Birth year roster

Top names in 1969

Name: Top baby names in 1969
Creator: Social Security Administration

The 100 most common names on 1969 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Lisa and Michael led the 1969 baby-name charts, the top names among Gen X births. Lisa was the #1 girls’ name for 8 years in all (1962–1969); Michael was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (between 1954 and 1998). Of the 200 names below, 155 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

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Girls

#1Lisa Endangered45,028
#2Michelle Endangered34,319
#3Jennifer Endangered33,705
#4Kimberly Endangered33,077
#5Melissa Endangered23,018
#6Amy Endangered21,464
#7Angela Endangered21,060
#8Mary Endangered19,850
#9Tammy Endangered19,053
#10Laura Endangered17,922
#11Susan Endangered17,806
#12Julie Endangered17,739
#13Karen Endangered17,633
#14Christine Endangered16,752
#15Kelly Endangered16,328
#16Elizabeth Stable15,297
#17Tracy Endangered15,108
#18Patricia Endangered14,959
#19Stephanie Endangered14,488
#20Lori Endangered14,020
#21Dawn Endangered13,768
#22Tina Endangered13,606
#23Cynthia Endangered13,516
#24Pamela Endangered13,355
#25Sandra Endangered12,185
#26Donna Endangered11,447
#27Deborah Endangered11,187
#28Rebecca Endangered10,950
#29Wendy Endangered10,624
#30Michele Endangered10,556
#31Shannon Endangered10,452
#32Teresa Endangered10,357
#33Linda Endangered10,246
#34Heather Endangered10,069
#35Denise Endangered9,798
#36Sharon Endangered9,698
#37Christina Endangered9,323
#38Brenda Endangered8,989
#39Barbara Endangered8,811
#40Maria Stable8,401
#41Cheryl Endangered8,346
#42Kathleen Endangered8,299
#43Debra Endangered7,951
#44Rhonda Endangered7,917
#45Nancy Endangered7,902
#46Robin Endangered7,501
#47Nicole Endangered7,212
#48Andrea Declining7,201
#49Theresa Endangered6,858
#50Paula Endangered6,753
#51Jill Endangered6,666
#52Stacey Endangered6,614
#53Stacy Endangered6,486
#54Tonya Endangered6,169
#55Sherry Endangered6,139
#56Carol Endangered6,138
#57Ann Endangered6,133
#58Catherine Endangered6,094
#59Monica Endangered6,032
#60Dana Endangered6,025
#61Diane Endangered5,943
#62Jacqueline Endangered5,920
#63Gina Endangered5,911
#64Leslie Endangered5,836
#65Tracey Endangered5,624
#66Kim Endangered5,450
#67Renee Endangered5,254
#68Sheila Endangered5,245
#69Rachel Endangered5,242
#70Katherine Declining5,167
#71Carolyn Endangered5,129
#72Sarah Endangered5,078
#73Margaret Endangered5,044
#74Cindy Endangered4,955
#75Suzanne Endangered4,902
#76Kristin Endangered4,753
#77Kathy Endangered4,751
#78Tamara Endangered4,652
#79Laurie Endangered4,627
#80Heidi Stable4,532
#81Diana Stable4,525
#82Beth Endangered4,460
#83Victoria Declining4,390
#84Janet Endangered4,380
#85Valerie Stable4,300
#86Regina Stable4,267
#87Holly Stable4,123
#88Deanna Endangered4,068
#89Melinda Endangered3,988
#90Carla Endangered3,964
#91Tanya Endangered3,964
#92Melanie Declining3,925
#93Terri Endangered3,903
#94Carrie Endangered3,888
#95Jodi Endangered3,865
#96Kristen Endangered3,812
#97April Endangered3,802
#98Yolanda Endangered3,771
#99Anna Declining3,720
#100Julia Stable3,712

Boys

#1Michael Past peak85,162
#2David Past peak63,672
#3James Stable59,886
#4John Past peak58,732
#5Robert Endangered58,300
#6William Declining37,607
#7Christopher Endangered35,672
#8Mark Endangered33,388
#9Brian Endangered31,669
#10Richard Endangered31,085
#11Jeffrey Endangered28,967
#12Scott Endangered28,653
#13Thomas Stable27,465
#14Steven Endangered26,532
#15Joseph Declining26,173
#16Kevin Endangered23,557
#17Timothy Endangered23,358
#18Daniel Declining23,165
#19Charles Stable21,658
#20Anthony Declining20,904
#21Eric Endangered20,747
#22Paul Endangered20,690
#23Kenneth Endangered17,553
#24Matthew Declining17,462
#25Jason Endangered16,488
#26Gregory Endangered16,166
#27Stephen Endangered15,090
#28Todd Endangered14,745
#29Ronald Endangered14,618
#30Donald Endangered12,775
#31Patrick Declining12,675
#32Edward Endangered12,451
#33Andrew Declining11,282
#34Douglas Endangered11,237
#35Gary Endangered11,142
#36Keith Endangered9,445
#37Sean Endangered9,346
#38George Stable9,199
#39Craig Endangered8,783
#40Larry Endangered8,283
#41Shawn Endangered8,267
#42Troy Endangered8,098
#43Peter Stable7,832
#44Dennis Endangered7,357
#45Jerry Endangered7,283
#46Jonathan Declining7,080
#47Frank Endangered6,917
#48Jeffery Endangered6,738
#49Rodney Endangered6,669
#50Raymond Endangered6,638
#51Bryan Declining6,469
#52Terry Endangered6,415
#53Bradley Declining6,389
#54Tony Endangered5,516
#55Randy Endangered5,265
#56Jose Stable5,185
#57Russell Stable5,156
#58Corey Endangered4,924
#59Roger Endangered4,905
#60Darren Endangered4,660
#61Aaron Declining4,596
#62Carl Endangered4,522
#63Marc Endangered4,500
#64Samuel Stable4,430
#65Gerald Endangered4,384
#66Chris Endangered4,280
#67Johnny Endangered4,219
#68Jon Endangered4,213
#69Chad Endangered4,060
#70Vincent Stable4,056
#71Lawrence Endangered4,044
#72Bruce Endangered4,041
#73Danny Endangered4,010
#74Phillip Endangered4,006
#75Wayne Endangered3,896
#76Alan Stable3,852
#77Billy Endangered3,773
#78Martin Stable3,758
#79Jimmy Endangered3,757
#80Joel Declining3,681
#81Curtis Endangered3,675
#82Bobby Endangered3,652
#83Joe Endangered3,617
#84Walter Stable3,569
#85Randall Endangered3,562
#86Philip Endangered3,540
#87Shane Endangered3,531
#88Glenn Endangered3,467
#89Dean Stable3,445
#90Ricky Endangered3,415
#91Benjamin Declining3,379
#92Brent Endangered3,355
#93Darrell Endangered3,249
#94Brett Endangered3,183
#95Jay Stable3,181
#96Dale Endangered3,154
#97Arthur Rising3,138
#98Steve Endangered3,062
#99Barry Endangered3,060
#100Henry Stable3,055