Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1968

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1968 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Lisa	49,532	2.897	-890	-49,230	1	Michael	82,008	4.618	-13	-70,388
2	Michelle	33,221	1.943	-261	-31,982	2	David	63,718	3.588	-20	-54,021
3	Kimberly	31,908	1.866	-167	-30,212	3	John	60,929	3.431	-24	-51,810
4	Jennifer	26,852	1.571	-341	-25,937	4	James	60,693	3.417	0	-47,168
5	Melissa	21,727	1.271	-292	-20,613	5	Robert	58,211	3.278	-66	-53,071
6	Mary	21,725	1.271	-120	-19,398	6	William	36,956	2.081	3	-22,440
7	Angela	20,669	1.209	-257	-19,433	7	Mark	35,420	1.994	-203	-33,561
8	Tammy	20,056	1.173	-4,094	-20,021	8	Richard	32,987	1.857	-180	-30,868
9	Karen	19,558	1.144	-626	-19,090	9	Christopher	31,459	1.771	-33	-24,198
10	Susan	19,503	1.141	-1,069	-19,269	10	Brian	29,939	1.686	-225	-28,321
11	Laura	18,743	1.096	-329	-17,808	11	Jeffrey	28,368	1.597	-320	-27,365
12	Kelly	17,139	1.003	-606	-16,655	12	Thomas	27,437	1.545	-37	-20,658
13	Amy	17,090	1.000	-192	-15,593	13	Timothy	26,507	1.493	-152	-24,177
14	Christine	16,517	0.966	-912	-16,230	14	Scott	26,033	1.466	-506	-25,492
15	Patricia	15,809	0.925	-898	-15,516	15	Steven	25,493	1.435	-183	-23,471
16	Julie	15,749	0.921	-572	-15,233	16	Joseph	25,403	1.430	-7	-15,848
17	Elizabeth	14,886	0.871	4	-6,373	17	Kevin	23,871	1.344	-108	-20,747
18	Tina	14,773	0.864	-1,666	-14,650	18	Daniel	22,015	1.240	3	-10,842
19	Cynthia	14,050	0.822	-674	-13,634	19	Paul	21,871	1.231	-215	-20,246
20	Pamela	14,029	0.821	-1,564	-13,894	20	Charles	21,574	1.215	-32	-14,970
21	Dawn	13,441	0.786	-1,939	-13,341	21	Anthony	20,233	1.139	-17	-12,230
22	Lori	13,126	0.768	-1,553	-12,990	22	Eric	18,508	1.042	-138	-16,119
23	Stephanie	12,954	0.758	-295	-11,928	23	Kenneth	18,085	1.018	-203	-16,430
24	Donna	12,752	0.746	-1,543	-12,615	24	Matthew	15,836	0.892	4	-5,912
25	Tracy	12,746	0.746	-2,317	-12,668	25	Ronald	15,423	0.868	-468	-14,845
26	Sandra	12,681	0.742	-949	-12,412	26	Gregory	15,405	0.867	-382	-14,627
27	Deborah	12,286	0.719	-752	-11,939	27	Stephen	14,764	0.831	-257	-13,528
28	Linda	11,368	0.665	-698	-10,979	28	Todd	14,659	0.825	-1,173	-14,503
29	Michele	11,216	0.656	-4,470	-11,185	29	Donald	13,368	0.753	-497	-12,835
30	Teresa	10,914	0.638	-768	-10,573	30	Patrick	13,064	0.736	-159	-10,953
31	Wendy	10,707	0.626	-938	-10,437	31	Edward	12,287	0.692	-138	-10,019
32	Sharon	10,339	0.605	-1,095	-10,123	32	Gary	11,982	0.675	-642	-11,615
33	Rebecca	10,227	0.598	-181	-8,785	33	Douglas	11,411	0.643	-639	-11,040
34	Brenda	9,941	0.582	-978	-9,686	34	Andrew	10,565	0.595	-9	-3,331
35	Denise	9,877	0.578	-1,034	-9,641	35	Keith	9,868	0.556	-469	-9,303
36	Barbara	9,744	0.570	-894	-9,459	36	George	9,389	0.529	-91	-6,330
37	Cheryl	9,142	0.535	-2,861	-9,085	37	Sean	9,178	0.517	-232	-7,868
38	Debra	9,094	0.532	-3,159	-9,044	38	Larry	8,234	0.464	-668	-7,895
39	Nancy	8,963	0.524	-800	-8,641	39	Peter	8,127	0.458	-172	-6,315
40	Kathleen	8,729	0.511	-854	-8,428	40	Troy	7,981	0.449	-323	-7,077
41	Maria	8,379	0.490	-75	-5,784	41	Craig	7,866	0.443	-1,147	-7,707
42	Rhonda	8,267	0.484	-5,884	-8,246	42	Rodney	7,511	0.423	-777	-7,239
43	Robin	8,183	0.479	-931	-7,914	43	Shawn	7,478	0.421	-350	-6,676
44	Christina	8,011	0.469	-395	-7,292	44	Jerry	7,450	0.419	-557	-6,999
45	Paula	7,638	0.447	-748	-7,296	45	Dennis	7,403	0.417	-511	-6,910
46	Jill	7,521	0.440	-5,456	-7,498	46	Jeffery	7,224	0.407	-808	-6,968
47	Theresa	7,303	0.427	-1,059	-7,082	47	Jason	7,154	0.403	-53	-3,307
48	Andrea	7,089	0.415	-86	-4,935	48	Terry	7,092	0.399	-709	-6,783
49	Carol	7,077	0.414	-1,739	-6,964	49	Frank	6,896	0.388	-343	-6,093
50	Jacqueline	6,742	0.394	-289	-5,803	50	Raymond	6,881	0.387	-249	-5,732

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.