Most Popular Baby Names of 1969

In 1969, Lisa (45,028 births) was the most common U.S. girl name and Michael (85,159 births) the most common boy name.

Top 100 boy names, 1969
Rank	Name	Births
1	Michael	85,159
2	David	63,675
3	James	59,894
4	John	58,737
5	Robert	58,303
6	William	37,608
7	Christopher	35,674
8	Mark	33,390
9	Brian	31,669
10	Richard	31,087
11	Jeffrey	28,965
12	Scott	28,655
13	Thomas	27,466
14	Steven	26,535
15	Joseph	26,177
16	Kevin	23,555
17	Timothy	23,359
18	Daniel	23,165
19	Charles	21,664
20	Anthony	20,904
21	Eric	20,746
22	Paul	20,687
23	Kenneth	17,550
24	Matthew	17,461
25	Jason	16,490
26	Gregory	16,171
27	Stephen	15,090
28	Todd	14,748
29	Ronald	14,619
30	Donald	12,777
31	Patrick	12,679
32	Edward	12,452
33	Andrew	11,282
34	Douglas	11,238
35	Gary	11,143
36	Keith	9,443
37	Sean	9,344
38	George	9,201
39	Craig	8,783
40	Larry	8,281
41	Shawn	8,268
42	Troy	8,099
43	Peter	7,832
44	Dennis	7,360
45	Jerry	7,283
46	Jonathan	7,082
47	Frank	6,918
48	Jeffery	6,738
49	Rodney	6,670
50	Raymond	6,641
51	Bryan	6,469
52	Terry	6,415
53	Bradley	6,391
54	Tony	5,517
55	Randy	5,265
56	Jose	5,185
57	Russell	5,156
58	Corey	4,925
59	Roger	4,905
60	Darren	4,661
61	Aaron	4,597
62	Carl	4,522
63	Marc	4,500
64	Samuel	4,431
65	Gerald	4,384
66	Chris	4,282
67	Johnny	4,217
68	Jon	4,214
69	Chad	4,060
70	Vincent	4,057
71	Lawrence	4,044
72	Bruce	4,043
73	Danny	4,012
74	Phillip	4,008
75	Wayne	3,898
76	Alan	3,854
77	Billy	3,773
78	Jimmy	3,757
78	Martin	3,757
80	Joel	3,680
81	Curtis	3,674
82	Bobby	3,653
83	Joe	3,617
84	Walter	3,570
85	Randall	3,562
86	Philip	3,540
87	Shane	3,531
88	Glenn	3,468
89	Dean	3,444
90	Ricky	3,415
91	Benjamin	3,379
92	Brent	3,355
93	Darrell	3,248
94	Brett	3,184
95	Jay	3,181
96	Dale	3,155
97	Arthur	3,137
98	Steve	3,063
99	Barry	3,060
100	Henry	3,057

