Most popular baby names of 1967

In 1967, the most popular names for US babies were Michael for boys (82,412 babies, 4.7% of boys) and Lisa for girls (52,436 babies, 3.2% of girls). The rest of the top five were David, James, John and Robert for boys and Kimberly, Michelle, Mary and Susan for girls. SSA recorded 4,551 different boy names and 7,852 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1967
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Michael	82,412	–
2	David	66,802	–
3	James	61,688	–
4	John	61,603	–
5	Robert	56,371	–
6	William	37,619	–
7	Mark	34,914	–
8	Richard	33,583	–
9	Christopher	29,417	▲ 3
10	Brian	28,648	▲ 4
11	Timothy	28,587	–
12	Thomas	28,251	▼ 2
13	Jeffrey	28,084	▼ 4
14	Steven	27,030	▼ 1
15	Joseph	25,927	–
16	Scott	25,534	–
17	Kevin	24,603	–
18	Paul	22,824	–
19	Daniel	22,193	–
20	Charles	21,290	–
21	Anthony	20,884	▲ 1
22	Kenneth	19,260	▼ 1
23	Eric	17,831	▲ 2
24	Ronald	16,442	–
25	Gregory	15,776	▼ 2
26	Stephen	15,088	–
27	Donald	14,226	–
28	Matthew	13,568	▲ 6
29	Todd	13,454	–
30	Patrick	12,973	▲ 1
31	Edward	12,653	▼ 1
32	Gary	12,613	▼ 4
33	Douglas	11,434	–
34	Keith	11,006	▼ 2
35	Andrew	9,967	▲ 1
36	George	9,700	▲ 1
37	Rodney	8,438	▼ 2
38	Larry	8,332	–
39	Peter	8,313	–
40	Troy	7,933	▲ 8
41	Jerry	7,779	–
42	Terry	7,684	▼ 2
43	Dennis	7,636	–
44	Sean	7,498	▲ 6
45	Frank	7,430	▼ 1
46	Craig	7,310	–
47	Jeffery	7,229	▼ 5
48	Raymond	7,063	▼ 1
49	Randy	6,798	▼ 4
50	Tony	6,221	▼ 1
51	Shawn	6,139	▲ 3
52	Bryan	6,017	–
53	Roger	5,721	▼ 2
54	Jason	5,337	▲ 35
55	Bruce	5,066	▼ 2
56	Jonathan	4,920	▲ 9
57	Carl	4,891	▼ 1
58	Russell	4,890	▲ 3
59	Gerald	4,875	▲ 1
60	Chris	4,620	▼ 5
61	Alan	4,573	▼ 4
62	Wayne	4,469	▼ 3
63	Darren	4,441	–
64	Jose	4,416	▲ 15
65	Vincent	4,394	▼ 7
66	Bradley	4,342	▲ 2
67	Lawrence	4,342	▼ 1
68	Danny	4,311	▼ 6
69	Samuel	4,232	▲ 12
70	Johnny	4,169	▲ 3
71	Jon	4,161	▲ 5
72	Randall	4,063	▼ 2
73	Phillip	4,049	▼ 2
74	Jimmy	4,021	▲ 3
75	Ricky	4,018	▼ 11
76	Billy	3,985	▲ 4
77	Curtis	3,966	▼ 2
78	Dean	3,915	▲ 6
79	Steve	3,908	▼ 12
80	Martin	3,834	▼ 2
81	Walter	3,810	▲ 2
82	Philip	3,785	▲ 4
83	Bobby	3,778	▼ 1
84	Mike	3,758	▼ 15
85	Joe	3,717	▼ 11
86	Darrell	3,652	▲ 9
87	Jay	3,612	▲ 4
88	Jeff	3,592	▼ 16
89	Dale	3,536	▼ 4
90	Joel	3,478	▲ 12
91	Glenn	3,440	▼ 1
92	Willie	3,392	▲ 1
93	Henry	3,333	▼ 1
94	Arthur	3,311	▲ 2
95	Roy	3,276	▼ 1
96	Barry	3,209	▼ 9
97	Victor	3,195	▲ 4
98	Tracy	3,170	–
99	Albert	3,169	▲ 1
100	Allen	3,123	▼ 3

