Popular Names of 1969

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1969, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025. Robby peaked among human males this year, at 412th.

Table 1. Female names, 1969
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Lisa	45,028	991
2	Michelle	34,319	465
3	Jennifer	33,705	586
4	Kimberly	33,077	303
5	Melissa	23,018	420
6	Amy	21,464	257
7	Angela	21,060	408
8	Mary	19,850	125
9	Tammy	19,053	3,703
10	Laura	17,922	379
11	Susan	17,806	1,091
12	Julie	17,739	873
13	Karen	17,633	1,281
14	Christine	16,752	1,274
15	Kelly	16,328	852
16	Elizabeth	15,297	17
17	Tracy	15,108	2,171
18	Patricia	14,959	1,336
19	Stephanie	14,488	557
20	Lori	14,020	1,726

Table 2. Male names, 1969
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Michael	85,162	21
2	David	63,672	35
3	James	59,886	6
4	John	58,732	23
5	Robert	58,300	92
6	William	37,607	9
7	Christopher	35,672	68
8	Mark	33,388	245
9	Brian	31,669	339
10	Richard	31,085	234
11	Jeffrey	28,967	552
12	Scott	28,653	534
13	Thomas	27,465	34
14	Steven	26,532	271
15	Joseph	26,173	29
16	Kevin	23,557	221
17	Timothy	23,358	203
18	Daniel	23,165	22
19	Charles	21,658	48
20	Anthony	20,904	46

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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.