Name.Baby Names by year 1970s 1975 Most Popular Baby Names of 1975 Social Security has card records for 3,183,634 people born in the U.S. in 1975. Jennifer was the top girl name (58,190 babies) and Michael the top boy name (68,418).
Top 100 names of 1975 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1975, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Jennifer 58,190 #586 2 Amy 32,254 #257 3 Heather 24,301 #1,261 4 Melissa 24,168 #419 5 Angela 23,361 #408 6 Michelle 22,665 #465 7 Kimberly 20,257 #302 8 Lisa 18,139 #987 9 Stephanie 15,775 #557 10 Nicole 14,275 #382 11 Rebecca 13,925 #349 12 Christina 12,980 #770 13 Jessica 12,926 #665 14 Amanda 12,657 #493 15 Elizabeth 12,472 #17 16 Kelly 11,735 #851 17 Sarah 11,170 #90 18 Julie 11,141 #872 19 Mary 10,973 #125 20 Laura 10,311 #379 21 Shannon 9,370 #2,387 22 Christine 9,103 #1,272 23 Dawn 8,744 #2,173 24 Tracy 8,509 #2,153 25 April 8,245 #542 26 Rachel 8,225 #250 27 Karen 8,168 #1,279 28 Andrea 8,042 #235 29 Carrie 7,854 #2,719 30 Maria 7,542 #87 31 Tammy 7,528 #3,645 32 Susan 7,488 #1,085 33 Wendy 7,473 #1,341 34 Stacy 7,169 #1,652 35 Tina 7,065 #2,778 36 Patricia 7,053 #1,334 37 Tiffany 6,919 #878 38 Erin 6,894 #833 39 Lori 6,650 #1,721 40 Cynthia 6,539 #1,013 41 Tara 6,455 #844 42 Danielle 6,412 #549 43 Crystal 6,243 #1,144 44 Stacey 5,931 #3,067 45 Tonya 5,896 #8,860 46 Jill 5,728 #5,722 47 Misty 5,552 #4,067 48 Emily 5,482 #34 49 Monica 5,476 #736 50 Tanya 5,377 #3,712
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1975, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Sandra 5,374 #1,207 52 Melanie 5,369 #142 53 Christy 5,168 #4,172 54 Sara 5,131 #198 55 Holly 5,047 #416 56 Michele 5,033 #4,758 57 Brandy 4,944 #3,067 58 Katherine 4,851 #186 59 Amber 4,683 #520 60 Kristen 4,674 #1,990 61 Teresa 4,640 #908 62 Dana 4,619 #1,027 63 Erica 4,581 #1,396 64 Denise 4,461 #1,673 65 Robin 4,328 #704 66 Heidi 4,294 #340 67 Brenda 4,236 #1,525 68 Jamie 4,233 #857 69 Megan 4,191 #887 70 Pamela 4,177 #2,239 71 Leslie 4,105 #712 72 Veronica 4,060 #427 73 Catherine 3,936 #313 74 Kristin 3,880 #4,661 75 Sharon 3,732 #1,250 76 Alicia 3,718 #460 77 Tamara 3,629 #1,808 78 Theresa 3,611 #1,548 79 Anna 3,578 #107 80 Kathleen 3,545 #1,150 81 Linda 3,522 #902 82 Nancy 3,510 #965 83 Barbara 3,454 #968 84 Gina 3,431 #2,076 85 Donna 3,422 #1,962 86 Deborah 3,414 #862 87 Renee 3,405 #1,098 88 Brandi 3,369 #4,758 89 Allison 3,347 #103 90 Jacqueline 3,314 #558 91 Melinda 3,282 #1,981 92 Valerie 3,227 #127 93 Rhonda 3,167 #6,116 94 Jodi 3,107 #3,975 95 Sherry 3,044 #5,410 96 Christie 3,028 #7,491 97 Cheryl 2,997 #4,352 98 Margaret 2,950 #112 99 Kathryn 2,947 #729 100 Diana 2,912 #244
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1975, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 68,418 #21 2 Jason 52,159 #165 3 Christopher 46,575 #68 4 James 39,569 #6 5 David 39,156 #35 6 Robert 35,306 #92 7 John 35,079 #23 8 Brian 30,578 #339 9 Matthew 28,527 #32 10 William 25,561 #9 11 Daniel 23,814 #22 12 Joseph 22,125 #29 13 Eric 19,793 #273 14 Jeffrey 18,316 #552 15 Kevin 18,066 #221 16 Richard 17,687 #234 17 Scott 17,307 #534 18 Steven 17,055 #271 19 Mark 16,742 #244 20 Thomas 16,532 #34 21 Anthony 16,489 #46 22 Timothy 15,947 #203 23 Ryan 15,296 #99 24 Jeremy 15,185 #292 25 Charles 14,574 #48 26 Joshua 14,567 #66 27 Chad 12,838 #1,699 28 Andrew 12,756 #73 29 Paul 12,017 #262 30 Jonathan 10,904 #89 31 Shawn 10,682 #681 32 Aaron 10,548 #80 33 Gregory 10,400 #593 34 Stephen 9,732 #383 35 Kenneth 9,634 #294 36 Benjamin 9,544 #11 37 Justin 8,897 #233 38 Adam 8,646 #101 39 Patrick 8,053 #235 40 Sean 7,582 #489 41 Edward 7,381 #224 42 Donald 7,197 #690 43 Todd 7,151 #1,609 44 Brandon 7,090 #261 45 Nathan 7,069 #63 46 Ronald 7,064 #637 47 Bryan 6,998 #336 48 Jose 6,967 #95 49 Keith 6,823 #800 50 Gary 6,114 #1,073
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1975, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Travis 5,961 #434 52 Bradley 5,894 #403 53 George 5,847 #126 54 Peter 5,698 #187 55 Douglas 5,345 #807 56 Larry 5,307 #1,084 57 Shane 5,209 #635 58 Craig 5,110 #1,644 59 Dennis 4,730 #707 60 Juan 4,695 #159 61 Samuel 4,619 #18 62 Jamie 4,573 #577 63 Raymond 4,530 #394 64 Jesse 4,435 #184 65 Jerry 4,311 #906 66 Frank 4,212 #513 67 Terry 3,971 #1,115 68 Marcus 3,969 #258 69 Troy 3,951 #532 70 Jeffery 3,903 #1,554 71 Corey 3,876 #778 72 Phillip 3,853 #651 73 Carlos 3,793 #150 74 Joel 3,729 #219 75 Jacob 3,618 #43 76 Rodney 3,583 #1,091 77 Antonio 3,489 #176 78 Randy 3,385 #1,084 79 Brent 3,364 #1,509 80 Tony 3,322 #783 81 Nicholas 3,319 #112 82 Russell 3,232 #345 83 Derek 3,186 #284 84 Billy 3,113 #1,068 85 Philip 3,011 #527 86 Johnny 2,969 #457 87 Erik 2,855 #545 88 Kyle 2,833 #508 89 Marc 2,822 #1,235 90 Derrick 2,815 #850 91 Carl 2,810 #1,132 92 Brett 2,779 #1,382 93 Bobby 2,772 #1,097 94 Danny 2,740 #628 95 Victor 2,680 #209 96 Dustin 2,677 #728 97 Roger 2,617 #832 98 Brad 2,608 #4,249 99 Cory 2,573 #1,244 100 Jared 2,556 #396
Entered the top 100 in 1975
