Most popular baby names of 1968

In 1968, the most popular names for US babies were Michael for boys (81,974 babies, 4.7% of boys) and Lisa for girls (49,533 babies, 3.0% of girls). The rest of the top five were David, John, James and Robert for boys and Michelle, Kimberly, Jennifer and Melissa for girls. SSA recorded 4,746 different boy names and 8,198 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1968
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Michael	81,974	–
2	David	63,683	–
3	John	60,906	▲ 1
4	James	60,666	▼ 1
5	Robert	58,186	–
6	William	36,928	–
7	Mark	35,402	–
8	Richard	32,977	–
9	Christopher	31,467	–
10	Brian	29,922	–
11	Jeffrey	28,367	▲ 2
12	Thomas	27,424	–
13	Timothy	26,497	▼ 2
14	Scott	26,024	▲ 2
15	Steven	25,493	▼ 1
16	Joseph	25,396	▼ 1
17	Kevin	23,862	–
18	Daniel	22,015	▲ 1
19	Paul	21,869	▼ 1
20	Charles	21,569	–
21	Anthony	20,230	–
22	Eric	18,502	▲ 1
23	Kenneth	18,078	▼ 1
24	Matthew	15,824	▲ 4
25	Ronald	15,415	▼ 1
26	Gregory	15,394	▼ 1
27	Stephen	14,762	▼ 1
28	Todd	14,659	▲ 1
29	Donald	13,360	▼ 2
30	Patrick	13,058	–
31	Edward	12,276	–
32	Gary	11,972	–
33	Douglas	11,407	–
34	Andrew	10,565	▲ 1
35	Keith	9,865	▼ 1
36	George	9,381	–
37	Sean	9,175	▲ 7
38	Larry	8,233	–
39	Peter	8,121	–
40	Troy	7,977	–
41	Craig	7,862	▲ 5
42	Rodney	7,508	▼ 5
43	Shawn	7,477	▲ 8
44	Jerry	7,449	▼ 3
45	Dennis	7,403	▼ 2
46	Jeffery	7,223	▲ 1
47	Jason	7,147	▲ 7
48	Terry	7,090	▼ 6
49	Frank	6,892	▼ 4
50	Raymond	6,883	▼ 2
51	Bryan	6,254	▲ 1
52	Tony	5,875	▼ 2
53	Jonathan	5,806	▲ 3
54	Randy	5,708	▼ 5
55	Roger	5,185	▼ 2
56	Russell	5,097	▲ 2
57	Bradley	4,803	▲ 9
58	Jose	4,793	▲ 6
59	Carl	4,645	▼ 2
60	Darren	4,640	▲ 3
61	Bruce	4,486	▼ 6
62	Gerald	4,475	▼ 3
63	Wayne	4,253	▼ 1
64	Chris	4,249	▼ 4
65	Jon	4,209	▲ 6
66	Samuel	4,121	▲ 3
67	Lawrence	4,097	–
68	Martin	4,074	▲ 12
69	Johnny	4,052	▲ 1
70	Ricky	4,037	▲ 5
71	Phillip	3,987	▲ 2
72	Danny	3,983	▼ 4
73	Vincent	3,981	▼ 8
74	Alan	3,976	▼ 13
75	Curtis	3,855	▲ 2
76	Billy	3,813	–
77	Jimmy	3,812	▼ 3
78	Dean	3,799	–
79	Randall	3,751	▼ 7
80	Joel	3,683	▲ 10
81	Bobby	3,629	▲ 2
82	Philip	3,622	–
83	Walter	3,589	▼ 2
84	Marc	3,538	▲ 17
85	Joe	3,523	–
86	Darrell	3,446	–
87	Jay	3,429	–
88	Aaron	3,427	▲ 18
89	Steve	3,409	▼ 10
90	Jeff	3,279	▼ 2
91	Dale	3,257	▼ 2
92	Glenn	3,245	▼ 1
93	Mike	3,216	▼ 9
94	Roy	3,177	▲ 1
95	Henry	3,129	▼ 2
96	Willie	3,108	▼ 4
97	Kelly	3,058	▲ 5
98	Arthur	3,041	▼ 4
99	Benjamin	3,017	▲ 20
100	Allen	2,964	–

