Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1968

Michael and Lisa topped the list in 1968. The 10 most popular names went to 28% of boys and 16% of girls, from 4,744 boy names and 8,196 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1968

  1. Michael 81,968
  2. David 63,679
  3. John 60,903
  4. James 60,665
  5. Robert 58,174
  6. William 36,927
  7. Mark 35,401
  8. Richard 32,976
  9. Christopher 31,468
  10. Brian 29,922
  11. Jeffrey 28,369
  12. Thomas 27,420
  13. Timothy 26,496
  14. Scott 26,022
  15. Steven 25,493
  16. Joseph 25,396
  17. Kevin 23,862
  18. Daniel 22,012
  19. Paul 21,865
  20. Charles 21,575
  21. Anthony 20,231
  22. Eric 18,501
  23. Kenneth 18,077
  24. Matthew 15,823
  25. Ronald 15,415
  26. Gregory 15,392
  27. Stephen 14,761
  28. Todd 14,659
  29. Donald 13,362
  30. Patrick 13,062
  31. Edward 12,276
  32. Gary 11,973
  33. Douglas 11,405
  34. Andrew 10,563
  35. Keith 9,861
  36. George 9,382
  37. Sean 9,172
  38. Larry 8,231
  39. Peter 8,122
  40. Troy 7,976
  41. Craig 7,858
  42. Rodney 7,505
  43. Shawn 7,478
  44. Jerry 7,450
  45. Dennis 7,403
  46. Jeffery 7,223
  47. Jason 7,143
  48. Terry 7,089
  49. Frank 6,897
  50. Raymond 6,883
  51. Bryan 6,254
  52. Tony 5,875
  53. Jonathan 5,808
  54. Randy 5,709
  55. Roger 5,183
  56. Russell 5,097
  57. Bradley 4,804
  58. Jose 4,794
  59. Carl 4,645
  60. Darren 4,642
  61. Bruce 4,486
  62. Gerald 4,475
  63. Wayne 4,251
  64. Chris 4,249
  65. Jon 4,209
  66. Samuel 4,123
  67. Lawrence 4,098
  68. Martin 4,073
  69. Johnny 4,050
  70. Ricky 4,036
  71. Phillip 3,987
  72. Danny 3,984
  73. Vincent 3,982
  74. Alan 3,976
  75. Curtis 3,855
  76. Billy 3,814
  77. Jimmy 3,814
  78. Dean 3,799
  79. Randall 3,751
  80. Joel 3,683
  81. Bobby 3,628
  82. Philip 3,622
  83. Walter 3,589
  84. Marc 3,537
  85. Joe 3,522
  86. Darrell 3,446
  87. Aaron 3,428
  88. Jay 3,428
  89. Steve 3,408
  90. Jeff 3,279
  91. Dale 3,257
  92. Glenn 3,246
  93. Mike 3,214
  94. Roy 3,177
  95. Henry 3,129
  96. Willie 3,109
  97. Kelly 3,059
  98. Arthur 3,039
  99. Benjamin 3,017
  100. Allen 2,961

Top girl names of 1968

  1. Lisa 49,534
  2. Michelle 33,223
  3. Kimberly 31,906
  4. Jennifer 26,853
  5. Melissa 21,733
  6. Mary 21,727
  7. Angela 20,670
  8. Tammy 20,058
  9. Karen 19,560
  10. Susan 19,503
  11. Laura 18,741
  12. Kelly 17,138
  13. Amy 17,090
  14. Christine 16,525
  15. Patricia 15,803
  16. Julie 15,750
  17. Elizabeth 14,887
  18. Tina 14,772
  19. Cynthia 14,050
  20. Pamela 14,031
  21. Dawn 13,441
  22. Lori 13,126
  23. Stephanie 12,953
  24. Donna 12,748
  25. Tracy 12,743
  26. Sandra 12,686
  27. Deborah 12,288
  28. Linda 11,371
  29. Michele 11,219
  30. Teresa 10,912
  31. Wendy 10,709
  32. Sharon 10,340
  33. Rebecca 10,225
  34. Brenda 9,945
  35. Denise 9,877
  36. Barbara 9,740
  37. Cheryl 9,138
  38. Debra 9,095
  39. Nancy 8,961
  40. Kathleen 8,729
  41. Maria 8,386
  42. Rhonda 8,268
  43. Robin 8,180
  44. Christina 8,016
  45. Paula 7,637
  46. Jill 7,521
  47. Theresa 7,307
  48. Andrea 7,089
  49. Carol 7,078
  50. Jacqueline 6,745
  51. Diane 6,583
  52. Sherry 6,435
  53. Shannon 6,403
  54. Ann 6,177
  55. Stacey 6,150
  56. Catherine 6,129
  57. Kim 6,089
  58. Gina 6,045
  59. Sheila 5,730
  60. Tonya 5,661
  61. Carolyn 5,538
  62. Heather 5,502
  63. Margaret 5,440
  64. Stacy 5,384
  65. Renee 5,356
  66. Leslie 5,282
  67. Cindy 5,238
  68. Monica 5,221
  69. Suzanne 5,040
  70. Dana 5,012
  71. Diana 4,995
  72. Tracey 4,931
  73. Janet 4,838
  74. Beth 4,765
  75. Katherine 4,716
  76. Kathy 4,677
  77. Valerie 4,550
  78. Sarah 4,489
  79. Laurie 4,342
  80. Tamara 4,308
  81. Regina 4,295
  82. Victoria 4,286
  83. Terri 4,267
  84. Kristin 4,134
  85. Lynn 4,103
  86. Carrie 3,979
  87. Connie 3,955
  88. Anne 3,914
  89. Heidi 3,913
  90. Melinda 3,814
  91. Carla 3,813
  92. Rachel 3,727
  93. Yolanda 3,697
  94. Melanie 3,641
  95. Sherri 3,641
  96. April 3,622
  97. Jodi 3,598
  98. Shelly 3,595
  99. Anna 3,569
  100. Kathryn 3,561

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1968?
Michael was the #1 boy name in 1968 (81,968 babies) and Lisa was the #1 girl name (49,534 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1968?
Social Security records list 3,378,363 babies born in 1968 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,737,974 boys and 1,640,389 girls.