Full Boy list for 1969

Top 100 girl names, 1969
Rank	Name	Births
1	Lisa	45,028
2	Michelle	34,319
3	Jennifer	33,704
4	Kimberly	33,076
5	Melissa	23,019
6	Amy	21,462
7	Angela	21,062
8	Mary	19,851
9	Tammy	19,051
10	Laura	17,921
11	Susan	17,805
12	Julie	17,739
13	Karen	17,635
14	Christine	16,752
15	Kelly	16,328
16	Elizabeth	15,295
17	Tracy	15,108
18	Patricia	14,958
19	Stephanie	14,487
20	Lori	14,020
21	Dawn	13,768
22	Tina	13,606
23	Cynthia	13,516
24	Pamela	13,356
25	Sandra	12,187
26	Donna	11,447
27	Deborah	11,186
28	Rebecca	10,950
29	Wendy	10,624
30	Michele	10,556
31	Shannon	10,452
32	Teresa	10,356
33	Linda	10,246
34	Heather	10,068
35	Denise	9,797
36	Sharon	9,696
37	Christina	9,324
38	Brenda	8,989
39	Barbara	8,811
40	Maria	8,402
41	Cheryl	8,346
42	Kathleen	8,298
43	Debra	7,952
44	Rhonda	7,917
45	Nancy	7,902
46	Robin	7,502
47	Nicole	7,212
48	Andrea	7,201
49	Theresa	6,857
50	Paula	6,754
51	Jill	6,666
52	Stacey	6,616
53	Stacy	6,486
54	Tonya	6,169
55	Sherry	6,139
56	Carol	6,138
57	Ann	6,132
58	Catherine	6,093
59	Monica	6,034
60	Dana	6,025
61	Diane	5,943
62	Jacqueline	5,920
63	Gina	5,911
64	Leslie	5,835
65	Tracey	5,624
66	Kim	5,451
67	Renee	5,255
68	Sheila	5,245
69	Rachel	5,242
70	Katherine	5,167
71	Carolyn	5,130
72	Sarah	5,079
73	Margaret	5,043
74	Cindy	4,957
75	Suzanne	4,902
76	Kristin	4,753
77	Kathy	4,751
78	Tamara	4,652
79	Laurie	4,627
80	Heidi	4,532
81	Diana	4,525
82	Beth	4,460
83	Victoria	4,390
84	Janet	4,381
85	Valerie	4,298
86	Regina	4,267
87	Holly	4,123
88	Deanna	4,067
89	Melinda	3,988
90	Tanya	3,965
91	Carla	3,964
92	Melanie	3,926
93	Terri	3,902
94	Carrie	3,888
95	Jodi	3,865
96	Kristen	3,812
97	April	3,801
98	Yolanda	3,771
99	Anna	3,721
100	Julia	3,714

Full Girl list for 1969

Biggest movers since 1968

Names with at least 500 births in both years, by percent change in births.

Rising boy names, 1968 to 1969
Name	Births 1968	Births 1969	Change	Rank 1968 → 1969
Corey	1,577	4,925	+212%	171 → 58
Jason	7,147	16,490	+131%	47 → 25
Tyrone	1,451	2,218	+53%	180 → 137
Lance	1,993	3,027	+52%	144 → 103
Marcus	1,538	2,213	+44%	174 → 138
Shane	2,513	3,531	+41%	120 → 87
Shannon	1,704	2,373	+39%	159 → 129
Chad	2,917	4,060	+39%	104 → 69
Travis	2,063	2,862	+39%	141 → 114
Glen	1,667	2,241	+34%	162 → 136

Falling boy names, 1968 to 1969
Name	Births 1968	Births 1969	Change	Rank 1968 → 1969
Tim	2,073	1,545	-25%	139 → 181
Darryl	2,067	1,593	-23%	140 → 174
Tracy	2,653	2,170	-18%	111 → 141
Ricky	4,037	3,415	-15%	70 → 90
Stacy	1,737	1,493	-14%	157 → 186
Darrin	2,077	1,814	-13%	138 → 158
Timothy	26,497	23,359	-12%	13 → 17
Rodney	7,508	6,670	-11%	42 → 49
Stanley	2,145	1,906	-11%	136 → 155
Rick	1,431	1,272	-11%	182 → 200

Rising girl names, 1968 to 1969
Name	Births 1968	Births 1969	Change	Rank 1968 → 1969
Nicole	3,083	7,212	+134%	108 → 47
Heather	5,501	10,068	+83%	62 → 34
Erin	1,864	3,059	+64%	174 → 114
Shannon	6,402	10,452	+63%	53 → 31
Tara	2,186	3,520	+61%	147 → 107
Kellie	1,805	2,641	+46%	179 → 130
Christy	2,139	3,052	+43%	151 → 116
Rachel	3,726	5,242	+41%	92 → 69
Jessica	1,840	2,492	+35%	177 → 134
Danielle	2,406	3,172	+32%	133 → 111

