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The most popular baby names of 1968

SSA recorded 3,378,363 births in 1968 across all reported names — 1,640,389 girls and 1,737,974 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1968

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1967.
#NameBirthsvs 1967
1 Lisa 49,534 —
2 Michelle 33,223 +1
3 Kimberly 31,906 -1
4 Jennifer 26,853 +6
5 Melissa 21,733 +4
6 Mary 21,727 -2
7 Angela 20,670 —
8 Tammy 20,058 —
9 Karen 19,560 -3
10 Susan 19,503 -5
11 Laura 18,741 +4
12 Kelly 17,138 +11
13 Amy 17,090 -1
14 Christine 16,525 —
15 Patricia 15,803 -4
16 Julie 15,750 —
17 Elizabeth 14,887 -4
18 Tina 14,772 +3
19 Cynthia 14,050 -1
20 Pamela 14,031 -3
21 Dawn 13,441 +6
22 Lori 13,126 +2
23 Stephanie 12,953 +2
24 Donna 12,748 -5
25 Tracy 12,743 +4
26 Sandra 12,686 -6
27 Deborah 12,288 -5
28 Linda 11,371 -2
29 Michele 11,219 +7
30 Teresa 10,912 -2
31 Wendy 10,709 +1
32 Sharon 10,340 -2
33 Rebecca 10,225 +6
34 Brenda 9,945 -3
35 Denise 9,877 -1
36 Barbara 9,740 -3
37 Cheryl 9,138 -2
38 Debra 9,095 —
39 Nancy 8,961 -2
40 Kathleen 8,729 —
41 Maria 8,386 +1
42 Rhonda 8,268 -1
43 Robin 8,180 +2
44 Christina 8,016 +9
45 Paula 7,637 +1
46 Jill 7,521 +4
47 Theresa 7,307 -4
48 Andrea 7,089 —
49 Carol 7,078 -2
50 Jacqueline 6,745 +2
51 Diane 6,583 -7
52 Sherry 6,435 -1
53 Shannon 6,403 +48
54 Ann 6,177 +3
55 Stacey 6,150 +14
56 Catherine 6,129 -1
57 Kim 6,089 -8
58 Gina 6,045 -4
59 Sheila 5,730 -3
60 Tonya 5,661 +8
61 Carolyn 5,538 -1
62 Heather 5,502 +25
63 Margaret 5,440 -5
64 Stacy 5,384 +10
65 Renee 5,356 -3
66 Leslie 5,282 —
67 Cindy 5,238 -8
68 Monica 5,221 +2
69 Suzanne 5,040 -6
70 Dana 5,012 +1
71 Diana 4,995 -6
72 Tracey 4,931 +6
73 Janet 4,838 -12
74 Beth 4,765 -7
75 Katherine 4,716 +1
76 Kathy 4,677 -12
77 Valerie 4,550 -4
78 Sarah 4,489 +5
79 Laurie 4,342 -7
80 Tamara 4,308 +6
81 Regina 4,295 -1
82 Victoria 4,286 +11
83 Terri 4,267 -6
84 Kristin 4,134 +13
85 Lynn 4,103 -4
86 Carrie 3,979 +21
87 Connie 3,955 -12
88 Anne 3,914 -4
89 Heidi 3,913 -1
90 Melinda 3,814 +5
91 Carla 3,813 -9
92 Rachel 3,727 +13
93 Yolanda 3,697 +27
94 Melanie 3,641 +16
94 Sherri 3,641 -5
96 April 3,622 -17
97 Jodi 3,598 +6
98 Shelly 3,595 -4
99 Anna 3,569 -8
100 Kathryn 3,561 -8

