Most popular girls’ 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	Lisa	4,497
2	Michelle	3,833
3	Jennifer	2,908
4	Kimberly	2,639
5	Laura	1,980
6	Julie	1,791
7	Christine	1,631
8	Karen	1,537
9	Patricia	1,499
10	Maria	1,497
11	Elizabeth	1,488
12	Kelly	1,459
13	Mary	1,448
14	Tina	1,402
15	Cynthia	1,395
16	Susan	1,368
17	Sandra	1,340
18	Stephanie	1,335
19	Angela	1,266
20	Christina	1,261
21	Melissa	1,217
22	Deborah	1,120
23	Michele	1,112
24	Wendy	1,111
25	Tammy	1,097

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Denise	1,095
27	Tracy	1,050
28	Linda	985
29	Lori	983
30	Dawn	970
31	Teresa	964
32	Gina	945
33	Rebecca	940
34	Shannon	932
35	Kathleen	816
36	Amy	799
37	Nancy	793
38	Monica	792
39	Pamela	775
40	Andrea	773
41	Donna	756
42	Cheryl	751
43	Debra	748
44	Diana	727
45	Heather	713
46	Stacy	712
47	Barbara	688
48	Brenda	682
49	Jill	669
50	Theresa	656
51	Robin	653
52	Stacey	629
53	Sharon	610
54	Diane	602
55	Tamara	587
56	Rhonda	582
57	Renee	581
58	Catherine	579
59	Nicole	550
60	Carol	543
61	Suzanne	536
61	Veronica	536
63	Paula	530
64	Victoria	524
65	Katherine	520
66	Dana	514
67	Kim	508
68	Deanna	497
69	Anna	496
69	Leslie	496
71	Cindy	494
72	Jacqueline	492
73	Kristin	481
74	Carrie	469
75	Yolanda	463
76	Ann	457
77	Yvonne	456
78	Heidi	454
79	Rachel	451
80	Valerie	449
81	April	445
82	Tanya	434
83	Regina	421
84	Carolyn	416
85	Shelly	411
86	Alicia	398
87	Sheila	389
88	Margaret	383
89	Kristine	382
90	Yvette	380
91	Sylvia	379
92	Tiffany	376
93	Kristen	374
94	Laurie	373
94	Sherry	373
96	Annette	372
97	Janet	370
97	Martha	370
99	Erin	368
100	Sheri	367