Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1968

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Lisa	4,436
2	Jennifer	2,513
3	Michelle	2,471
4	Christine	2,292
5	Karen	1,980
6	Susan	1,826
7	Elizabeth	1,804
8	Mary	1,799
9	Kimberly	1,737
10	Patricia	1,724
11	Laura	1,696
12	Michele	1,484
13	Dawn	1,467
14	Kelly	1,430
15	Maria	1,403
16	Deborah	1,302
17	Kathleen	1,299
18	Melissa	1,273
19	Denise	1,256
20	Amy	1,253
21	Donna	1,197
22	Nancy	1,162
23	Linda	1,088
24	Tammy	1,084
25	Lori	1,030

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Barbara	1,014
27	Jacqueline	972
28	Pamela	967
29	Cynthia	939
30	Kim	921
31	Julie	910
32	Sandra	904
33	Tina	874
34	Debra	851
35	Tracy	841
36	Stephanie	823
37	Sharon	819
37	Theresa	819
39	Diane	801
40	Wendy	800
41	Catherine	781
42	Christina	739
43	Angela	727
44	Margaret	711
45	Andrea	696
46	Jill	694
47	Cheryl	684
48	Suzanne	682
49	Ann	672
50	Gina	659
50	Robin	659
52	Brenda	612
53	Carol	567
54	Renee	564
55	Rebecca	561
56	Diana	548
57	Stacey	533
58	Laurie	524
59	Colleen	518
60	Lynn	511
61	Carolyn	501
62	Anne	487
63	Janet	485
64	Maureen	484
65	Beth	472
66	Tracey	460
67	Nicole	457
68	Eileen	452
69	Valerie	447
70	Victoria	443
71	Teresa	438
72	Carmen	435
73	Joanne	429
74	Yvette	406
75	Katherine	403
76	Heather	401
77	Paula	400
78	Yolanda	383
79	Leslie	378
80	Marie	369
81	Danielle	362
82	Evelyn	357
82	Wanda	357
84	Tanya	356
85	Anna	353
86	Rachel	349
87	Monica	347
88	Kristen	340
89	Kristin	337
90	Stacy	333
91	Darlene	330
92	Cindy	325
93	Sheila	323
94	Heidi	321
94	Jodi	321
96	Annette	319
97	Sarah	318
98	Regina	313
99	Tara	303
100	Jeanette	302