Born in 1967 · Gen X
Baby names of 1967
The Social Security name files, which cover every name given to at least 5 babies, list 3,394,836 babies born in 1967: 1,651,025 girls and 1,743,811 boys. Lisa and Michael were the most popular names, and 22.2% of all babies got a top-10 name, down from 25.6% in 1957. The name most tied to 1967 is Darrin: among boys, it was 9.7× as common that year as in the decades around it.
Quick facts
- Generation
- Gen X
- Born 1965–1980
- Babies on record
- 3,394,836
- 1,651,025 girls · 1,743,811 boys
- Different names
- 7,852
- for girls, plus 4,551 for boys (5+ babies each)
- Top-10 names
- 22.2%
- of babies got one · girls 15.8%, boys 28.3%
Top 10 names of 1967
- Lisa was the #1 name for girls every year from 1962 to 1969.
- Michael was the #1 name for boys every year from 1961 to 1998.
How many babies got a top-10 name?
In 1967, 22.2% of babies were given one of that year's 10 most popular names. Across all years, that share fell from 29.0% in 1935 to 7.5% in 2025.
Names that sound like 1967
These names were far more common in 1967 than in the decades around it: the multiplier compares each name's share of 1967 babies with its average share 6–25 years before and after.
| Name | Sex | Rank | Vs. nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darrin | Boy | #141 | 9.7× |
| Stacy | Boy | #162 | 7.6× |
| Stacey | Boy | #219 | 7.4× |
| Darin | Boy | #142 | 7.2× |
| Tammy | Girl | #8 | 6.3× |
| Tracey | Girl | #78 | 5.4× |
| Tracy | Boy | #99 | 5.3× |
| Lisa | Girl | #1 | 5.3× |
| Kimberley | Girl | #166 | 5.0× |
| Darren | Boy | #63 | 4.8× |
Names that peaked in 1967
Each of these reached its highest share of US babies in 1967, the high point in records going back to 1880. Rank is for 1967.
| Name | Sex | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Kimberly | Girl | #2 |
| Timothy | Boy | #11 |
| Wendy | Girl | #32 |
| Gina | Girl | #54 |
| Renee | Girl | #62 |
| Regina | Girl | #80 |
| Kelly | Boy | #102 |
| Sonya | Girl | #114 |
| Sheri | Girl | #115 |
| Yvette | Girl | #125 |
New to the top 1,000 in 1967
Names that made the national top 1,000 for the first time in 1967 (records go back to 1880).
Where are they now?
Top-100 names of 1967 that have since dropped out of the top 1,000. Ranks are for 1967 and 2025.
Girls
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data