Most popular baby names of 1969

In 1969, the most popular names for US babies were Michael for boys (85,159 babies, 4.8% of boys) and Lisa for girls (45,028 babies, 2.7% of girls). The rest of the top five were David, James, John and Robert for boys and Michelle, Jennifer, Kimberly and Melissa for girls. SSA recorded 5,043 different boy names and 8,708 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1969
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Michael	85,159	–
2	David	63,675	–
3	James	59,894	▲ 1
4	John	58,737	▼ 1
5	Robert	58,303	–
6	William	37,608	–
7	Christopher	35,674	▲ 2
8	Mark	33,390	▼ 1
9	Brian	31,669	▲ 1
10	Richard	31,087	▼ 2
11	Jeffrey	28,965	–
12	Scott	28,655	▲ 2
13	Thomas	27,466	▼ 1
14	Steven	26,535	▲ 1
15	Joseph	26,177	▲ 1
16	Kevin	23,555	▲ 1
17	Timothy	23,359	▼ 4
18	Daniel	23,165	–
19	Charles	21,664	▲ 1
20	Anthony	20,904	▲ 1
21	Eric	20,746	▲ 1
22	Paul	20,687	▼ 3
23	Kenneth	17,550	–
24	Matthew	17,461	–
25	Jason	16,490	▲ 22
26	Gregory	16,171	–
27	Stephen	15,090	–
28	Todd	14,748	–
29	Ronald	14,619	▼ 4
30	Donald	12,777	▼ 1
31	Patrick	12,679	▼ 1
32	Edward	12,452	▼ 1
33	Andrew	11,282	▲ 1
34	Douglas	11,238	▼ 1
35	Gary	11,143	▼ 3
36	Keith	9,443	▼ 1
37	Sean	9,344	–
38	George	9,201	▼ 2
39	Craig	8,783	▲ 2
40	Larry	8,281	▼ 2
41	Shawn	8,268	▲ 2
42	Troy	8,099	▼ 2
43	Peter	7,832	▼ 4
44	Dennis	7,360	▲ 1
45	Jerry	7,283	▼ 1
46	Jonathan	7,082	▲ 7
47	Frank	6,918	▲ 2
48	Jeffery	6,738	▼ 2
49	Rodney	6,670	▼ 7
50	Raymond	6,641	–
51	Bryan	6,469	–
52	Terry	6,415	▼ 4
53	Bradley	6,391	▲ 4
54	Tony	5,517	▼ 2
55	Randy	5,265	▼ 1
56	Jose	5,185	▲ 2
57	Russell	5,156	▼ 1
58	Corey	4,925	▲ 113
59	Roger	4,905	▼ 4
60	Darren	4,661	–
61	Aaron	4,597	▲ 27
62	Carl	4,522	▼ 3
63	Marc	4,500	▲ 21
64	Samuel	4,431	▲ 2
65	Gerald	4,384	▼ 3
66	Chris	4,282	▼ 2
67	Johnny	4,217	▲ 2
68	Jon	4,214	▼ 3
69	Chad	4,060	▲ 35
70	Vincent	4,057	▲ 3
71	Lawrence	4,044	▼ 4
72	Bruce	4,043	▼ 11
73	Danny	4,012	▼ 1
74	Phillip	4,008	▼ 3
75	Wayne	3,898	▼ 12
76	Alan	3,854	▼ 2
77	Billy	3,773	▼ 1
78	Jimmy	3,757	▼ 1
79	Martin	3,757	▼ 11
80	Joel	3,680	–
81	Curtis	3,674	▼ 6
82	Bobby	3,653	▼ 1
83	Joe	3,617	▲ 2
84	Walter	3,570	▼ 1
85	Randall	3,562	▼ 6
86	Philip	3,540	▼ 4
87	Shane	3,531	▲ 33
88	Glenn	3,468	▲ 4
89	Dean	3,444	▼ 11
90	Ricky	3,415	▼ 20
91	Benjamin	3,379	▲ 8
92	Brent	3,355	▲ 10
93	Darrell	3,248	▼ 7
94	Brett	3,184	▲ 11
95	Jay	3,181	▼ 8
96	Dale	3,155	▼ 5
97	Arthur	3,137	▲ 1
98	Steve	3,063	▼ 9
99	Barry	3,060	▲ 8
100	Henry	3,057	▼ 5

