Most Popular Baby Names of 1969

In 1969, Lisa was the most popular name for girls, given to 45,028 babies, and Michael topped the boys' list with 85,162. Lisa held on to number one for a eighth year in a row, and Michael held on to number one for a ninth year in a row.

Social Security counted 1,687,016 girls and 1,788,174 boys born in 1969 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 8,708 different girls' names and 5,043 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 1969

Top girls' names, 1969
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968
1	Lisa	45,028	same
2	Michelle	34,319	same
3	Jennifer	33,705	up 1
4	Kimberly	33,077	down 1
5	Melissa	23,018	same
6	Amy	21,464	up 7
7	Angela	21,060	same
8	Mary	19,850	down 2
9	Tammy	19,053	down 1
10	Laura	17,922	up 1
11	Susan	17,806	down 1
12	Julie	17,739	up 4
13	Karen	17,633	down 4
14	Christine	16,752	same
15	Kelly	16,328	down 3
16	Elizabeth	15,297	up 1
17	Tracy	15,108	up 8
18	Patricia	14,959	down 3
19	Stephanie	14,488	up 4
20	Lori	14,020	up 2
21	Dawn	13,768	same
22	Tina	13,606	down 4
23	Cynthia	13,516	down 4
24	Pamela	13,355	down 4
25	Sandra	12,185	up 1
26	Donna	11,447	down 2
27	Deborah	11,187	same
28	Rebecca	10,950	up 5
29	Wendy	10,624	up 2
30	Michele	10,556	down 1
31	Shannon	10,452	up 22
32	Teresa	10,357	down 2
33	Linda	10,246	down 5
34	Heather	10,069	up 28
35	Denise	9,798	same
36	Sharon	9,698	down 4
37	Christina	9,323	up 7
38	Brenda	8,989	down 4
39	Barbara	8,811	down 3
40	Maria	8,401	up 1
41	Cheryl	8,346	down 4
42	Kathleen	8,299	down 2
43	Debra	7,951	down 5
44	Rhonda	7,917	down 2
45	Nancy	7,902	down 6
46	Robin	7,501	down 3
47	Nicole	7,212	up 61
48	Andrea	7,201	same
49	Theresa	6,858	down 2
50	Paula	6,753	down 5
51	Jill	6,666	down 5
52	Stacey	6,614	up 3
53	Stacy	6,486	up 11
54	Tonya	6,169	up 6
55	Sherry	6,139	down 3
56	Carol	6,138	down 7
57	Ann	6,133	down 3
58	Catherine	6,094	down 2
59	Monica	6,032	up 9
60	Dana	6,025	up 10
61	Diane	5,943	down 10
62	Jacqueline	5,920	down 12
63	Gina	5,911	down 5
64	Leslie	5,836	up 2
65	Tracey	5,624	up 7
66	Kim	5,450	down 9
67	Renee	5,254	down 2
68	Sheila	5,245	down 9
69	Rachel	5,242	up 23
70	Katherine	5,167	up 5
71	Carolyn	5,129	down 10
72	Sarah	5,078	up 6
73	Margaret	5,044	down 10
74	Cindy	4,955	down 7
75	Suzanne	4,902	down 6
76	Kristin	4,753	up 8
77	Kathy	4,751	down 1
78	Tamara	4,652	up 2
79	Laurie	4,627	same
80	Heidi	4,532	up 9
81	Diana	4,525	down 10
82	Beth	4,460	down 8
83	Victoria	4,390	down 1
84	Janet	4,380	down 11
85	Valerie	4,300	down 8
86	Regina	4,267	down 5
87	Holly	4,123	up 16
88	Deanna	4,068	up 16
89	Melinda	3,988	up 1
90	Carla	3,964	up 1
91	Tanya	3,964	up 15
92	Melanie	3,925	up 2
93	Terri	3,903	down 10
94	Carrie	3,888	down 8
95	Jodi	3,865	up 2
96	Kristen	3,812	up 11
97	April	3,802	down 1
98	Yolanda	3,771	down 5
99	Anna	3,720	same
100	Julia	3,712	up 13