Top 100 girl names, 1968
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Lisa	49,533	–
2	Michelle	33,223	▲ 1
3	Kimberly	31,907	▼ 1
4	Jennifer	26,851	▲ 6
5	Melissa	21,731	▲ 4
6	Mary	21,725	▼ 2
7	Angela	20,671	–
8	Tammy	20,060	–
9	Karen	19,561	▼ 3
10	Susan	19,504	▼ 5
11	Laura	18,741	▲ 4
12	Kelly	17,139	▲ 11
13	Amy	17,092	▼ 1
14	Christine	16,523	–
15	Patricia	15,804	▼ 4
16	Julie	15,751	–
17	Elizabeth	14,886	▼ 4
18	Tina	14,772	▲ 3
19	Cynthia	14,051	▼ 1
20	Pamela	14,032	▼ 3
21	Dawn	13,441	▲ 6
22	Lori	13,126	▲ 2
23	Stephanie	12,954	▲ 2
24	Donna	12,749	▼ 5
25	Tracy	12,742	▲ 4
26	Sandra	12,685	▼ 6
27	Deborah	12,288	▼ 5
28	Linda	11,371	▼ 2
29	Michele	11,219	▲ 7
30	Teresa	10,914	▼ 2
31	Wendy	10,710	▲ 1
32	Sharon	10,338	▼ 2
33	Rebecca	10,225	▲ 6
34	Brenda	9,943	▼ 3
35	Denise	9,877	▼ 1
36	Barbara	9,741	▼ 3
37	Cheryl	9,138	▼ 2
38	Debra	9,096	–
39	Nancy	8,960	▼ 2
40	Kathleen	8,729	–
41	Maria	8,385	▲ 1
42	Rhonda	8,268	▼ 1
43	Robin	8,181	▲ 2
44	Christina	8,016	▲ 9
45	Paula	7,638	▲ 1
46	Jill	7,520	▲ 4
47	Theresa	7,307	▼ 4
48	Andrea	7,089	–
49	Carol	7,078	▼ 2
50	Jacqueline	6,745	▲ 2
51	Diane	6,584	▼ 7
52	Sherry	6,435	▼ 1
53	Shannon	6,402	▲ 48
54	Ann	6,177	▲ 3
55	Stacey	6,149	▲ 14
56	Catherine	6,130	▼ 1
57	Kim	6,089	▼ 8
58	Gina	6,044	▼ 4
59	Sheila	5,730	▼ 3
60	Tonya	5,661	▲ 8
61	Carolyn	5,538	▼ 1
62	Heather	5,501	▲ 25
63	Margaret	5,440	▼ 5
64	Stacy	5,385	▲ 10
65	Renee	5,354	▼ 3
66	Leslie	5,282	–
67	Cindy	5,237	▼ 8
68	Monica	5,219	▲ 2
69	Suzanne	5,041	▼ 6
70	Dana	5,013	▲ 1
71	Diana	4,994	▼ 6
72	Tracey	4,931	▲ 6
73	Janet	4,838	▼ 12
74	Beth	4,767	▼ 7
75	Katherine	4,715	▲ 1
76	Kathy	4,676	▼ 12
77	Valerie	4,552	▼ 4
78	Sarah	4,489	▲ 5
79	Laurie	4,340	▼ 7
80	Tamara	4,308	▲ 6
81	Regina	4,294	▼ 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	3,954	▼ 12
88	Anne	3,914	▼ 4
89	Heidi	3,911	▼ 1
90	Melinda	3,814	▲ 5
91	Carla	3,813	▼ 9
92	Rachel	3,726	▲ 13
93	Yolanda	3,697	▲ 28
94	Melanie	3,643	▲ 16
95	Sherri	3,641	▼ 6
96	April	3,622	▼ 17
97	Jodi	3,597	▲ 6
98	Shelly	3,595	▼ 4
99	Anna	3,569	▼ 8
100	Kathryn	3,561	▼ 8

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1968. 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.