The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1968
4,746 different boys’ names were recorded in 1968, covering 1,737,974 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 81,968 |
| 2 | David | 63,679 |
| 3 | John | 60,903 |
| 4 | James | 60,665 |
| 5 | Robert | 58,174 |
| 6 | William | 36,927 |
| 7 | Mark | 35,401 |
| 8 | Richard | 32,976 |
| 9 | Christopher | 31,468 |
| 10 | Brian | 29,922 |
| 11 | Jeffrey | 28,369 |
| 12 | Thomas | 27,420 |
| 13 | Timothy | 26,496 |
| 14 | Scott | 26,022 |
| 15 | Steven | 25,493 |
| 16 | Joseph | 25,396 |
| 17 | Kevin | 23,862 |
| 18 | Daniel | 22,012 |
| 19 | Paul | 21,865 |
| 20 | Charles | 21,575 |
| 21 | Anthony | 20,231 |
| 22 | Eric | 18,501 |
| 23 | Kenneth | 18,077 |
| 24 | Matthew | 15,823 |
| 25 | Ronald | 15,415 |
| 26 | Gregory | 15,392 |
| 27 | Stephen | 14,761 |
| 28 | Todd | 14,659 |
| 29 | Donald | 13,362 |
| 30 | Patrick | 13,062 |
| 31 | Edward | 12,276 |
| 32 | Gary | 11,973 |
| 33 | Douglas | 11,405 |
| 34 | Andrew | 10,563 |
| 35 | Keith | 9,861 |
| 36 | George | 9,382 |
| 37 | Sean | 9,172 |
| 38 | Larry | 8,231 |
| 39 | Peter | 8,122 |
| 40 | Troy | 7,976 |
| 41 | Craig | 7,858 |
| 42 | Rodney | 7,505 |
| 43 | Shawn | 7,478 |
| 44 | Jerry | 7,450 |
| 45 | Dennis | 7,403 |
| 46 | Jeffery | 7,223 |
| 47 | Jason | 7,143 |
| 48 | Terry | 7,089 |
| 49 | Frank | 6,897 |
| 50 | Raymond | 6,883 |
| 51 | Bryan | 6,254 |
| 52 | Tony | 5,875 |
| 53 | Jonathan | 5,808 |
| 54 | Randy | 5,709 |
| 55 | Roger | 5,183 |
| 56 | Russell | 5,097 |
| 57 | Bradley | 4,804 |
| 58 | Jose | 4,794 |
| 59 | Carl | 4,645 |
| 60 | Darren | 4,642 |
| 61 | Bruce | 4,486 |
| 62 | Gerald | 4,475 |
| 63 | Wayne | 4,251 |
| 64 | Chris | 4,249 |
| 65 | Jon | 4,209 |
| 66 | Samuel | 4,123 |
| 67 | Lawrence | 4,098 |
| 68 | Martin | 4,073 |
| 69 | Johnny | 4,050 |
| 70 | Ricky | 4,036 |
| 71 | Phillip | 3,987 |
| 72 | Danny | 3,984 |
| 73 | Vincent | 3,982 |
| 74 | Alan | 3,976 |
| 75 | Curtis | 3,855 |
| 76 | Billy | 3,814 |
| 76 | Jimmy | 3,814 |
| 78 | Dean | 3,799 |
| 79 | Randall | 3,751 |
| 80 | Joel | 3,683 |
| 81 | Bobby | 3,628 |
| 82 | Philip | 3,622 |
| 83 | Walter | 3,589 |
| 84 | Marc | 3,537 |
| 85 | Joe | 3,522 |
| 86 | Darrell | 3,446 |
| 87 | Jay | 3,428 |
| 87 | Aaron | 3,428 |
| 89 | Steve | 3,408 |
| 90 | Jeff | 3,279 |
| 91 | Dale | 3,257 |
| 92 | Glenn | 3,246 |
| 93 | Mike | 3,214 |
| 94 | Roy | 3,177 |
| 95 | Henry | 3,129 |
| 96 | Willie | 3,109 |
| 97 | Kelly | 3,059 |
| 98 | Arthur | 3,039 |
| 99 | Benjamin | 3,017 |
| 100 | Allen | 2,961 |
