Popular names of 1968, and how old they are now

People born in 1968 turn 58 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 3.4 million births in 1968 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 88% of them are still alive: about 3 million people.

The year's top names were Lisa for girls and Michael for boys. Babies born that year are Gen Xers (see Gen X names).

12 names on AgeByName had their busiest year ever in 1968: Kelly, Tina, Michele, Kelley, Tammi, Josette, Gena, Shelli, Nichelle, Annemarie, Kraig and Brigette.

Top girl names of 1968

Most popular girl names of 1968
#	Name	Born 1968	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Lisa	49,534	45,000	56
2	Michelle	33,223	30,000	48
3	Kimberly	31,906	29,000	48
4	Jennifer	26,853	24,000	46
5	Melissa	21,733	20,000	46
6	Mary	21,727	20,000	66
7	Angela	20,670	19,000	49
8	Tammy	20,058	18,000	58
9	Karen	19,560	18,000	63
10	Susan	19,503	18,000	66
11	Laura	18,741	17,000	51
12	Kelly	17,138	16,000	48
13	Amy	17,090	16,000	47
14	Christine	16,525	15,000	57
15	Patricia	15,803	14,000	68
16	Julie	15,750	14,000	55
17	Elizabeth	14,887	14,000	44
18	Tina	14,772	13,000	56
19	Cynthia	14,050	13,000	60
20	Pamela	14,031	13,000	64
21	Dawn	13,441	12,000	57
22	Lori	13,126	12,000	58
23	Stephanie	12,953	12,000	43
24	Donna	12,748	12,000	68
25	Tracy	12,743	12,000	55
26	Sandra	12,686	12,000	66
27	Deborah	12,288	11,000	66
28	Linda	11,371	10,000	70
29	Michele	11,219	10,000	58
30	Teresa	10,912	9,900	59
31	Wendy	10,709	9,700	55
32	Sharon	10,340	9,400	68
33	Rebecca	10,225	9,300	48
34	Brenda	9,945	9,000	63
35	Denise	9,877	9,000	59
36	Barbara	9,740	8,800	72
37	Cheryl	9,138	8,300	65
38	Debra	9,095	8,300	66
39	Nancy	8,961	8,100	68
40	Kathleen	8,729	7,900	64
41	Maria	8,386	7,600	45
42	Rhonda	8,268	7,500	61
43	Robin	8,180	7,400	58
44	Christina	8,016	7,300	44
45	Paula	7,637	6,900	62
46	Jill	7,521	6,800	57
47	Theresa	7,307	6,600	61
48	Andrea	7,089	6,400	42
49	Carol	7,078	6,400	72
50	Jacqueline	6,745	6,100	51

Top boy names of 1968

Most popular boy names of 1968
#	Name	Born 1968	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Michael	81,968	70,000	49
2	David	63,679	54,000	52
3	John	60,903	52,000	55
4	James	60,665	52,000	54
5	Robert	58,174	50,000	58
6	William	36,927	31,000	51
7	Mark	35,401	30,000	56
8	Richard	32,976	28,000	60
9	Christopher	31,468	27,000	41
10	Brian	29,922	26,000	48
11	Jeffrey	28,369	24,000	53
12	Thomas	27,420	23,000	53
13	Timothy	26,496	23,000	50
14	Scott	26,022	22,000	53
15	Steven	25,493	22,000	52
16	Joseph	25,396	22,000	45
17	Kevin	23,862	20,000	45
18	Daniel	22,012	19,000	42
19	Paul	21,865	19,000	57
20	Charles	21,575	18,000	54
21	Anthony	20,231	17,000	40
22	Eric	18,501	16,000	44
23	Kenneth	18,077	15,000	57
24	Matthew	15,823	13,000	36
25	Ronald	15,415	13,000	64
26	Gregory	15,392	13,000	54
27	Stephen	14,761	13,000	54
28	Todd	14,659	13,000	54
29	Donald	13,362	11,000	64
30	Patrick	13,062	11,000	47
31	Edward	12,276	10,000	56
32	Gary	11,973	10,000	65
33	Douglas	11,405	9,700	59
34	Andrew	10,563	9,000	36
35	Keith	9,861	8,400	54
36	George	9,382	8,000	57
37	Sean	9,172	7,800	38
38	Larry	8,231	7,000	65
39	Peter	8,122	6,900	51
40	Troy	7,976	6,800	46
41	Craig	7,858	6,700	56
42	Rodney	7,505	6,400	56
43	Shawn	7,478	6,400	45
44	Jerry	7,450	6,400	63
45	Dennis	7,403	6,300	63
46	Jeffery	7,223	6,200	54
47	Jason	7,143	6,100	42
48	Terry	7,089	6,000	62
49	Frank	6,897	5,900	59
50	Raymond	6,883	5,900	56

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1968, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of them are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables for people born in 1968. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1968 babies. How we calculate this