Top 100 boys' names in 1968

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1967.
#NameBirthsvs 1967
1 Michael 81,968 —
2 David 63,679 —
3 John 60,903 +1
4 James 60,665 -1
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 +2
12 Thomas 27,420 —
13 Timothy 26,496 -2
14 Scott 26,022 +2
15 Steven 25,493 -1
16 Joseph 25,396 -1
17 Kevin 23,862 —
18 Daniel 22,012 +1
19 Paul 21,865 -1
20 Charles 21,575 —
21 Anthony 20,231 —
22 Eric 18,501 +1
23 Kenneth 18,077 -1
24 Matthew 15,823 +4
25 Ronald 15,415 -1
26 Gregory 15,392 -1
27 Stephen 14,761 -1
28 Todd 14,659 +1
29 Donald 13,362 -2
30 Patrick 13,062 —
31 Edward 12,276 —
32 Gary 11,973 —
33 Douglas 11,405 —
34 Andrew 10,563 +1
35 Keith 9,861 -1
36 George 9,382 —
37 Sean 9,172 +7
38 Larry 8,231 —
39 Peter 8,122 —
40 Troy 7,976 —
41 Craig 7,858 +5
42 Rodney 7,505 -5
43 Shawn 7,478 +8
44 Jerry 7,450 -3
45 Dennis 7,403 -2
46 Jeffery 7,223 +1
47 Jason 7,143 +7
48 Terry 7,089 -6
49 Frank 6,897 -4
50 Raymond 6,883 -2
51 Bryan 6,254 +1
52 Tony 5,875 -2
53 Jonathan 5,808 +3
54 Randy 5,709 -5
55 Roger 5,183 -2
56 Russell 5,097 +2
57 Bradley 4,804 +9
58 Jose 4,794 +6
59 Carl 4,645 -2
60 Darren 4,642 +3
61 Bruce 4,486 -6
62 Gerald 4,475 -3
63 Wayne 4,251 -1
64 Chris 4,249 -4
65 Jon 4,209 +6
66 Samuel 4,123 +3
67 Lawrence 4,098 —
68 Martin 4,073 +12
69 Johnny 4,050 +1
70 Ricky 4,036 +5
71 Phillip 3,987 +2
72 Danny 3,984 -4
73 Vincent 3,982 -8
74 Alan 3,976 -13
75 Curtis 3,855 +2
76 Billy 3,814 —
76 Jimmy 3,814 -2
78 Dean 3,799 —
79 Randall 3,751 -7
80 Joel 3,683 +10
81 Bobby 3,628 +2
82 Philip 3,622 —
83 Walter 3,589 -2
84 Marc 3,537 +17
85 Joe 3,522 —
86 Darrell 3,446 —
87 Aaron 3,428 +19
87 Jay 3,428 —
89 Steve 3,408 -10
90 Jeff 3,279 -2
91 Dale 3,257 -2
92 Glenn 3,246 -1
93 Mike 3,214 -9
94 Roy 3,177 +1
95 Henry 3,129 -2
96 Willie 3,109 -4
97 Kelly 3,059 +5
98 Arthur 3,039 -4
99 Benjamin 3,017 +20
100 Allen 2,961 —

Names that climbed fastest in 1968

Ranked by places gained against 1967, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1968Rank 1967Change
Anissa girls 418 646 +228
Corey boys 171 345 +174
Marnie girls 456 600 +144
Raquel girls 283 424 +141
Serena girls 459 592 +133
Lashawn girls 572 685 +113
Tricia girls 285 395 +110
Marlo girls 395 503 +108
Jenifer girls 430 537 +107
Meredith girls 403 502 +99
Dexter boys 262 361 +99
Laurel girls 317 415 +98
Christa girls 410 503 +93
Natasha girls 537 629 +92
Latanya girls 543 635 +92

Names that fell fastest in 1968

NameRank 1968Rank 1967Change
Lillie girls 659 549 -110
Sharlene girls 683 591 -92
Jayne girls 598 508 -90
Stefanie girls 388 302 -86
Corina girls 672 587 -85
Wilma girls 648 565 -83
Noreen girls 634 555 -79
Rod boys 496 417 -79
Lorna girls 572 498 -74
Velma girls 651 577 -74
Greta girls 467 394 -73
Noel girls 676 606 -70
Clara girls 473 404 -69
Jeri girls 436 370 -66
Janna girls 638 572 -66

Names that first appear in 1968

1968 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1968

For these names, 1968 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.