Falling girl names, 1968 to 1969
Name	Births 1968	Births 1969	Change	Rank 1968 → 1969
Rita	2,073	1,736	-16%	159 → 184
Dorothy	2,086	1,776	-15%	157 → 181
Jane	2,192	1,880	-14%	146 → 170
Janice	3,043	2,631	-14%	110 → 131
Carol	7,078	6,138	-13%	49 → 56
Shirley	2,142	1,867	-13%	150 → 173
Debra	9,096	7,952	-13%	38 → 43
Jacqueline	6,745	5,920	-12%	50 → 62
Joan	1,783	1,566	-12%	182 → 200
Debbie	3,019	2,652	-12%	111 → 127

Top 100 boy names, 1969

Rank

Name

Births

Michael

85,159

David

63,675

James

59,894

58,737

58,303

37,608

35,674

Mark

33,390

Brian

31,669

Richard

31,087

Jeffrey

28,965

Scott

28,655

27,466

26,535

26,177

23,555

23,359

23,165

21,664

Anthony

20,904

Eric

20,746

Paul

20,687

Kenneth

17,550

Matthew

17,461

Jason

16,490

Gregory

16,171

Stephen

15,090

Todd

14,748

14,619

12,777

12,679

12,452

11,282

11,238

Gary

11,143

9,443

9,344

9,201

8,783

Larry

8,281

Shawn

8,268

Troy

8,099

Peter

7,832

Dennis

7,360

Jerry

7,283

Jonathan

7,082

Frank

6,918

Jeffery

6,738

Rodney

6,670

Raymond

6,641

Bryan

6,469

Terry

6,415

Bradley

6,391

Tony

5,517

Randy

5,265

Jose

5,185

Russell

5,156

Corey

4,925

4,905

4,661

4,597

4,522

Marc

4,500

Samuel

4,431

Gerald

4,384

Chris

4,282

Johnny

4,217

Jon

4,214

Chad

4,060

Vincent

4,057

Lawrence

4,044

Bruce

4,043

Danny

4,012

Phillip

4,008

Wayne

3,898

Alan

3,854

Billy

3,773

Jimmy

3,757

Martin

3,757

Joel

3,680

Curtis

3,674

Bobby

3,653

Joe

3,617

Walter

3,570

Randall

3,562

Philip

3,540

Shane

3,531

Glenn

3,468

Dean

3,444

Ricky

3,415

Benjamin

3,379

Brent

3,355

Darrell

3,248

Brett

3,184

Jay

3,181

Dale

3,155

Arthur

3,137

Steve

3,063

Barry

3,060

100

Henry

3,057

Top 100 girl names, 1969

Rank

Name

Births

Lisa

45,028

Michelle

34,319

Jennifer

33,704

Kimberly

33,076

Melissa

23,019

Amy

21,462

Angela

21,062

Mary

19,851

Tammy

19,051

Laura

17,921

Susan

17,805

Julie

17,739

Karen

17,635

Christine

16,752

Kelly

16,328

Elizabeth

15,295

Tracy

15,108

Patricia

14,958

Stephanie

14,487

Lori

14,020

Dawn

13,768

Tina

13,606

Cynthia

13,516

Pamela

13,356

Sandra

12,187

Donna

11,447

Deborah

11,186

Rebecca

10,950

Wendy

10,624

Michele

10,556

Shannon

10,452

Teresa

10,356

Linda

10,246

Heather

10,068

9,797

9,696

9,324

8,989

8,811

8,402

Cheryl

8,346

Kathleen

8,298

Debra

7,952

Rhonda

7,917

Nancy

7,902

Robin

7,502

Nicole

7,212

Andrea

7,201

Theresa

6,857

Paula

6,754

Jill

6,666

Stacey

6,616

Stacy

6,486

Tonya

6,169

Sherry

6,139

