Popular Names of 1968

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1968, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025. Reginald peaked among human males this year, at 117th.

Table 1. Female names, 1968
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Lisa	49,534	991
2	Michelle	33,223	465
3	Kimberly	31,906	303
4	Jennifer	26,853	586
5	Melissa	21,733	420
6	Mary	21,727	125
7	Angela	20,670	408
8	Tammy	20,058	3,703
9	Karen	19,560	1,281
10	Susan	19,503	1,091
11	Laura	18,741	379
12	Kelly	17,138	852
13	Amy	17,090	257
14	Christine	16,525	1,274
15	Patricia	15,803	1,336
16	Julie	15,750	873
17	Elizabeth	14,887	17
18	Tina	14,772	2,815
19	Cynthia	14,050	1,014
20	Pamela	14,031	2,251

Table 2. Male names, 1968
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Michael	81,968	21
2	David	63,679	35
3	John	60,903	23
4	James	60,665	6
5	Robert	58,174	92
6	William	36,927	9
7	Mark	35,401	245
8	Richard	32,976	234
9	Christopher	31,468	68
10	Brian	29,922	339
11	Jeffrey	28,369	552
12	Thomas	27,420	34
13	Timothy	26,496	203
14	Scott	26,022	534
15	Steven	25,493	271
16	Joseph	25,396	29
17	Kevin	23,862	221
18	Daniel	22,012	22
19	Paul	21,865	262
20	Charles	21,575	48

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.