| 101 | Victor | 2,940 |
| 102 | Brent | 2,919 |
| 103 | Albert | 2,918 |
| 104 | Chad | 2,917 |
| 105 | Brett | 2,901 |
| 106 | Lee | 2,868 |
| 107 | Barry | 2,854 |
| 108 | Harold | 2,835 |
| 109 | Louis | 2,709 |
| 110 | Jack | 2,692 |
| 111 | Tracy | 2,653 |
| 112 | Juan | 2,622 |
| 113 | Frederick | 2,610 |
| 114 | Micheal | 2,604 |
| 115 | Ronnie | 2,602 |
| 116 | Derrick | 2,595 |
| 117 | Reginald | 2,551 |
| 118 | Nicholas | 2,548 |
| 119 | Adam | 2,540 |
| 120 | Shane | 2,513 |
| 121 | Carlos | 2,497 |
| 122 | Derek | 2,460 |
| 123 | Kurt | 2,454 |
| 124 | Tommy | 2,369 |
| 125 | Erik | 2,368 |
| 126 | Eugene | 2,365 |
| 127 | Ralph | 2,325 |
| 128 | Leonard | 2,257 |
| 129 | Marvin | 2,255 |
| 130 | Ernest | 2,246 |
| 131 | Ryan | 2,166 |
| 132 | Eddie | 2,165 |
| 133 | Howard | 2,156 |
| 134 | Antonio | 2,154 |
| 135 | Jesse | 2,147 |
| 136 | Stanley | 2,145 |
| 137 | Dwayne | 2,081 |
| 138 | Darrin | 2,077 |
| 139 | Tim | 2,073 |
| 140 | Darryl | 2,067 |
| 141 | Travis | 2,063 |
| 142 | Greg | 2,047 |
| 143 | Kirk | 2,012 |
| 144 | Lance | 1,991 |
| 145 | Andre | 1,967 |
| 146 | Duane | 1,961 |
| 147 | Darin | 1,955 |
| 148 | Kyle | 1,943 |
| 149 | Theodore | 1,887 |
| 150 | Melvin | 1,798 |
| 151 | Christian | 1,780 |
| 152 | Luis | 1,778 |
| 153 | Harry | 1,777 |
| 154 | Alexander | 1,773 |
| 155 | Norman | 1,767 |
| 156 | Calvin | 1,757 |
| 157 | Stacy | 1,736 |
| 158 | Brad | 1,709 |
| 159 | Shannon | 1,704 |
| 160 | Edwin | 1,685 |
| 160 | Jerome | 1,685 |
| 162 | Glen | 1,667 |
| 163 | Nathan | 1,654 |
| 164 | Earl | 1,652 |
| 165 | Wesley | 1,642 |
| 166 | Mitchell | 1,622 |
| 167 | Clifford | 1,608 |
| 168 | Karl | 1,598 |
| 169 | Manuel | 1,597 |
| 170 | Ray | 1,593 |
| 171 | Corey | 1,577 |
| 172 | Fred | 1,570 |
| 173 | Warren | 1,548 |
| 174 | Marcus | 1,538 |
| 175 | Francis | 1,515 |
| 176 | Daryl | 1,513 |
| 177 | Jim | 1,502 |
| 178 | Alfred | 1,494 |
| 179 | Maurice | 1,475 |
| 180 | Tyrone | 1,451 |
| 181 | Lonnie | 1,444 |
| 182 | Rick | 1,431 |
| 183 | Don | 1,404 |
| 184 | Clarence | 1,382 |
| 185 | Tom | 1,363 |
| 186 | Mario | 1,357 |
| 187 | Ricardo | 1,350 |
| 188 | Damon | 1,330 |
| 189 | Bernard | 1,306 |
| 190 | Jody | 1,298 |
| 191 | Dan | 1,271 |
| 192 | Jesus | 1,227 |
| 193 | Jamie | 1,223 |
| 194 | Kent | 1,219 |
| 195 | Roberto | 1,211 |
| 196 | Leroy | 1,197 |
| 196 | Leon | 1,197 |
| 198 | Franklin | 1,182 |
| 199 | Gilbert | 1,167 |
| 200 | Alex | 1,163 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1968 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.