Name.Baby Names by year 1960s 1968 Most Popular Baby Names of 1968 Social Security has card records for 3,485,321 people born in the U.S. in 1968. Lisa was the top girl name (49,534 babies) and Michael the top boy name (81,968).
Top 100 names of 1968 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1968, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Lisa 49,534 #987 2 Michelle 33,223 #465 3 Kimberly 31,906 #302 4 Jennifer 26,853 #586 5 Melissa 21,733 #419 6 Mary 21,727 #125 7 Angela 20,670 #408 8 Tammy 20,058 #3,645 9 Karen 19,560 #1,279 10 Susan 19,503 #1,085 11 Laura 18,741 #379 12 Kelly 17,138 #851 13 Amy 17,090 #257 14 Christine 16,525 #1,272 15 Patricia 15,803 #1,334 16 Julie 15,750 #872 17 Elizabeth 14,887 #17 18 Tina 14,772 #2,778 19 Cynthia 14,050 #1,013 20 Pamela 14,031 #2,239 21 Dawn 13,441 #2,173 22 Lori 13,126 #1,721 23 Stephanie 12,953 #557 24 Donna 12,748 #1,962 25 Tracy 12,743 #2,153 26 Sandra 12,686 #1,207 27 Deborah 12,288 #862 28 Linda 11,371 #902 29 Michele 11,219 #4,758 30 Teresa 10,912 #908 31 Wendy 10,709 #1,341 32 Sharon 10,340 #1,250 33 Rebecca 10,225 #349 34 Brenda 9,945 #1,525 35 Denise 9,877 #1,673 36 Barbara 9,740 #968 37 Cheryl 9,138 #4,352 38 Debra 9,095 #4,460 39 Nancy 8,961 #965 40 Kathleen 8,729 #1,150 41 Maria 8,386 #87 42 Rhonda 8,268 #6,116 43 Robin 8,180 #704 44 Christina 8,016 #770 45 Paula 7,637 #853 46 Jill 7,521 #5,722 47 Theresa 7,307 #1,548 48 Andrea 7,089 #235 49 Carol 7,078 #2,239 50 Jacqueline 6,745 #558
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1968, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Diane 6,583 #2,607 52 Sherry 6,435 #5,410 53 Shannon 6,403 #2,387 54 Ann 6,177 #1,076 55 Stacey 6,150 #3,067 56 Catherine 6,129 #313 57 Kim 6,089 #4,172 58 Gina 6,045 #2,076 59 Sheila 5,730 #2,645 60 Tonya 5,661 #8,860 61 Carolyn 5,538 #1,222 62 Heather 5,502 #1,261 63 Margaret 5,440 #112 64 Stacy 5,384 #1,652 65 Renee 5,356 #1,098 66 Leslie 5,282 #712 67 Cindy 5,238 #1,927 68 Monica 5,221 #736 69 Suzanne 5,040 #2,387 70 Dana 5,012 #1,027 71 Diana 4,995 #244 72 Tracey 4,931 #7,885 73 Janet 4,838 #2,778 74 Beth 4,765 #3,389 75 Katherine 4,716 #186 76 Kathy 4,677 #3,249 77 Valerie 4,550 #127 78 Sarah 4,489 #90 79 Laurie 4,342 #2,822 80 Tamara 4,308 #1,808 81 Regina 4,295 #395 82 Victoria 4,286 #54 83 Terri 4,267 #6,116 84 Kristin 4,134 #4,661 85 Lynn 4,103 #2,542 86 Carrie 3,979 #2,719 87 Connie 3,955 #3,067 88 Anne 3,914 #619 89 Heidi 3,913 #340 90 Melinda 3,814 #1,981 91 Carla 3,813 #1,082 92 Rachel 3,727 #250 93 Yolanda 3,697 #3,211 94 Melanie 3,641 #142 94 Sherri 3,641 #8,362 96 April 3,622 #542 97 Jodi 3,598 #3,975 98 Shelly 3,595 #5,722 99 Anna 3,569 #107 100 Kathryn 3,561 #729
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1968, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 81,968 #21 2 David 63,679 #35 3 John 60,903 #23 4 James 60,665 #6 5 Robert 58,174 #92 6 William 36,927 #9 7 Mark 35,401 #244 8 Richard 32,976 #234 9 Christopher 31,468 #68 10 Brian 29,922 #339 11 Jeffrey 28,369 #552 12 Thomas 27,420 #34 13 Timothy 26,496 #203 14 Scott 26,022 #534 15 Steven 25,493 #271 16 Joseph 25,396 #29 17 Kevin 23,862 #221 18 Daniel 22,012 #22 19 Paul 21,865 #262 20 Charles 21,575 #48 21 Anthony 20,231 #46 22 Eric 18,501 #273 23 Kenneth 18,077 #294 24 Matthew 15,823 #32 25 Ronald 15,415 #637 26 Gregory 15,392 #593 27 Stephen 14,761 #383 28 Todd 14,659 #1,609 29 Donald 13,362 #690 30 Patrick 13,062 #235 31 Edward 12,276 #224 32 Gary 11,973 #1,073 33 Douglas 11,405 #807 34 Andrew 10,563 #73 35 Keith 9,861 #800 36 George 9,382 #126 37 Sean 9,172 #489 38 Larry 8,231 #1,084 39 Peter 8,122 #187 40 Troy 7,976 #532 41 Craig 7,858 #1,644 42 Rodney 7,505 #1,091 43 Shawn 7,478 #681 44 Jerry 7,450 #906 45 Dennis 7,403 #707 46 Jeffery 7,223 #1,554 47 Jason 7,143 #165 48 Terry 7,089 #1,115 49 Frank 6,897 #513 50 Raymond 6,883 #394
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1968, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Bryan 6,254 #336 52 Tony 5,875 #783 53 Jonathan 5,808 #89 54 Randy 5,709 #1,084 55 Roger 5,183 #832 56 Russell 5,097 #345 57 Bradley 4,804 #403 58 Jose 4,794 #95 59 Carl 4,645 #1,132 60 Darren 4,642 #1,132 61 Bruce 4,486 #536 62 Gerald 4,475 #1,204 63 Wayne 4,251 #652 64 Chris 4,249 #646 65 Jon 4,209 #951 66 Samuel 4,123 #18 67 Lawrence 4,098 #518 68 Martin 4,073 #335 69 Johnny 4,050 #457 70 Ricky 4,036 #948 71 Phillip 3,987 #651 72 Danny 3,984 #628 73 Vincent 3,982 #107 74 Alan 3,976 #191 75 Curtis 3,855 #984 76 Billy 3,814 #1,068 76 Jimmy 3,814 #846 78 Dean 3,799 #125 79 Randall 3,751 #1,499 80 Joel 3,683 #219 81 Bobby 3,628 #1,097 82 Philip 3,622 #527 83 Walter 3,589 #251 84 Marc 3,537 #1,235 85 Joe 3,522 #991 86 Darrell 3,446 #1,688 87 Aaron 3,428 #80 87 Jay 3,428 #392 89 Steve 3,408 #1,609 90 Jeff 3,279 #3,314 91 Dale 3,257 #1,409 92 Glenn 3,246 #1,443 93 Mike 3,214 #1,231 94 Roy 3,177 #525 95 Henry 3,129 #5 96 Willie 3,109 #1,315 97 Kelly 3,059 #1,867 98 Arthur 3,039 #87 99 Benjamin 3,017 #11 100 Allen 2,961 #578
Entered the top 100 in 1968
