Most popular boys’ names in California, 1968
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 8,079 |
| 2 | David | 6,481 |
| 3 | Robert | 5,886 |
| 4 | John | 5,575 |
| 5 | James | 4,647 |
| 6 | Richard | 3,526 |
| 7 | Mark | 3,260 |
| 8 | Steven | 2,843 |
| 9 | Christopher | 2,840 |
| 10 | Brian | 2,694 |
| 11 | William | 2,680 |
| 12 | Daniel | 2,541 |
| 13 | Eric | 2,497 |
| 14 | Scott | 2,488 |
| 15 | Jeffrey | 2,418 |
| 16 | Paul | 2,260 |
| 17 | Timothy | 2,054 |
| 18 | Kevin | 2,043 |
| 19 | Anthony | 2,026 |
| 20 | Thomas | 1,980 |
| 21 | Joseph | 1,933 |
| 22 | Matthew | 1,760 |
| 23 | Kenneth | 1,556 |
| 24 | Sean | 1,478 |
| 25 | Charles | 1,460 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Gregory | 1,419 |
| 27 | Ronald | 1,357 |
| 28 | Stephen | 1,212 |
| 29 | Todd | 1,209 |
| 30 | Gary | 1,154 |
| 31 | Edward | 1,143 |
| 32 | Jose | 1,132 |
| 33 | Patrick | 1,125 |
| 34 | Donald | 1,113 |
| 35 | Jason | 1,092 |
| 36 | Andrew | 955 |
| 37 | Douglas | 879 |
| 38 | George | 853 |
| 39 | Frank | 847 |
| 40 | Craig | 790 |
| 41 | Peter | 785 |
| 42 | Shawn | 775 |
| 43 | Dennis | 736 |
| 44 | Keith | 720 |
| 45 | Raymond | 715 |
| 46 | Larry | 661 |
| 47 | Bryan | 632 |
| 48 | Jerry | 604 |
| 49 | Troy | 598 |
| 50 | Aaron | 559 |
| 50 | Martin | 559 |
| 52 | Mike | 540 |
| 53 | Juan | 534 |
| 54 | Chris | 514 |
| 55 | Jonathan | 513 |
| 56 | Tony | 511 |
| 57 | Jeffery | 507 |
| 58 | Carlos | 505 |
| 59 | Steve | 503 |
| 60 | Victor | 500 |
| 61 | Jon | 482 |
| 62 | Jeff | 479 |
| 63 | Manuel | 461 |
| 64 | Erik | 456 |
| 64 | Rodney | 456 |
| 66 | Danny | 453 |
| 66 | Darren | 453 |
| 68 | Randy | 449 |
| 69 | Marc | 440 |
| 70 | Joe | 438 |
| 71 | Russell | 433 |
| 72 | Vincent | 423 |
| 73 | Phillip | 415 |
| 74 | Roger | 397 |
| 75 | Dean | 393 |
| 76 | Johnny | 384 |
| 77 | Alan | 382 |
| 78 | Brett | 377 |
| 78 | Lawrence | 377 |
| 80 | Derek | 372 |
| 81 | Terry | 369 |
| 82 | Gerald | 368 |
| 83 | Joel | 361 |
| 84 | Arthur | 351 |
| 85 | Mario | 346 |
| 86 | Jesus | 345 |
| 87 | Albert | 344 |
| 88 | Philip | 343 |
| 89 | Ruben | 342 |
| 90 | Bruce | 340 |
| 91 | Samuel | 339 |
| 92 | Bradley | 336 |
| 92 | Luis | 336 |
| 94 | Benjamin | 335 |
| 95 | Christian | 330 |
| 96 | Carl | 329 |
| 97 | Wayne | 328 |
| 98 | Ricardo | 325 |
| 99 | Jesse | 317 |
| 100 | Francisco | 313 |