Top 100 girl names, 1969
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Lisa	45,028	–
2	Michelle	34,319	–
3	Jennifer	33,704	▲ 1
4	Kimberly	33,076	▼ 1
5	Melissa	23,019	–
6	Amy	21,462	▲ 7
7	Angela	21,062	–
8	Mary	19,851	▼ 2
9	Tammy	19,051	▼ 1
10	Laura	17,921	▲ 1
11	Susan	17,805	▼ 1
12	Julie	17,739	▲ 4
13	Karen	17,635	▼ 4
14	Christine	16,752	–
15	Kelly	16,328	▼ 3
16	Elizabeth	15,295	▲ 1
17	Tracy	15,108	▲ 8
18	Patricia	14,958	▼ 3
19	Stephanie	14,487	▲ 4
20	Lori	14,020	▲ 2
21	Dawn	13,768	–
22	Tina	13,606	▼ 4
23	Cynthia	13,516	▼ 4
24	Pamela	13,356	▼ 4
25	Sandra	12,187	▲ 1
26	Donna	11,447	▼ 2
27	Deborah	11,186	–
28	Rebecca	10,950	▲ 5
29	Wendy	10,624	▲ 2
30	Michele	10,556	▼ 1
31	Shannon	10,452	▲ 22
32	Teresa	10,356	▼ 2
33	Linda	10,246	▼ 5
34	Heather	10,068	▲ 28
35	Denise	9,797	–
36	Sharon	9,696	▼ 4
37	Christina	9,324	▲ 7
38	Brenda	8,989	▼ 4
39	Barbara	8,811	▼ 3
40	Maria	8,402	▲ 1
41	Cheryl	8,346	▼ 4
42	Kathleen	8,298	▼ 2
43	Debra	7,952	▼ 5
44	Rhonda	7,917	▼ 2
45	Nancy	7,902	▼ 6
46	Robin	7,502	▼ 3
47	Nicole	7,212	▲ 61
48	Andrea	7,201	–
49	Theresa	6,857	▼ 2
50	Paula	6,754	▼ 5
51	Jill	6,666	▼ 5
52	Stacey	6,616	▲ 3
53	Stacy	6,486	▲ 11
54	Tonya	6,169	▲ 6
55	Sherry	6,139	▼ 3
56	Carol	6,138	▼ 7
57	Ann	6,132	▼ 3
58	Catherine	6,093	▼ 2
59	Monica	6,034	▲ 9
60	Dana	6,025	▲ 10
61	Diane	5,943	▼ 10
62	Jacqueline	5,920	▼ 12
63	Gina	5,911	▼ 5
64	Leslie	5,835	▲ 2
65	Tracey	5,624	▲ 7
66	Kim	5,451	▼ 9
67	Renee	5,255	▼ 2
68	Sheila	5,245	▼ 9
69	Rachel	5,242	▲ 23
70	Katherine	5,167	▲ 5
71	Carolyn	5,130	▼ 10
72	Sarah	5,079	▲ 6
73	Margaret	5,043	▼ 10
74	Cindy	4,957	▼ 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	4,381	▼ 11
85	Valerie	4,298	▼ 8
86	Regina	4,267	▼ 5
87	Holly	4,123	▲ 16
88	Deanna	4,067	▲ 16
89	Melinda	3,988	▲ 1
90	Tanya	3,965	▲ 16
91	Carla	3,964	–
92	Melanie	3,926	▲ 2
93	Terri	3,902	▼ 10
94	Carrie	3,888	▼ 8
95	Jodi	3,865	▲ 2
96	Kristen	3,812	▲ 11
97	April	3,801	▼ 1
98	Yolanda	3,771	▼ 5
99	Anna	3,721	–
100	Julia	3,714	▲ 13

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1969. 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.