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

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1968 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1967						Change from 1967
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Lisa	49,532	2.897	0	-2,903	1	Michael	82,008	4.618	0	-428
2	Michelle	33,221	1.943	1	2,395	2	David	63,718	3.588	0	-3,092
3	Kimberly	31,908	1.866	-1	-1,194	3	John	60,929	3.431	1	-689
4	Jennifer	26,852	1.571	6	8,621	4	James	60,693	3.417	-1	-1,005
5	Melissa	21,727	1.271	4	3,348	5	Robert	58,211	3.278	0	1,830
6	Mary	21,725	1.271	-2	-3,588	6	William	36,956	2.081	0	-663
7	Angela	20,669	1.209	0	1,126	7	Mark	35,420	1.994	0	495
8	Tammy	20,056	1.173	0	1,404	8	Richard	32,987	1.857	0	-601
9	Karen	19,558	1.144	-3	-1,982	9	Christopher	31,459	1.771	0	2,033
10	Susan	19,503	1.141	-5	-2,760	10	Brian	29,939	1.686	0	1,284
11	Laura	18,743	1.096	4	2,926	11	Jeffrey	28,368	1.597	2	277
12	Kelly	17,139	1.003	11	3,418	12	Thomas	27,437	1.545	0	-835
13	Amy	17,090	1.000	-1	962	13	Timothy	26,507	1.493	-2	-2,084
14	Christine	16,517	0.966	0	526	14	Scott	26,033	1.466	2	493
15	Patricia	15,809	0.925	-4	-1,943	15	Steven	25,493	1.435	-1	-1,544
16	Julie	15,749	0.921	0	203	16	Joseph	25,403	1.430	-1	-536
17	Elizabeth	14,886	0.871	-4	-1,228	17	Kevin	23,871	1.344	0	-741
18	Tina	14,773	0.864	3	615	18	Daniel	22,015	1.240	1	-194
19	Cynthia	14,050	0.822	-1	-1,287	19	Paul	21,871	1.231	-1	-969
20	Pamela	14,029	0.821	-3	-1,339	20	Charles	21,574	1.215	0	276
21	Dawn	13,441	0.786	6	273	21	Anthony	20,233	1.139	0	-650
22	Lori	13,126	0.768	2	-439	22	Eric	18,508	1.042	1	676
23	Stephanie	12,954	0.758	2	-396	23	Kenneth	18,085	1.018	-1	-1,180
24	Donna	12,752	0.746	-5	-2,029	24	Matthew	15,836	0.892	4	2,257
25	Tracy	12,746	0.746	4	794	25	Ronald	15,423	0.868	-1	-1,016
26	Sandra	12,681	0.742	-6	-2,059	26	Gregory	15,405	0.867	-1	-375
27	Deborah	12,286	0.719	-5	-1,720	27	Stephen	14,764	0.831	-1	-327
28	Linda	11,368	0.665	-2	-1,829	28	Todd	14,659	0.825	1	1,204
29	Michele	11,216	0.656	7	799	29	Donald	13,368	0.753	-2	-857
30	Teresa	10,914	0.638	-2	-1,356	30	Patrick	13,064	0.736	0	89
31	Wendy	10,707	0.626	1	-516	31	Edward	12,287	0.692	0	-370
32	Sharon	10,339	0.605	-2	-1,585	32	Gary	11,982	0.675	0	-632
33	Rebecca	10,227	0.598	6	407	33	Douglas	11,411	0.643	0	-20
34	Brenda	9,941	0.582	-3	-1,540	34	Andrew	10,565	0.595	1	592
35	Denise	9,877	0.578	-1	-1,201	35	Keith	9,868	0.556	-1	-1,141
36	Barbara	9,744	0.570	-3	-1,460	36	George	9,389	0.529	0	-311
37	Cheryl	9,142	0.535	-2	-1,623	37	Sean	9,178	0.517	7	1,677
38	Debra	9,094	0.532	0	-1,126	38	Larry	8,234	0.464	0	-96
39	Nancy	8,963	0.524	-2	-1,304	39	Peter	8,127	0.458	0	-194
40	Kathleen	8,729	0.511	0	-479	40	Troy	7,981	0.449	0	43
41	Maria	8,379	0.490	1	-489	41	Craig	7,866	0.443	5	554
42	Rhonda	8,267	0.484	-1	-806	42	Rodney	7,511	0.423	-5	-929
43	Robin	8,183	0.479	3	490	43	Shawn	7,478	0.421	8	1,339
44	Christina	8,011	0.469	9	1,410	44	Jerry	7,450	0.419	-3	-330
45	Paula	7,638	0.447	0	-55	45	Dennis	7,403	0.417	-2	-235
46	Jill	7,521	0.440	4	120	46	Jeffery	7,224	0.407	1	-7
47	Theresa	7,303	0.427	-4	-802	47	Jason	7,154	0.403	7	1,818
48	Andrea	7,089	0.415	0	-325	48	Terry	7,092	0.399	-6	-593
49	Carol	7,077	0.414	-2	-412	49	Frank	6,896	0.388	-4	-533
50	Jacqueline	6,742	0.394	2	-211	50	Raymond	6,881	0.387	-2	-187

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.