US baby names · 1967

Most popular baby names of 1967

In 1967, Social Security card applications recorded 1,651,025 girls and 1,743,811 boys born in the US under names given to at least five babies of the same sex. That covers 7,852 distinct girls’ names and 4,551 boys’ names.

The most common names were Lisa (52,437 girls) and Michael (82,411 boys). The ten most common girls’ names together account for 16% of recorded girls, and the top ten boys’ names for 28% of boys. Compared with 1966, 80,802 fewer babies were recorded in total.

Against the top 100 of 1966, 5 girls’ names and 2 boys’ names in 1967 are newcomers (girls: April, Heather, Victoria; boys: Joel, Victor). Of these names, 4 of the 100 girls’ names and 19 of the 100 boys’ names are still in the top 100 in 2025.

Ranks follow SSA’s order: most births first, with ties listed alphabetically. Each sparkline shows the name’s full history from 1880 to 2025, so you can see whether a 1967 favourite was rising, at its peak or already fading.

SSA names.zip · Social Security card applications · retrieved 2026-10-05

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Top 100 girls’ names, 1967

Rank	Name	Girls
#1	Lisa	52,437
#2	Kimberly	33,097
#3	Michelle	30,827
#4	Mary	25,316
#5	Susan	22,262
#6	Karen	21,537
#7	Angela	19,555
#8	Tammy	18,652
#9	Melissa	18,377
#10	Jennifer	18,236
#11	Patricia	17,753
#12	Amy	16,122
#13	Elizabeth	16,116
#14	Christine	15,991
#15	Laura	15,819
#16	Julie	15,547
#17	Pamela	15,368
#18	Cynthia	15,340
#19	Donna	14,787
#20	Sandra	14,738
#21	Tina	14,160
#22	Deborah	14,012
#23	Kelly	13,717
#24	Lori	13,564
#25	Stephanie	13,354
#26	Linda	13,196
#27	Dawn	13,167
#28	Teresa	12,272
#29	Tracy	11,951
#30	Sharon	11,923
#31	Brenda	11,479
#32	Wendy	11,223
#33	Barbara	11,203
#34	Denise	11,078
#35	Cheryl	10,767
#36	Michele	10,416
#37	Nancy	10,268
#38	Debra	10,217
#39	Rebecca	9,823
#40	Kathleen	9,209
#41	Rhonda	9,072
#42	Maria	8,878
#43	Theresa	8,105
#44	Diane	7,818
#45	Robin	7,696
#46	Paula	7,694
#47	Carol	7,491
#48	Andrea	7,418
#49	Kim	7,408
#50	Jill	7,398
#51	Sherry	7,130
#52	Jacqueline	6,954
#53	Christina	6,600
#54	Gina	6,358
#55	Catherine	6,345
#56	Sheila	6,326
#57	Ann	6,247
#58	Margaret	6,226
#59	Cindy	5,781
#60	Carolyn	5,719
#61	Janet	5,657
#62	Renee	5,564
#63	Suzanne	5,489
#64	Kathy	5,406
#65	Diana	5,340
#66	Leslie	5,318
#67	Beth	5,186
#68	Tonya	5,164
#69	Stacey	5,117
#70	Monica	4,966
#71	Dana	4,935
#72	Laurie	4,921
#73	Valerie	4,757
#74	Stacy	4,597
#75	Connie	4,583
#76	Katherine	4,560
#77	Terri	4,523
#78	Tracey	4,498
#79	April	4,466
#80	Regina	4,362
#81	Lynn	4,196
#82	Carla	4,185
#83	Sarah	4,139
#84	Anne	4,102
#85	Annette	4,005
#86	Tamara	4,000
#87	Heather	3,904
#88	Heidi	3,865
#89	Sherri	3,841
#90	Debbie	3,742
#91	Anna	3,728
#92	Kathryn	3,695
#93	Victoria	3,664
#94	Shelly	3,648
#95	Melinda	3,632
#96	Colleen	3,621
#97	Kristin	3,600
#98	Anita	3,518
#99	Janice	3,514
#100	Wanda	3,473

Top 100 boys’ names, 1967

Rank	Name	Boys
#1	Michael	82,411
#2	David	66,806
#3	James	61,683
#4	John	61,600
#5	Robert	56,369
#6	William	37,615
#7	Mark	34,910
#8	Richard	33,585
#9	Christopher	29,413
#10	Brian	28,646
#11	Timothy	28,587
#12	Thomas	28,247
#13	Jeffrey	28,083
#14	Steven	27,031
#15	Joseph	25,926
#16	Scott	25,535
#17	Kevin	24,603
#18	Paul	22,821
#19	Daniel	22,192
#20	Charles	21,288
#21	Anthony	20,887
#22	Kenneth	19,263
#23	Eric	17,830
#24	Ronald	16,443
#25	Gregory	15,775
#26	Stephen	15,087
#27	Donald	14,226
#28	Matthew	13,568
#29	Todd	13,453
#30	Patrick	12,976
#31	Edward	12,652
#32	Gary	12,616
#33	Douglas	11,434
#34	Keith	11,006
#35	Andrew	9,967
#36	George	9,699
#37	Rodney	8,440
#38	Larry	8,332
#39	Peter	8,311
#40	Troy	7,933
#41	Jerry	7,780
#42	Terry	7,685
#43	Dennis	7,636
#44	Sean	7,496
#45	Frank	7,426
#46	Craig	7,311
#47	Jeffery	7,226
#48	Raymond	7,065
#49	Randy	6,799
#50	Tony	6,220
#51	Shawn	6,138
#52	Bryan	6,017
#53	Roger	5,723
#54	Jason	5,336
#55	Bruce	5,067
#56	Jonathan	4,920
#57	Carl	4,890
#58	Russell	4,889
#59	Gerald	4,873
#60	Chris	4,618
#61	Alan	4,572
#62	Wayne	4,470
#63	Darren	4,440
#64	Jose	4,417
#65	Vincent	4,393
#66	Bradley	4,342
#67	Lawrence	4,341
#68	Danny	4,310
#69	Samuel	4,232
#70	Johnny	4,169
#71	Jon	4,160
#72	Randall	4,062
#73	Phillip	4,049
#74	Jimmy	4,021
#75	Ricky	4,019
#76	Billy	3,984
#77	Curtis	3,966
#78	Dean	3,914
#79	Steve	3,909
#80	Martin	3,834
#81	Walter	3,808
#82	Philip	3,786
#83	Bobby	3,779
#84	Mike	3,757
#85	Joe	3,717
#86	Darrell	3,652
#87	Jay	3,612
#88	Jeff	3,591
#89	Dale	3,537
#90	Joel	3,476
#91	Glenn	3,440
#92	Willie	3,391
#93	Henry	3,332
#94	Arthur	3,312
#95	Roy	3,276
#96	Barry	3,208
#97	Victor	3,194
#98	Albert	3,169
#99	Tracy	3,168
#100	Allen	3,123