Top Names of 1968
The most popular names recorded in 1968 were Lisa for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Lisa | 49,533 |
| 2 | Michelle | 33,223 |
| 3 | Kimberly | 31,907 |
| 4 | Jennifer | 26,851 |
| 5 | Melissa | 21,731 |
| 6 | Mary | 21,725 |
| 7 | Angela | 20,671 |
| 8 | Tammy | 20,060 |
| 9 | Karen | 19,561 |
| 10 | Susan | 19,504 |
| 11 | Laura | 18,741 |
| 12 | Kelly | 17,139 |
| 13 | Amy | 17,092 |
| 14 | Christine | 16,523 |
| 15 | Patricia | 15,804 |
| 16 | Julie | 15,751 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | 14,886 |
| 18 | Tina | 14,772 |
| 19 | Cynthia | 14,051 |
| 20 | Pamela | 14,032 |
| 21 | Dawn | 13,441 |
| 22 | Lori | 13,126 |
| 23 | Stephanie | 12,954 |
| 24 | Donna | 12,749 |
| 25 | Tracy | 12,742 |
| 26 | Sandra | 12,685 |
| 27 | Deborah | 12,288 |
| 28 | Linda | 11,371 |
| 29 | Michele | 11,219 |
| 30 | Teresa | 10,914 |
| 31 | Wendy | 10,710 |
| 32 | Sharon | 10,338 |
| 33 | Rebecca | 10,225 |
| 34 | Brenda | 9,943 |
| 35 | Denise | 9,877 |
| 36 | Barbara | 9,741 |
| 37 | Cheryl | 9,138 |
| 38 | Debra | 9,096 |
| 39 | Nancy | 8,960 |
| 40 | Kathleen | 8,729 |
| 41 | Maria | 8,385 |
| 42 | Rhonda | 8,268 |
| 43 | Robin | 8,181 |
| 44 | Christina | 8,016 |
| 45 | Paula | 7,638 |
| 46 | Jill | 7,520 |
| 47 | Theresa | 7,307 |
| 48 | Andrea | 7,089 |
| 49 | Carol | 7,078 |
| 50 | Jacqueline | 6,745 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 81,974 |
| 2 | David | 63,683 |
| 3 | John | 60,906 |
| 4 | James | 60,666 |
| 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 |
| 12 | Thomas | 27,424 |
| 13 | Timothy | 26,497 |
| 14 | Scott | 26,024 |
| 15 | Steven | 25,493 |
| 16 | Joseph | 25,396 |
| 17 | Kevin | 23,862 |
| 18 | Daniel | 22,015 |
| 19 | Paul | 21,869 |
| 20 | Charles | 21,569 |
| 21 | Anthony | 20,230 |
| 22 | Eric | 18,502 |
| 23 | Kenneth | 18,078 |
| 24 | Matthew | 15,824 |
| 25 | Ronald | 15,415 |
| 26 | Gregory | 15,394 |
| 27 | Stephen | 14,762 |
| 28 | Todd | 14,659 |
| 29 | Donald | 13,360 |
| 30 | Patrick | 13,058 |
| 31 | Edward | 12,276 |
| 32 | Gary | 11,972 |
| 33 | Douglas | 11,407 |
| 34 | Andrew | 10,565 |
| 35 | Keith | 9,865 |
| 36 | George | 9,381 |
| 37 | Sean | 9,175 |
| 38 | Larry | 8,233 |
| 39 | Peter | 8,121 |
| 40 | Troy | 7,977 |
| 41 | Craig | 7,862 |
| 42 | Rodney | 7,508 |
| 43 | Shawn | 7,477 |
| 44 | Jerry | 7,449 |
| 45 | Dennis | 7,403 |
| 46 | Jeffery | 7,223 |
| 47 | Jason | 7,147 |
| 48 | Terry | 7,090 |
| 49 | Frank | 6,892 |
| 50 | Raymond | 6,883 |