Popular baby names of 1975

In 1975, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jennifer for girls (58,190 babies) and Michael for boys (68,418). Social Security records show 3,019,218 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 10,618 girls' names and 6,337 boys' names.

1975 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 17.4% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 25.7% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Megan, Brandi, Christie.
New in the boys' top 100: Dustin, Brad, Cory, Jared.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974
1	Jennifer	58,190	–
2	Amy	32,254	–
3	Heather	24,301	↑1
4	Melissa	24,168	↑3
5	Angela	23,361	–
6	Michelle	22,665	↓3
7	Kimberly	20,257	↓1
8	Lisa	18,139	–
9	Stephanie	15,775	–
10	Nicole	14,275	↑1
11	Rebecca	13,925	↓1
12	Christina	12,980	↑4
13	Jessica	12,926	↑4
14	Amanda	12,657	↑20
15	Elizabeth	12,472	↓3
16	Kelly	11,735	↓1
17	Sarah	11,170	↑3
18	Julie	11,141	↓4
19	Mary	10,973	↓6
20	Laura	10,311	↑1
21	Shannon	9,370	↓3
22	Christine	9,103	↓3
23	Dawn	8,744	↓1
24	Tracy	8,509	↓1
25	April	8,245	↑3
26	Rachel	8,225	↑10
27	Karen	8,168	↓1
28	Andrea	8,042	↑7
29	Carrie	7,854	↑13
30	Maria	7,542	↑1
31	Tammy	7,528	↓7
32	Susan	7,488	↓5
33	Wendy	7,473	↓1
34	Stacy	7,169	↑4
35	Tina	7,065	↓10
36	Patricia	7,053	↓7
37	Tiffany	6,919	↑4
38	Erin	6,894	↑9
39	Lori	6,650	↓9
40	Cynthia	6,539	↓7
41	Tara	6,455	↓2
42	Danielle	6,412	↓2
43	Crystal	6,243	↑6
44	Stacey	5,931	↑4
45	Tonya	5,896	↓8
46	Jill	5,728	↑12
47	Misty	5,552	↑19
48	Emily	5,482	↑21
49	Monica	5,476	↓6
50	Tanya	5,377	↓4
51	Sandra	5,374	↓7
52	Melanie	5,369	↓1
53	Christy	5,168	↑4
54	Sara	5,131	↑7
55	Holly	5,047	↑1
56	Michele	5,033	↓6
57	Brandy	4,944	↑23
58	Katherine	4,851	↑4
59	Amber	4,683	↑33
60	Kristen	4,674	↓15
61	Teresa	4,640	↓9
62	Dana	4,619	↓7
63	Erica	4,581	↑11
64	Denise	4,461	↓11
65	Robin	4,328	↓2
66	Heidi	4,294	↓6
67	Brenda	4,236	↓8
68	Jamie	4,233	↑29
69	Megan	4,191	new
70	Pamela	4,177	↓16
71	Leslie	4,105	↓6
72	Veronica	4,060	↓1
73	Catherine	3,936	–
74	Kristin	3,880	↓2
75	Sharon	3,732	↓5
76	Alicia	3,718	↑14
77	Tamara	3,629	↓13
78	Theresa	3,611	↑1
79	Anna	3,578	↑3
80	Kathleen	3,545	↓4
81	Linda	3,522	↓6
82	Nancy	3,510	↓4
83	Barbara	3,454	↓6
84	Gina	3,431	–
85	Donna	3,422	↓18
86	Deborah	3,414	↓18
87	Renee	3,405	↓2
88	Brandi	3,369	new
89	Allison	3,347	↑10
90	Jacqueline	3,314	↓7
91	Melinda	3,282	↓10
92	Valerie	3,227	↑1
93	Rhonda	3,167	↓7
94	Jodi	3,107	↓3
95	Sherry	3,044	↓6
96	Christie	3,028	new
97	Cheryl	2,997	↓9
98	Margaret	2,950	↓3
99	Kathryn	2,947	↓1
100	Diana	2,912	↓13

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974
1	Michael	68,418	–
2	Jason	52,159	–
3	Christopher	46,575	–
4	James	39,569	↑1
5	David	39,156	↓1
6	Robert	35,306	↑1
7	John	35,079	↓1
8	Brian	30,578	–
9	Matthew	28,527	–
10	William	25,561	–
11	Daniel	23,814	–
12	Joseph	22,125	–
13	Eric	19,793	–
14	Jeffrey	18,316	↑1
15	Kevin	18,066	↓1
16	Richard	17,687	↑1
17	Scott	17,307	↑1
18	Steven	17,055	↑1
19	Mark	16,742	↓3
20	Thomas	16,532	–
21	Anthony	16,489	–
22	Timothy	15,947	–
23	Ryan	15,296	↑2
24	Jeremy	15,185	–
25	Charles	14,574	↓2
26	Joshua	14,567	↑3
27	Chad	12,838	↓1
28	Andrew	12,756	–
29	Paul	12,017	↓2
30	Jonathan	10,904	↑3
31	Shawn	10,682	↓1
32	Aaron	10,548	–
33	Gregory	10,400	↓2
34	Stephen	9,732	↑1
35	Kenneth	9,634	↓1
36	Benjamin	9,544	↑10
37	Justin	8,897	↑6
38	Adam	8,646	↓2
39	Patrick	8,053	↓1
40	Sean	7,582	↓3
41	Edward	7,381	↓1
42	Donald	7,197	↓1
43	Todd	7,151	↓4
44	Brandon	7,090	↑7
45	Nathan	7,069	↑7
46	Ronald	7,064	↓4
47	Bryan	6,998	↓2
48	Jose	6,967	↓1
49	Keith	6,823	↓5
50	Gary	6,114	↓2
51	Travis	5,961	↑3
52	Bradley	5,894	↑6
53	George	5,847	↓4
54	Peter	5,698	↓4
55	Douglas	5,345	↓2
56	Larry	5,307	↓1
57	Shane	5,209	↓1
58	Craig	5,110	↓1
59	Dennis	4,730	–
60	Juan	4,695	↑4
61	Samuel	4,619	↓1
62	Jamie	4,573	↑6
63	Raymond	4,530	↓1
64	Jesse	4,435	↑3
65	Jerry	4,311	↓4
66	Frank	4,212	↓1
67	Terry	3,971	↑2
68	Marcus	3,969	↑5
69	Troy	3,951	↓6
70	Jeffery	3,903	↓4
71	Corey	3,876	↑6
72	Phillip	3,853	↓2
73	Carlos	3,793	↓2
74	Joel	3,729	↑1
75	Jacob	3,618	↑13
76	Rodney	3,583	↓4
77	Antonio	3,489	↑5
78	Randy	3,385	↑1
79	Brent	3,364	↓3
80	Tony	3,322	↑1
81	Nicholas	3,319	↓1
82	Russell	3,232	↑2
83	Derek	3,186	↓9
84	Billy	3,113	↓6
85	Philip	3,011	↑1
86	Johnny	2,969	↓3
87	Erik	2,855	↑3
88	Kyle	2,833	↑9
89	Marc	2,822	↓4
90	Derrick	2,815	↓3
91	Carl	2,810	↓2
92	Brett	2,779	↑3
93	Bobby	2,772	↓1
94	Danny	2,740	↓3
95	Victor	2,680	↑1
96	Dustin	2,677	new
97	Roger	2,617	↓4
98	Brad	2,608	new
99	Cory	2,573	new
100	Jared	2,556	new

Every name given in 1975

All 16,955 names Social Security recorded for 1975, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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