Popular names of 1969, and how old they are now

People born in 1969 turn 57 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 3.5 million births in 1969 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 89% of them are still alive: about 3.1 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 1969: Michelle, Yolanda, Kellie, Leigh, Dina, Lara, Rochelle, Leanne, Annmarie, Vance, Marnie and Malinda.

Top girl names of 1969

Most popular girl names of 1969
#	Name	Born 1969	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Lisa	45,028	41,000	56
2	Michelle	34,319	31,000	48
3	Jennifer	33,705	31,000	46
4	Kimberly	33,077	30,000	48
5	Melissa	23,018	21,000	46
6	Amy	21,464	20,000	47
7	Angela	21,060	19,000	49
8	Mary	19,850	18,000	66
9	Tammy	19,053	17,000	58
10	Laura	17,922	16,000	51
11	Susan	17,806	16,000	66
12	Julie	17,739	16,000	55
13	Karen	17,633	16,000	63
14	Christine	16,752	15,000	57
15	Kelly	16,328	15,000	48
16	Elizabeth	15,297	14,000	44
17	Tracy	15,108	14,000	55
18	Patricia	14,959	14,000	68
19	Stephanie	14,488	13,000	43
20	Lori	14,020	13,000	58
21	Dawn	13,768	13,000	57
22	Tina	13,606	12,000	56
23	Cynthia	13,516	12,000	60
24	Pamela	13,355	12,000	64
25	Sandra	12,185	11,000	66
26	Donna	11,447	10,000	68
27	Deborah	11,187	10,000	66
28	Rebecca	10,950	10,000	48
29	Wendy	10,624	9,700	55
30	Michele	10,556	9,700	58
31	Shannon	10,452	9,600	46
32	Teresa	10,357	9,500	59
33	Linda	10,246	9,400	70
34	Heather	10,069	9,200	45
35	Denise	9,798	9,000	59
36	Sharon	9,698	8,900	68
37	Christina	9,323	8,500	44
38	Brenda	8,989	8,200	63
39	Barbara	8,811	8,100	72
40	Maria	8,401	7,700	45
41	Cheryl	8,346	7,600	65
42	Kathleen	8,299	7,600	64
43	Debra	7,951	7,300	66
44	Rhonda	7,917	7,200	61
45	Nancy	7,902	7,200	68
46	Robin	7,501	6,900	58
47	Nicole	7,212	6,600	39
48	Andrea	7,201	6,600	42
49	Theresa	6,858	6,300	61
50	Paula	6,753	6,200	62

Top boy names of 1969

Most popular boy names of 1969
#	Name	Born 1969	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Michael	85,162	73,000	49
2	David	63,672	55,000	52
3	James	59,886	52,000	54
4	John	58,732	51,000	55
5	Robert	58,300	50,000	58
6	William	37,607	32,000	51
7	Christopher	35,672	31,000	41
8	Mark	33,388	29,000	56
9	Brian	31,669	27,000	48
10	Richard	31,085	27,000	60
11	Jeffrey	28,967	25,000	53
12	Scott	28,653	25,000	53
13	Thomas	27,465	24,000	53
14	Steven	26,532	23,000	52
15	Joseph	26,173	23,000	45
16	Kevin	23,557	20,000	45
17	Timothy	23,358	20,000	50
18	Daniel	23,165	20,000	42
19	Charles	21,658	19,000	54
20	Anthony	20,904	18,000	40
21	Eric	20,747	18,000	44
22	Paul	20,690	18,000	57
23	Kenneth	17,553	15,000	57
24	Matthew	17,462	15,000	36
25	Jason	16,488	14,000	42
26	Gregory	16,166	14,000	54
27	Stephen	15,090	13,000	54
28	Todd	14,745	13,000	54
29	Ronald	14,618	13,000	64
30	Donald	12,775	11,000	64
31	Patrick	12,675	11,000	47
32	Edward	12,451	11,000	56
33	Andrew	11,282	9,700	36
34	Douglas	11,237	9,700	59
35	Gary	11,142	9,600	65
36	Keith	9,445	8,100	54
37	Sean	9,346	8,100	38
38	George	9,199	7,900	57
39	Craig	8,783	7,600	56
40	Larry	8,283	7,100	65
41	Shawn	8,267	7,100	45
42	Troy	8,098	7,000	46
43	Peter	7,832	6,800	51
44	Dennis	7,357	6,300	63
45	Jerry	7,283	6,300	63
46	Jonathan	7,080	6,100	35
47	Frank	6,917	6,000	59
48	Jeffery	6,738	5,800	54
49	Rodney	6,669	5,800	56
50	Raymond	6,638	5,700	56

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1969, 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 1969. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1969 babies. How we calculate this