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The most popular baby names of 1969

SSA recorded 3,475,190 births in 1969 across all reported names — 1,687,016 girls and 1,788,174 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1969

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1968.
#NameBirthsvs 1968
1 Lisa 45,028 —
2 Michelle 34,319 —
3 Jennifer 33,705 +1
4 Kimberly 33,077 -1
5 Melissa 23,018 —
6 Amy 21,464 +7
7 Angela 21,060 —
8 Mary 19,850 -2
9 Tammy 19,053 -1
10 Laura 17,922 +1
11 Susan 17,806 -1
12 Julie 17,739 +4
13 Karen 17,633 -4
14 Christine 16,752 —
15 Kelly 16,328 -3
16 Elizabeth 15,297 +1
17 Tracy 15,108 +8
18 Patricia 14,959 -3
19 Stephanie 14,488 +4
20 Lori 14,020 +2
21 Dawn 13,768 —
22 Tina 13,606 -4
23 Cynthia 13,516 -4
24 Pamela 13,355 -4
25 Sandra 12,185 +1
26 Donna 11,447 -2
27 Deborah 11,187 —
28 Rebecca 10,950 +5
29 Wendy 10,624 +2
30 Michele 10,556 -1
31 Shannon 10,452 +22
32 Teresa 10,357 -2
33 Linda 10,246 -5
34 Heather 10,069 +28
35 Denise 9,798 —
36 Sharon 9,698 -4
37 Christina 9,323 +7
38 Brenda 8,989 -4
39 Barbara 8,811 -3
40 Maria 8,401 +1
41 Cheryl 8,346 -4
42 Kathleen 8,299 -2
43 Debra 7,951 -5
44 Rhonda 7,917 -2
45 Nancy 7,902 -6
46 Robin 7,501 -3
47 Nicole 7,212 +61
48 Andrea 7,201 —
49 Theresa 6,858 -2
50 Paula 6,753 -5
51 Jill 6,666 -5
52 Stacey 6,614 +3
53 Stacy 6,486 +11
54 Tonya 6,169 +6
55 Sherry 6,139 -3
56 Carol 6,138 -7
57 Ann 6,133 -3
58 Catherine 6,094 -2
59 Monica 6,032 +9
60 Dana 6,025 +10
61 Diane 5,943 -10
62 Jacqueline 5,920 -12
63 Gina 5,911 -5
64 Leslie 5,836 +2
65 Tracey 5,624 +7
66 Kim 5,450 -9
67 Renee 5,254 -2
68 Sheila 5,245 -9
69 Rachel 5,242 +23
70 Katherine 5,167 +5
71 Carolyn 5,129 -10
72 Sarah 5,078 +6
73 Margaret 5,044 -10
74 Cindy 4,955 -7
75 Suzanne 4,902 -6
76 Kristin 4,753 +8
77 Kathy 4,751 -1
78 Tamara 4,652 +2
79 Laurie 4,627 —
80 Heidi 4,532 +9
81 Diana 4,525 -10
82 Beth 4,460 -8
83 Victoria 4,390 -1
84 Janet 4,380 -11
85 Valerie 4,300 -8
86 Regina 4,267 -5
87 Holly 4,123 +16
88 Deanna 4,068 +16
89 Melinda 3,988 +1
90 Carla 3,964 +1
90 Tanya 3,964 +16
92 Melanie 3,925 +2
93 Terri 3,903 -10
94 Carrie 3,888 -8
95 Jodi 3,865 +2
96 Kristen 3,812 +11
97 April 3,802 -1
98 Yolanda 3,771 -5
99 Anna 3,720 —
100 Julia 3,712 +13

