100 Most popular boy names of 1968, USA

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Updated: May 23rd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1968 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1968.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Michael
81984
4.8
-
2
David
63700
3.73
-
3
John
60917
3.56
+1
4
James
60680
3.55
-1
5
Robert
58195
3.4
-
6
William
36946
2.16
-
7
Mark
35415
2.07
-
8
Richard
32983
1.93
-
9
Christopher
31464
1.84
-
10
Brian
29935
1.75
-
11
Jeffrey
28363
1.66
+2
12
Thomas
27438
1.6
-
13
Timothy
26509
1.55
-2
14
Scott
26029
1.52
+2
15
Steven
25497
1.49
-1
16
Joseph
25401
1.49
-1
17
Kevin
23867
1.4
-
18
Daniel
22018
1.29
+1
19
Paul
21868
1.28
-1
20
Charles
21577
1.26
-
21
Anthony
20233
1.18
-
22
Eric
18506
1.08
+1
23
Kenneth
18084
1.06
-1
24
Matthew
15835
0.93
+4
25
Ronald
15422
0.9
-1
26
Gregory
15403
0.9
-1
27
Stephen
14762
0.86
-1
28
Todd
14658
0.86
+1
29
Donald
13367
0.78
-2
30
Patrick
13066
0.76
-
31
Edward
12285
0.72
-
32
Gary
11980
0.7
-
33
Douglas
11411
0.67
-
34
Andrew
10567
0.62
+1
35
Keith
9864
0.58
-1
36
George
9382
0.55
-
37
Sean
9174
0.54
+7
38
Larry
8232
0.48
-
39
Peter
8125
0.48
-
40
Troy
7978
0.47
-
41
Craig
7868
0.46
+5
42
Rodney
7510
0.44
-5
43
Shawn
7478
0.44
+8
44
Jerry
7448
0.44
-3
45
Dennis
7403
0.43
-2
46
Jeffery
7225
0.42
+1
47
Jason
7153
0.42
+7
48
Terry
7090
0.41
-6
49
Frank
6896
0.4
-4
50
Raymond
6886
0.4
-2
51
Bryan
6254
0.37
+1
52
Tony
5878
0.34
-2
53
Jonathan
5813
0.34
+3
54
Randy
5711
0.33
-5
55
Roger
5184
0.3
-2
56
Russell
5099
0.3
+2
57
Bradley
4807
0.28
+9
58
Jose
4793
0.28
+6
59
Carl
4645
0.27
-2
60
Darren
4640
0.27
+3
61
Bruce
4487
0.26
-6
62
Gerald
4476
0.26
-3
63
Wayne
4257
0.25
-1
64
Chris
4253
0.25
-4
65
Jon
4210
0.25
+6
66
Samuel
4121
0.24
+3
67
Lawrence
4100
0.24
-1
68
Martin
4075
0.24
+12
69
Johnny
4053
0.24
+1
70
Ricky
4037
0.24
+5
71
Phillip
3985
0.23
+2
72
Danny
3983
0.23
-4
73
Vincent
3980
0.23
-8
74
Alan
3977
0.23
-13
75
Curtis
3854
0.23
+2
76
Billy
3811
0.22
-
77
Jimmy
3810
0.22
-3
78
Dean
3802
0.22
-
79
Randall
3750
0.22
-7
80
Joel
3684
0.22
+10
81
Bobby
3630
0.21
+2
82
Philip
3620
0.21
-
83
Walter
3588
0.21
-2
84
Marc
3539
0.21
+17
85
Joe
3528
0.21
-
86
Darrell
3446
0.2
-
87
Jay
3430
0.2
-
88
Aaron
3427
0.2
+18
89
Steve
3411
0.2
-10
90
Jeff
3279
0.19
-2
91
Dale
3259
0.19
-2
92
Glenn
3245
0.19
-1
93
Mike
3216
0.19
-9
94
Roy
3178
0.19
+1
95
Henry
3131
0.18
-2
96
Willie
3109
0.18
-4
97
Kelly
3059
0.18
+5
98
Arthur
3042
0.18
-4
99
Benjamin
3019
0.18
+20
100
Allen
2966
0.17
-
101
Victor
2944
0.17
-4
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1968)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html