Carol

6,138

Ann

6,132

Catherine

6,093

Monica

6,034

Dana

6,025

Diane

5,943

Jacqueline

5,920

Gina

5,911

Leslie

5,835

Tracey

5,624

Kim

5,451

Renee

5,255

Sheila

5,245

Rachel

5,242

Katherine

5,167

Carolyn

5,130

Sarah

5,079

Margaret

5,043

Cindy

4,957

Suzanne

4,902

Kristin

4,753

Kathy

4,751

Tamara

4,652

Laurie

4,627

Heidi

4,532

Diana

4,525

Beth

4,460

Victoria

4,390

Janet

4,381

Valerie

4,298

Regina

4,267

Holly

4,123

Deanna

4,067

Melinda

3,988

Tanya

3,965

Carla

3,964

Melanie

3,926

Terri

3,902

Carrie

3,888

Jodi

3,865

Kristen

3,812

April

3,801

Yolanda

3,771

Anna

3,721

100

Julia

3,714

Biggest movers since 1968

Names with at least 500 births in both years, by percent change in births.

Rising boy names, 1968 to 1969
Name	Births 1968	Births 1969	Change	Rank 1968 → 1969
Corey	1,577	4,925	+212%	171 → 58
Jason	7,147	16,490	+131%	47 → 25
Tyrone	1,451	2,218	+53%	180 → 137
Lance	1,993	3,027	+52%	144 → 103
Marcus	1,538	2,213	+44%	174 → 138
Shane	2,513	3,531	+41%	120 → 87
Shannon	1,704	2,373	+39%	159 → 129
Chad	2,917	4,060	+39%	104 → 69
Travis	2,063	2,862	+39%	141 → 114
Glen	1,667	2,241	+34%	162 → 136

Falling boy names, 1968 to 1969
Name	Births 1968	Births 1969	Change	Rank 1968 → 1969
Tim	2,073	1,545	-25%	139 → 181
Darryl	2,067	1,593	-23%	140 → 174
Tracy	2,653	2,170	-18%	111 → 141
Ricky	4,037	3,415	-15%	70 → 90
Stacy	1,737	1,493	-14%	157 → 186
Darrin	2,077	1,814	-13%	138 → 158
Timothy	26,497	23,359	-12%	13 → 17
Rodney	7,508	6,670	-11%	42 → 49
Stanley	2,145	1,906	-11%	136 → 155
Rick	1,431	1,272	-11%	182 → 200

Rising girl names, 1968 to 1969
Name	Births 1968	Births 1969	Change	Rank 1968 → 1969
Nicole	3,083	7,212	+134%	108 → 47
Heather	5,501	10,068	+83%	62 → 34
Erin	1,864	3,059	+64%	174 → 114
Shannon	6,402	10,452	+63%	53 → 31
Tara	2,186	3,520	+61%	147 → 107
Kellie	1,805	2,641	+46%	179 → 130
Christy	2,139	3,052	+43%	151 → 116
Rachel	3,726	5,242	+41%	92 → 69
Jessica	1,840	2,492	+35%	177 → 134
Danielle	2,406	3,172	+32%	133 → 111

Falling girl names, 1968 to 1969
Name	Births 1968	Births 1969	Change	Rank 1968 → 1969
Rita	2,073	1,736	-16%	159 → 184
Dorothy	2,086	1,776	-15%	157 → 181
Jane	2,192	1,880	-14%	146 → 170
Janice	3,043	2,631	-14%	110 → 131
Carol	7,078	6,138	-13%	49 → 56
Shirley	2,142	1,867	-13%	150 → 173
Debra	9,096	7,952	-13%	38 → 43
Jacqueline	6,745	5,920	-12%	50 → 62
Joan	1,783	1,566	-12%	182 → 200
Debbie	3,019	2,652	-12%	111 → 127

Top 100 boy names of 1969

Top 100 girl names of 1969

Biggest movers since 1968

Top 100 boy names of 1969

Top 100 girl names of 1969

Biggest movers since 1968