Top Baby Names of 1968
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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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 About 1968 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1968, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.