Born in 1968 · Gen X
Baby names of 1968
The Social Security name files, which cover every name given to at least 5 babies, list 3,378,363 babies born in 1968: 1,640,389 girls and 1,737,974 boys. Lisa and Michael were the most popular names, and 22.4% of all babies got a top-10 name, down from 24.5% in 1958. The name most tied to 1968 is Darrin: among boys, it was 10× as common that year as in the decades around it.
Quick facts
- Generation
- Gen X
- Born 1965–1980
- Babies on record
- 3,378,363
- 1,640,389 girls · 1,737,974 boys
- Different names
- 8,198
- for girls, plus 4,746 for boys (5+ babies each)
- Top-10 names
- 22.4%
- of babies got one · girls 16.1%, boys 28.3%
Top 10 names of 1968
- 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 1968, 22.4% 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 1968
These names were far more common in 1968 than in the decades around it: the multiplier compares each name's share of 1968 babies with its average share 6–25 years before and after.
| Name | Sex | Rank | Vs. nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darrin | Boy | #138 | 10× |
| Stacy | Boy | #157 | 8.5× |
| Stacey | Boy | #215 | 8.1× |
| Darin | Boy | #147 | 7.3× |
| Tammy | Girl | #8 | 6.8× |
| Tammi | Girl | #297 | 6.2× |
| Tracey | Girl | #72 | 5.9× |
| Tammie | Girl | #160 | 5.8× |
| Shawn | Girl | #184 | 5.0× |
| Todd | Boy | #28 | 5.0× |
Names that peaked in 1968
Each of these reached its highest share of US babies in 1968, the high point in records going back to 1880. Rank is for 1968.
| Name | Sex | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tammy | Girl | #8 |
| Laura | Girl | #11 |
| Christine | Girl | #14 |
| Tina | Girl | #18 |
| Todd | Boy | #28 |
| Patrick | Boy | #30 |
| Michele | Girl | #29 |
| Troy | Boy | #40 |
| Yolanda | Girl | #93 |
| Kristine | Girl | #105 |
New to the top 1,000 in 1968
Names that made the national top 1,000 for the first time in 1968 (records go back to 1880).
Girls
- Coretta336 babies
- Tamiko309 babies
- Tamika183 babies
- Chantel178 babies
- Shannan160 babies
- Kristal159 babies
- Davina156 babies
- Shanon155 babies
Boys
- Dustin448 babies
- Jamal88 babies
- Damien85 babies
- Waylon79 babies
- Colby74 babies
- Damion74 babies
- Rigoberto67 babies
- Brenden64 babies
Where are they now?
Top-100 names of 1968 that have since dropped out of the top 1,000. Ranks are for 1968 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