,358	–	5
6	Mark	2,190	–	7
7	Brian	2,157	↑1	10
8	William	2,069	↓1	6
9	Jeffrey	1,965	–	11
10	Richard	1,774	↑1	8
11	Thomas	1,740	↑3	12
12	Scott	1,729	–	14
13	Christopher	1,718	–	9
14	Timothy	1,699	↓4	13
15	Joseph	1,432	↑2	16
16	Steven	1,425	↓1	15
17	Daniel	1,313	↑1	18
18	Kevin	1,312	↓2	17
19	Charles	1,262	–	20
20	Matthew	1,142	↑7	24
21	Paul	1,133	↓1	19
22	Todd	1,113	↑2	28
23	Eric	1,103	↓1	22
24	Anthony	1,101	↓1	21
25	Ronald	1,083	↓4	25
26	Gregory	996	–	26
27	Donald	980	↑1	29
28	Douglas	971	↑1	33
29	Kenneth	945	↓4	23
30	Stephen	830	–	27
31	Gary	796	–	32
32	Patrick	682	↑2	30
33	Andrew	596	↑3	34
34	Edward	584	↓1	31
35	Keith	559	↓3	35
36	Larry	553	↑1	38
37	Shawn	507	↑8	43
38	Jeffery	506	↑2	46
39	Bryan	488	↑2	51
40	Craig	465	↑3	41
41	Dennis	451	↓3	45
42	Rodney	444	↓7	42
43	Jerry	439	↓1	44
44	George	438	↓5	36
45	Sean	435	new	37
46	Terry	408	↓2	48
47	Troy	394	↑1	40
48	Raymond	368	↓1	50
49	Frank	332	↑1	49
50	Randy	327	↓4	54

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