Name.Baby Names by year 1960s 1969 Most Popular Baby Names of 1969 Social Security has card records for 3,592,185 people born in the U.S. in 1969. Lisa was the top girl name (45,028 babies) and Michael the top boy name (85,162).
Top 100 names of 1969 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1969, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Lisa 45,028 #987 2 Michelle 34,319 #465 3 Jennifer 33,705 #586 4 Kimberly 33,077 #302 5 Melissa 23,018 #419 6 Amy 21,464 #257 7 Angela 21,060 #408 8 Mary 19,850 #125 9 Tammy 19,053 #3,645 10 Laura 17,922 #379 11 Susan 17,806 #1,085 12 Julie 17,739 #872 13 Karen 17,633 #1,279 14 Christine 16,752 #1,272 15 Kelly 16,328 #851 16 Elizabeth 15,297 #17 17 Tracy 15,108 #2,153 18 Patricia 14,959 #1,334 19 Stephanie 14,488 #557 20 Lori 14,020 #1,721 21 Dawn 13,768 #2,173 22 Tina 13,606 #2,778 23 Cynthia 13,516 #1,013 24 Pamela 13,355 #2,239 25 Sandra 12,185 #1,207 26 Donna 11,447 #1,962 27 Deborah 11,187 #862 28 Rebecca 10,950 #349 29 Wendy 10,624 #1,341 30 Michele 10,556 #4,758 31 Shannon 10,452 #2,387 32 Teresa 10,357 #908 33 Linda 10,246 #902 34 Heather 10,069 #1,261 35 Denise 9,798 #1,673 36 Sharon 9,698 #1,250 37 Christina 9,323 #770 38 Brenda 8,989 #1,525 39 Barbara 8,811 #968 40 Maria 8,401 #87 41 Cheryl 8,346 #4,352 42 Kathleen 8,299 #1,150 43 Debra 7,951 #4,460 44 Rhonda 7,917 #6,116 45 Nancy 7,902 #965 46 Robin 7,501 #704 47 Nicole 7,212 #382 48 Andrea 7,201 #235 49 Theresa 6,858 #1,548 50 Paula 6,753 #853
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1969, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Jill 6,666 #5,722 52 Stacey 6,614 #3,067 53 Stacy 6,486 #1,652 54 Tonya 6,169 #8,860 55 Sherry 6,139 #5,410 56 Carol 6,138 #2,239 57 Ann 6,133 #1,076 58 Catherine 6,094 #313 59 Monica 6,032 #736 60 Dana 6,025 #1,027 61 Diane 5,943 #2,607 62 Jacqueline 5,920 #558 63 Gina 5,911 #2,076 64 Leslie 5,836 #712 65 Tracey 5,624 #7,885 66 Kim 5,450 #4,172 67 Renee 5,254 #1,098 68 Sheila 5,245 #2,645 69 Rachel 5,242 #250 70 Katherine 5,167 #186 71 Carolyn 5,129 #1,222 72 Sarah 5,078 #90 73 Margaret 5,044 #112 74 Cindy 4,955 #1,927 75 Suzanne 4,902 #2,387 76 Kristin 4,753 #4,661 77 Kathy 4,751 #3,249 78 Tamara 4,652 #1,808 79 Laurie 4,627 #2,822 80 Heidi 4,532 #340 81 Diana 4,525 #244 82 Beth 4,460 #3,389 83 Victoria 4,390 #54 84 Janet 4,380 #2,778 85 Valerie 4,300 #127 86 Regina 4,267 #395 87 Holly 4,123 #416 88 Deanna 4,068 #2,173 89 Melinda 3,988 #1,981 90 Carla 3,964 #1,082 90 Tanya 3,964 #3,712 92 Melanie 3,925 #142 93 Terri 3,903 #6,116 94 Carrie 3,888 #2,719 95 Jodi 3,865 #3,975 96 Kristen 3,812 #1,990 97 April 3,802 #542 98 Yolanda 3,771 #3,211 99 Anna 3,720 #107 100 Julia 3,712 #131
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1969, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 85,162 #21 2 David 63,672 #35 3 James 59,886 #6 4 John 58,732 #23 5 Robert 58,300 #92 6 William 37,607 #9 7 Christopher 35,672 #68 8 Mark 33,388 #244 9 Brian 31,669 #339 10 Richard 31,085 #234 11 Jeffrey 28,967 #552 12 Scott 28,653 #534 13 Thomas 27,465 #34 14 Steven 26,532 #271 15 Joseph 26,173 #29 16 Kevin 23,557 #221 17 Timothy 23,358 #203 18 Daniel 23,165 #22 19 Charles 21,658 #48 20 Anthony 20,904 #46 21 Eric 20,747 #273 22 Paul 20,690 #262 23 Kenneth 17,553 #294 24 Matthew 17,462 #32 25 Jason 16,488 #165 26 Gregory 16,166 #593 27 Stephen 15,090 #383 28 Todd 14,745 #1,609 29 Ronald 14,618 #637 30 Donald 12,775 #690 31 Patrick 12,675 #235 32 Edward 12,451 #224 33 Andrew 11,282 #73 34 Douglas 11,237 #807 35 Gary 11,142 #1,073 36 Keith 9,445 #800 37 Sean 9,346 #489 38 George 9,199 #126 39 Craig 8,783 #1,644 40 Larry 8,283 #1,084 41 Shawn 8,267 #681 42 Troy 8,098 #532 43 Peter 7,832 #187 44 Dennis 7,357 #707 45 Jerry 7,283 #906 46 Jonathan 7,080 #89 47 Frank 6,917 #513 48 Jeffery 6,738 #1,554 49 Rodney 6,669 #1,091 50 Raymond 6,638 #394
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1969, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Bryan 6,469 #336 52 Terry 6,415 #1,115 53 Bradley 6,389 #403 54 Tony 5,516 #783 55 Randy 5,265 #1,084 56 Jose 5,185 #95 57 Russell 5,156 #345 58 Corey 4,924 #778 59 Roger 4,905 #832 60 Darren 4,660 #1,132 61 Aaron 4,596 #80 62 Carl 4,522 #1,132 63 Marc 4,500 #1,235 64 Samuel 4,430 #18 65 Gerald 4,384 #1,204 66 Chris 4,280 #646 67 Johnny 4,219 #457 68 Jon 4,213 #951 69 Chad 4,060 #1,699 70 Vincent 4,056 #107 71 Lawrence 4,044 #518 72 Bruce 4,041 #536 73 Danny 4,010 #628 74 Phillip 4,006 #651 75 Wayne 3,896 #652 76 Alan 3,852 #191 77 Billy 3,773 #1,068 78 Martin 3,758 #335 79 Jimmy 3,757 #846 80 Joel 3,681 #219 81 Curtis 3,675 #984 82 Bobby 3,652 #1,097 83 Joe 3,617 #991 84 Walter 3,569 #251 85 Randall 3,562 #1,499 86 Philip 3,540 #527 87 Shane 3,531 #635 88 Glenn 3,467 #1,443 89 Dean 3,445 #125 90 Ricky 3,415 #948 91 Benjamin 3,379 #11 92 Brent 3,355 #1,509 93 Darrell 3,249 #1,688 94 Brett 3,183 #1,382 95 Jay 3,181 #392 96 Dale 3,154 #1,409 97 Arthur 3,138 #87 98 Steve 3,062 #1,609 99 Barry 3,060 #1,520 100 Henry 3,055 #5
Entered the top 100 in 1969
