Popular baby names in Virginia, 1968

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1968 were Lisa for girls (1,157 babies) and Michael for boys (1,834). Social Security records list 69,392 babies born in Virginia in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1968

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

Girls

Shelby: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Aretha: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shelia: 74 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bonita: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Wanda: 141 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Virginia: 118 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Hope: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Terry: 61 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Patrice: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Leigh: 60 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 26 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Garland: 23 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Carlton: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Randolph: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Luther: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Sherman: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Stacey: 62 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cecil: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marshall: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lewis: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	1,157	–	1
2	Kimberly	886	–	3
3	Angela	651	–	7
4	Michelle	641	↑3	2
5	Melissa	635	–	5
6	Tammy	633	↑2	8
7	Karen	587	↓1	9
8	Jennifer	563	↑10	4
9	Mary	552	↓5	6
10	Pamela	481	–	20
11	Susan	460	↓2	10
12	Amy	437	↑7	13
13	Elizabeth	426	↑1	17
14	Teresa	413	↓1	30
15	Patricia	397	↑1	15
16	Donna	384	↓5	24
17	Cynthia	373	↓5	19
18	Laura	368	↑5	11
19	Sharon	351	↓4	32
20	Stephanie	331	↑1	23
21	Deborah	330	↓1	27
22	Tina	329	–	18
23	Kelly	324	↑7	12
24	Robin	304	↑9	43
25	Tracy	304	–	25
26	Rebecca	300	↓2	33
27	Sandra	299	↓10	26
28	Cheryl	251	↑4	37
29	Dawn	248	↑7	21
30	Wendy	247	↓2	31
31	Christine	243	↑7	14
32	Rhonda	243	↑2	42
33	Linda	238	↓7	28
34	Sherry	218	↓7	52
35	Brenda	210	↓6	34
36	Barbara	204	↓5	36
37	Carol	203	new	49
38	Michele	200	↑2	29
39	Lori	193	↓4	22
40	Julie	190	↓3	16
41	Nancy	178	↑2	39
42	Paula	173	↑4	45
43	Catherine	169	↓2	56
44	Carolyn	168	↓5	61
45	Denise	166	↑5	35
46	Tonya	166	new	60
47	Tracey	166	new	72
48	Theresa	162	new	47
49	Christina	159	new	44
50	Debra	151	↓8	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	1,834	–	1
2	James	1,665	–	4
3	David	1,478	–	2
4	Robert	1,411	↑1	5
5	John	1,340	↓1	3
6	William	1,201	–	6
7	Christopher	832	–	9
8	Mark	785	↑2	7
9	Charles	745	↑2	20
10	Richard	740	↓1	8
11	Timothy	674	↓3	13
12	Brian	648	↑1	10
13	Jeffrey	630	↓1	11
14	Thomas	621	–	12
15	Kevin	551	–	17
16	Kenneth	498	–	23
17	Steven	491	↑1	15
18	Joseph	469	↑1	16
19	Anthony	427	↓2	21
20	Gregory	402	↑1	26
21	Paul	390	↑1	19
22	Stephen	355	↓2	27
23	Ronald	353	–	25
24	Donald	342	–	29
25	Scott	338	↑3	14
26	Daniel	327	↑1	18
27	Eric	317	↓2	22
28	George	292	↓2	36
29	Edward	281	↑5	31
30	Gary	279	–	32
31	Douglas	270	↑1	33
32	Matthew	270	↑1	24
33	Keith	264	↓4	35
34	Patrick	252	↑3	30
35	Rodney	252	↓4	42
36	Larry	218	↓1	38
37	Jerry	216	↓1	44
38	Andrew	207	↑3	34
39	Tony	183	↓1	52
40	Todd	181	↑2	28
41	Roger	178	↑7	55
42	Jonathan	173	new	53
43	Troy	171	↓3	40
44	Jeffery	168	–	46
45	Terry	163	↓6	48
46	Raymond	160	↑1	50
47	Samuel	148	↑3	66
48	Sean	146	new	37
49	Bryan	139	–	51
50	Dennis	139	↓4	45

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