Birth year roster

Top names in 1968

Name: Top baby names in 1968
Creator: Social Security Administration

The 100 most common names on 1968 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Lisa and Michael led the 1968 baby-name charts, the top names among Gen X births. Lisa was the #1 girls’ name for 8 years in all (1962–1969); Michael was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (between 1954 and 1998). Of the 200 names below, 157 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

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Girls

#1Lisa Endangered49,534
#2Michelle Endangered33,223
#3Kimberly Endangered31,906
#4Jennifer Endangered26,853
#5Melissa Endangered21,733
#6Mary Endangered21,727
#7Angela Endangered20,670
#8Tammy Endangered20,058
#9Karen Endangered19,560
#10Susan Endangered19,503
#11Laura Endangered18,741
#12Kelly Endangered17,138
#13Amy Endangered17,090
#14Christine Endangered16,525
#15Patricia Endangered15,803
#16Julie Endangered15,750
#17Elizabeth Stable14,887
#18Tina Endangered14,772
#19Cynthia Endangered14,050
#20Pamela Endangered14,031
#21Dawn Endangered13,441
#22Lori Endangered13,126
#23Stephanie Endangered12,953
#24Donna Endangered12,748
#25Tracy Endangered12,743
#26Sandra Endangered12,686
#27Deborah Endangered12,288
#28Linda Endangered11,371
#29Michele Endangered11,219
#30Teresa Endangered10,912
#31Wendy Endangered10,709
#32Sharon Endangered10,340
#33Rebecca Endangered10,225
#34Brenda Endangered9,945
#35Denise Endangered9,877
#36Barbara Endangered9,740
#37Cheryl Endangered9,138
#38Debra Endangered9,095
#39Nancy Endangered8,961
#40Kathleen Endangered8,729
#41Maria Stable8,386
#42Rhonda Endangered8,268
#43Robin Endangered8,180
#44Christina Endangered8,016
#45Paula Endangered7,637
#46Jill Endangered7,521
#47Theresa Endangered7,307
#48Andrea Declining7,089
#49Carol Endangered7,078
#50Jacqueline Endangered6,745
#51Diane Endangered6,583
#52Sherry Endangered6,435
#53Shannon Endangered6,403
#54Ann Endangered6,177
#55Stacey Endangered6,150
#56Catherine Endangered6,129
#57Kim Endangered6,089
#58Gina Endangered6,045
#59Sheila Endangered5,730
#60Tonya Endangered5,661
#61Carolyn Endangered5,538
#62Heather Endangered5,502
#63Margaret Endangered5,440
#64Stacy Endangered5,384
#65Renee Endangered5,356
#66Leslie Endangered5,282
#67Cindy Endangered5,238
#68Monica Endangered5,221
#69Suzanne Endangered5,040
#70Dana Endangered5,012
#71Diana Stable4,995
#72Tracey Endangered4,931
#73Janet Endangered4,838
#74Beth Endangered4,765
#75Katherine Declining4,716
#76Kathy Endangered4,677
#77Valerie Stable4,550
#78Sarah Endangered4,489
#79Laurie Endangered4,342
#80Tamara Endangered4,308
#81Regina Stable4,295
#82Victoria Declining4,286
#83Terri Endangered4,267
#84Kristin Endangered4,134
#85Lynn Endangered4,103
#86Carrie Endangered3,979
#87Connie Endangered3,955
#88Anne Endangered3,914
#89Heidi Stable3,913
#90Melinda Endangered3,814
#91Carla Endangered3,813
#92Rachel Endangered3,727
#93Yolanda Endangered3,697
#94Melanie Declining3,641
#95Sherri Endangered3,641
#96April Endangered3,622
#97Jodi Endangered3,598
#98Shelly Endangered3,595
#99Anna Declining3,569
#100Kathryn Endangered3,561

Boys

#1Michael Past peak81,968
#2David Past peak63,679
#3John Past peak60,903
#4James Stable60,665
#5Robert Endangered58,174
#6William Declining36,927
#7Mark Endangered35,401
#8Richard Endangered32,976
#9Christopher Endangered31,468
#10Brian Endangered29,922
#11Jeffrey Endangered28,369
#12Thomas Stable27,420
#13Timothy Endangered26,496
#14Scott Endangered26,022
#15Steven Endangered25,493
#16Joseph Declining25,396
#17Kevin Endangered23,862
#18Daniel Declining22,012
#19Paul Endangered21,865
#20Charles Stable21,575
#21Anthony Declining20,231
#22Eric Endangered18,501
#23Kenneth Endangered18,077
#24Matthew Declining15,823
#25Ronald Endangered15,415
#26Gregory Endangered15,392
#27Stephen Endangered14,761
#28Todd Endangered14,659
#29Donald Endangered13,362
#30Patrick Declining13,062
#31Edward Endangered12,276
#32Gary Endangered11,973
#33Douglas Endangered11,405
#34Andrew Declining10,563
#35Keith Endangered9,861
#36George Stable9,382
#37Sean Endangered9,172
#38Larry Endangered8,231
#39Peter Stable8,122
#40Troy Endangered7,976
#41Craig Endangered7,858
#42Rodney Endangered7,505
#43Shawn Endangered7,478
#44Jerry Endangered7,450
#45Dennis Endangered7,403
#46Jeffery Endangered7,223
#47Jason Endangered7,143
#48Terry Endangered7,089
#49Frank Endangered6,897
#50Raymond Endangered6,883
#51Bryan Declining6,254
#52Tony Endangered5,875
#53Jonathan Declining5,808
#54Randy Endangered5,709
#55Roger Endangered5,183
#56Russell Stable5,097
#57Bradley Declining4,804
#58Jose Stable4,794
#59Carl Endangered4,645
#60Darren Endangered4,642
#61Bruce Endangered4,486
#62Gerald Endangered4,475
#63Wayne Endangered4,251
#64Chris Endangered4,249
#65Jon Endangered4,209
#66Samuel Stable4,123
#67Lawrence Endangered4,098
#68Martin Stable4,073
#69Johnny Endangered4,050
#70Ricky Endangered4,036
#71Phillip Endangered3,987
#72Danny Endangered3,984
#73Vincent Stable3,982
#74Alan Stable3,976
#75Curtis Endangered3,855
#76Billy Endangered3,814
#77Jimmy Endangered3,814
#78Dean Stable3,799
#79Randall Endangered3,751
#80Joel Declining3,683
#81Bobby Endangered3,628
#82Philip Endangered3,622
#83Walter Stable3,589
#84Marc Endangered3,537
#85Joe Endangered3,522
#86Darrell Endangered3,446
#87Aaron Declining3,428
#88Jay Stable3,428
#89Steve Endangered3,408
#90Jeff Endangered3,279
#91Dale Endangered3,257
#92Glenn Endangered3,246
#93Mike Endangered3,214
#94Roy Endangered3,177
#95Henry Stable3,129
#96Willie Endangered3,109
#97Kelly Endangered3,059
#98Arthur Rising3,039
#99Benjamin Declining3,017
#100Allen Endangered2,961