Top boys' names, 1969
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968
1	Michael	85,162	same
2	David	63,672	same
3	James	59,886	up 1
4	John	58,732	down 1
5	Robert	58,300	same
6	William	37,607	same
7	Christopher	35,672	up 2
8	Mark	33,388	down 1
9	Brian	31,669	up 1
10	Richard	31,085	down 2
11	Jeffrey	28,967	same
12	Scott	28,653	up 2
13	Thomas	27,465	down 1
14	Steven	26,532	up 1
15	Joseph	26,173	up 1
16	Kevin	23,557	up 1
17	Timothy	23,358	down 4
18	Daniel	23,165	same
19	Charles	21,658	up 1
20	Anthony	20,904	up 1
21	Eric	20,747	up 1
22	Paul	20,690	down 3
23	Kenneth	17,553	same
24	Matthew	17,462	same
25	Jason	16,488	up 22
26	Gregory	16,166	same
27	Stephen	15,090	same
28	Todd	14,745	same
29	Ronald	14,618	down 4
30	Donald	12,775	down 1
31	Patrick	12,675	down 1
32	Edward	12,451	down 1
33	Andrew	11,282	up 1
34	Douglas	11,237	down 1
35	Gary	11,142	down 3
36	Keith	9,445	down 1
37	Sean	9,346	same
38	George	9,199	down 2
39	Craig	8,783	up 2
40	Larry	8,283	down 2
41	Shawn	8,267	up 2
42	Troy	8,098	down 2
43	Peter	7,832	down 4
44	Dennis	7,357	up 1
45	Jerry	7,283	down 1
46	Jonathan	7,080	up 7
47	Frank	6,917	up 2
48	Jeffery	6,738	down 2
49	Rodney	6,669	down 7
50	Raymond	6,638	same
51	Bryan	6,469	same
52	Terry	6,415	down 4
53	Bradley	6,389	up 4
54	Tony	5,516	down 2
55	Randy	5,265	down 1
56	Jose	5,185	up 2
57	Russell	5,156	down 1
58	Corey	4,924	up 113
59	Roger	4,905	down 4
60	Darren	4,660	same
61	Aaron	4,596	up 26
62	Carl	4,522	down 3
63	Marc	4,500	up 21
64	Samuel	4,430	up 2
65	Gerald	4,384	down 3
66	Chris	4,280	down 2
67	Johnny	4,219	up 2
68	Jon	4,213	down 3
69	Chad	4,060	up 35
70	Vincent	4,056	up 3
71	Lawrence	4,044	down 4
72	Bruce	4,041	down 11
73	Danny	4,010	down 1
74	Phillip	4,006	down 3
75	Wayne	3,896	down 12
76	Alan	3,852	down 2
77	Billy	3,773	down 1
78	Martin	3,758	down 10
79	Jimmy	3,757	down 2
80	Joel	3,681	same
81	Curtis	3,675	down 6
82	Bobby	3,652	down 1
83	Joe	3,617	up 2
84	Walter	3,569	down 1
85	Randall	3,562	down 6
86	Philip	3,540	down 4
87	Shane	3,531	up 33
88	Glenn	3,467	up 4
89	Dean	3,445	down 11
90	Ricky	3,415	down 20
91	Benjamin	3,379	up 8
92	Brent	3,355	up 10
93	Darrell	3,249	down 7
94	Brett	3,183	up 11
95	Jay	3,181	down 7
96	Dale	3,154	down 5
97	Arthur	3,138	up 1
98	Steve	3,062	down 9
99	Barry	3,060	up 8
100	Henry	3,055	down 5

Biggest climbers in 1969

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 1968.

Girls

Nichole: up 382 places, from 696th to 314th
Charity: up 314 places, from 967th to 653rd
Tisha: up 256 places, from 740th to 484th
Kenya: up 256 places, from 928th to 672nd
Shanda: up 243 places, from 886th to 643rd
Christal: up 236 places, from 975th to 739th
Tyra: up 220 places, from 840th to 620th
Kami: up 220 places, from 968th to 748th
Shannan: up 205 places, from 793rd to 588th
Latricia: up 203 places, from 922nd to 719th

Boys

Darian: up 357 places, from 987th to 630th
Jamal: up 310 places, from 790th to 480th
Jonas: up 288 places, from 962nd to 674th
Chance: up 218 places, from 912th to 694th
Korey: up 204 places, from 905th to 701st
Ari: up 197 places, from 996th to 799th
Tobias: up 193 places, from 967th to 774th
Tory: up 192 places, from 985th to 793rd
Kristian: up 173 places, from 836th to 663rd
Dylan: up 172 places, from 686th to 514th

New to the top 1,000 in 1969

Girls

Shani, 665th (its first time ever)
Chanda, 698th (its first time ever)
Cinnamon, 699th (its first time ever)
Chelsea, 702nd (its first time ever)
Gia, 728th (back after dropping out)
Tressa, 762nd (back after dropping out)
Ami, 775th (its first time ever)
Anjanette, 787th (back after dropping out)
Racquel, 810th (its first time ever)
Nicolle, 812th (its first time ever)

Boys

Jemal, 549th (its first time ever)
Jamison, 713th (its first time ever)
Aric, 798th (its first time ever)
Donavan, 805th (its first time ever)
Torrey, 807th (its first time ever)
Torrance, 811th (its first time ever)
Beau, 817th (back after dropping out)
Shanon, 821st (its first time ever)
Chandler, 842nd (its first time ever)
Broderick, 847th (back after dropping out)

How spread out were names in 1969?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 15.9% of the girls counted in 1969, and the top ten boys' names to 27.7% of the boys. In 1949, those shares were 24.7% for girls and 33.9% for boys.

Source: Social Security Administration, national baby name data, data through 2025. Names given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year aren't published, so totals are a little lower than actual births.