Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1968
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 4,990 |
| 2 | John | 4,040 |
| 3 | David | 3,931 |
| 4 | Robert | 3,834 |
| 5 | James | 3,459 |
| 6 | William | 2,607 |
| 7 | Mark | 2,254 |
| 8 | Joseph | 2,210 |
| 9 | Brian | 2,114 |
| 10 | Richard | 2,069 |
| 11 | Thomas | 2,044 |
| 12 | Christopher | 1,863 |
| 13 | Jeffrey | 1,770 |
| 14 | Scott | 1,662 |
| 15 | Timothy | 1,504 |
| 16 | Daniel | 1,393 |
| 17 | Kevin | 1,340 |
| 18 | Steven | 1,282 |
| 19 | Eric | 1,216 |
| 20 | Paul | 1,154 |
| 21 | Matthew | 1,148 |
| 22 | Charles | 1,138 |
| 23 | Ronald | 1,117 |
| 24 | Anthony | 1,097 |
| 25 | Stephen | 1,086 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Edward | 994 |
| 27 | Kenneth | 950 |
| 28 | Gregory | 882 |
| 29 | Donald | 856 |
| 30 | Todd | 841 |
| 31 | Douglas | 748 |
| 32 | Andrew | 727 |
| 33 | Patrick | 684 |
| 34 | George | 670 |
| 35 | Gary | 642 |
| 36 | Keith | 638 |
| 37 | Shawn | 592 |
| 38 | Frank | 530 |
| 39 | Sean | 520 |
| 40 | Craig | 481 |
| 41 | Dennis | 452 |
| 42 | Raymond | 447 |
| 43 | Peter | 433 |
| 44 | Troy | 403 |
| 45 | Jonathan | 336 |
| 46 | Bryan | 319 |
| 47 | Samuel | 313 |
| 48 | Wayne | 305 |
| 49 | Larry | 304 |
| 49 | Rodney | 304 |
| 51 | Vincent | 303 |
| 52 | Gerald | 299 |
| 53 | Terry | 298 |
| 54 | Carl | 292 |
| 55 | Randy | 283 |
| 56 | Lawrence | 267 |
| 57 | Bruce | 264 |
| 57 | Jason | 264 |
| 59 | Walter | 263 |
| 60 | Russell | 254 |
| 61 | Dean | 251 |
| 62 | Marc | 249 |
| 63 | Barry | 242 |
| 64 | Francis | 238 |
| 64 | Harry | 238 |
| 66 | Martin | 232 |
| 67 | Philip | 226 |
| 68 | Darren | 219 |
| 69 | Glenn | 217 |
| 69 | Jeffery | 217 |
| 71 | Nicholas | 212 |
| 72 | Dale | 205 |
| 73 | Bradley | 202 |
| 74 | Eugene | 201 |
| 75 | Alan | 196 |
| 75 | Louis | 196 |
| 77 | Roger | 187 |
| 78 | Chris | 186 |
| 79 | Frederick | 182 |
| 80 | Albert | 177 |
| 81 | Jay | 175 |
| 82 | Leonard | 174 |
| 83 | Aaron | 171 |
| 84 | Arthur | 165 |
| 85 | Adam | 163 |
| 86 | Jon | 162 |
| 87 | Joel | 156 |
| 87 | Theodore | 156 |
| 89 | Curtis | 153 |
| 90 | Benjamin | 151 |
| 91 | Howard | 149 |
| 92 | Allen | 142 |
| 93 | Jerry | 141 |
| 94 | Lee | 140 |
| 95 | Ralph | 138 |
| 96 | Duane | 135 |
| 96 | Erik | 135 |
| 96 | Harold | 135 |
| 99 | Brett | 133 |
| 100 | Kurt | 127 |