Top 100 boys' names in 1969

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1968.
#NameBirthsvs 1968
1 Michael 85,162 —
2 David 63,672 —
3 James 59,886 +1
4 John 58,732 -1
5 Robert 58,300 —
6 William 37,607 —
7 Christopher 35,672 +2
8 Mark 33,388 -1
9 Brian 31,669 +1
10 Richard 31,085 -2
11 Jeffrey 28,967 —
12 Scott 28,653 +2
13 Thomas 27,465 -1
14 Steven 26,532 +1
15 Joseph 26,173 +1
16 Kevin 23,557 +1
17 Timothy 23,358 -4
18 Daniel 23,165 —
19 Charles 21,658 +1
20 Anthony 20,904 +1
21 Eric 20,747 +1
22 Paul 20,690 -3
23 Kenneth 17,553 —
24 Matthew 17,462 —
25 Jason 16,488 +22
26 Gregory 16,166 —
27 Stephen 15,090 —
28 Todd 14,745 —
29 Ronald 14,618 -4
30 Donald 12,775 -1
31 Patrick 12,675 -1
32 Edward 12,451 -1
33 Andrew 11,282 +1
34 Douglas 11,237 -1
35 Gary 11,142 -3
36 Keith 9,445 -1
37 Sean 9,346 —
38 George 9,199 -2
39 Craig 8,783 +2
40 Larry 8,283 -2
41 Shawn 8,267 +2
42 Troy 8,098 -2
43 Peter 7,832 -4
44 Dennis 7,357 +1
45 Jerry 7,283 -1
46 Jonathan 7,080 +7
47 Frank 6,917 +2
48 Jeffery 6,738 -2
49 Rodney 6,669 -7
50 Raymond 6,638 —
51 Bryan 6,469 —
52 Terry 6,415 -4
53 Bradley 6,389 +4
54 Tony 5,516 -2
55 Randy 5,265 -1
56 Jose 5,185 +2
57 Russell 5,156 -1
58 Corey 4,924 +113
59 Roger 4,905 -4
60 Darren 4,660 —
61 Aaron 4,596 +26
62 Carl 4,522 -3
63 Marc 4,500 +21
64 Samuel 4,430 +2
65 Gerald 4,384 -3
66 Chris 4,280 -2
67 Johnny 4,219 +2
68 Jon 4,213 -3
69 Chad 4,060 +35
70 Vincent 4,056 +3
71 Lawrence 4,044 -4
72 Bruce 4,041 -11
73 Danny 4,010 -1
74 Phillip 4,006 -3
75 Wayne 3,896 -12
76 Alan 3,852 -2
77 Billy 3,773 -1
78 Martin 3,758 -10
79 Jimmy 3,757 -3
80 Joel 3,681 —
81 Curtis 3,675 -6
82 Bobby 3,652 -1
83 Joe 3,617 +2
84 Walter 3,569 -1
85 Randall 3,562 -6
86 Philip 3,540 -4
87 Shane 3,531 +33
88 Glenn 3,467 +4
89 Dean 3,445 -11
90 Ricky 3,415 -20
91 Benjamin 3,379 +8
92 Brent 3,355 +10
93 Darrell 3,249 -7
94 Brett 3,183 +11
95 Jay 3,181 -8
96 Dale 3,154 -5
97 Arthur 3,138 +1
98 Steve 3,062 -9
99 Barry 3,060 +8
100 Henry 3,055 -5

Names that climbed fastest in 1969

Ranked by places gained against 1968, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1969Rank 1968Change
Shonda girls 482 656 +174
Tricia girls 119 285 +166
Shana girls 305 460 +155
Jeremy boys 147 296 +149
Shanna girls 379 518 +139
Meredith girls 266 403 +137
Amie girls 515 636 +121
Alisha girls 506 620 +114
Cory boys 160 274 +114
Serena girls 346 459 +113
Corey boys 58 171 +113
Natasha girls 427 537 +110
Corina girls 571 672 +101
Rachael girls 333 432 +99
Dustin boys 271 369 +98

Names that fell fastest in 1969

NameRank 1969Rank 1968Change
Aretha girls 563 397 -166
Josette girls 578 416 -162
Vonda girls 648 526 -122
Mia girls 447 335 -112
Cecelia girls 689 584 -105
Susana girls 708 620 -88
Tia girls 539 455 -84
Marta girls 605 523 -82
Pam girls 498 418 -80
Lucia girls 685 605 -80
Kay girls 432 353 -79
Dawna girls 708 632 -76
Chris girls 416 341 -75
Gena girls 494 420 -74
Thelma girls 554 480 -74

Names that first appear in 1969

1969 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1969

For these names, 1969 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.