Top 100 girl names, 1967
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Lisa	52,436	–
2	Kimberly	33,096	–
3	Michelle	30,826	▲ 1
4	Mary	25,318	▼ 1
5	Susan	22,262	▲ 1
6	Karen	21,540	▼ 1
7	Angela	19,551	▲ 2
8	Tammy	18,651	–
9	Melissa	18,377	▲ 13
10	Jennifer	18,238	–
11	Patricia	17,753	▼ 4
12	Amy	16,123	▲ 18
13	Elizabeth	16,116	▲ 3
14	Christine	15,992	▲ 6
15	Laura	15,819	▲ 4
16	Julie	15,545	▼ 3
17	Pamela	15,368	▼ 3
18	Cynthia	15,341	▼ 7
19	Donna	14,787	▼ 7
20	Sandra	14,738	▼ 3
21	Tina	14,160	▲ 2
22	Deborah	14,012	▼ 7
23	Kelly	13,717	▲ 3
24	Lori	13,563	▼ 3
25	Stephanie	13,353	▲ 13
26	Linda	13,196	▼ 8
27	Dawn	13,167	▼ 3
28	Teresa	12,271	▲ 1
29	Tracy	11,952	▲ 2
30	Sharon	11,925	▼ 2
31	Brenda	11,478	▼ 6
32	Wendy	11,222	▲ 9
33	Barbara	11,204	▼ 6
34	Denise	11,081	▼ 2
35	Cheryl	10,768	▼ 1
36	Michele	10,418	–
37	Nancy	10,268	▼ 4
38	Debra	10,217	▼ 3
39	Rebecca	9,823	▲ 1
40	Kathleen	9,211	▼ 3
41	Rhonda	9,072	▼ 2
42	Maria	8,878	▲ 2
43	Theresa	8,104	▲ 3
44	Diane	7,818	▲ 1
45	Robin	7,693	▼ 3
46	Paula	7,692	▲ 4
47	Carol	7,490	▲ 1
48	Andrea	7,418	▲ 4
49	Kim	7,407	▼ 6
50	Jill	7,399	▼ 1
51	Sherry	7,130	▲ 2
52	Jacqueline	6,953	▼ 5
53	Christina	6,599	▲ 14
54	Gina	6,360	▲ 4
55	Catherine	6,345	▼ 1
56	Sheila	6,326	▼ 5
57	Ann	6,248	▲ 4
58	Margaret	6,226	▼ 3
59	Cindy	5,781	▼ 3
60	Carolyn	5,719	–
61	Janet	5,657	▼ 4
62	Renee	5,565	▲ 4
63	Suzanne	5,489	▼ 1
64	Kathy	5,407	▼ 5
65	Diana	5,339	▼ 1
66	Leslie	5,318	▲ 5
67	Beth	5,184	▼ 2
68	Tonya	5,164	▲ 28
69	Stacey	5,118	▲ 7
70	Monica	4,966	▲ 5
71	Dana	4,934	▼ 3
72	Laurie	4,923	▼ 9
73	Valerie	4,757	▲ 1
74	Stacy	4,597	▲ 17
75	Connie	4,584	▼ 5
76	Katherine	4,561	▲ 2
77	Terri	4,523	▼ 5
78	Tracey	4,498	▼ 9
79	April	4,467	▲ 29
80	Regina	4,362	▲ 2
81	Lynn	4,196	–
82	Carla	4,185	▼ 5
83	Sarah	4,139	▲ 2
84	Anne	4,103	▼ 1
85	Annette	4,006	▼ 6
86	Tamara	4,000	▲ 12
87	Heather	3,904	▲ 38
88	Heidi	3,865	▼ 1
89	Sherri	3,841	▲ 3
90	Debbie	3,742	▼ 17
91	Anna	3,727	▲ 4
92	Kathryn	3,695	▼ 6
93	Victoria	3,663	▲ 10
94	Shelly	3,648	▼ 5
95	Melinda	3,632	▲ 7
96	Colleen	3,621	▼ 3
97	Kristin	3,599	▲ 10
98	Anita	3,518	▼ 10
99	Janice	3,514	▼ 19
100	Wanda	3,473	▼ 16

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1967. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.