Most Popular Baby Names of 1975

In 1975, Jennifer was the most popular name for girls, given to 58,190 babies, and Michael topped the boys' list with 68,418. Jennifer held on to number one for a sixth year in a row, and Michael held on to number one for a 15th year in a row.

Social Security counted 1,457,861 girls and 1,561,357 boys born in 1975 under names given to at least five babies, spread across 10,618 different girls' names and 6,337 boys' names.

Top 100 names of 1975

Top girls' names, 1975
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974
1	Jennifer	58,190	same
2	Amy	32,254	same
3	Heather	24,301	up 1
4	Melissa	24,168	up 3
5	Angela	23,361	same
6	Michelle	22,665	down 3
7	Kimberly	20,257	down 1
8	Lisa	18,139	same
9	Stephanie	15,775	same
10	Nicole	14,275	up 1
11	Rebecca	13,925	down 1
12	Christina	12,980	up 4
13	Jessica	12,926	up 4
14	Amanda	12,657	up 20
15	Elizabeth	12,472	down 3
16	Kelly	11,735	down 1
17	Sarah	11,170	up 3
18	Julie	11,141	down 4
19	Mary	10,973	down 6
20	Laura	10,311	up 1
21	Shannon	9,370	down 3
22	Christine	9,103	down 3
23	Dawn	8,744	down 1
24	Tracy	8,509	down 1
25	April	8,245	up 3
26	Rachel	8,225	up 10
27	Karen	8,168	down 1
28	Andrea	8,042	up 7
29	Carrie	7,854	up 13
30	Maria	7,542	up 1
31	Tammy	7,528	down 7
32	Susan	7,488	down 5
33	Wendy	7,473	down 1
34	Stacy	7,169	up 4
35	Tina	7,065	down 10
36	Patricia	7,053	down 7
37	Tiffany	6,919	up 4
38	Erin	6,894	up 9
39	Lori	6,650	down 9
40	Cynthia	6,539	down 7
41	Tara	6,455	down 2
42	Danielle	6,412	down 2
43	Crystal	6,243	up 6
44	Stacey	5,931	up 4
45	Tonya	5,896	down 8
46	Jill	5,728	up 12
47	Misty	5,552	up 19
48	Emily	5,482	up 21
49	Monica	5,476	down 6
50	Tanya	5,377	down 4
51	Sandra	5,374	down 7
52	Melanie	5,369	down 1
53	Christy	5,168	up 4
54	Sara	5,131	up 7
55	Holly	5,047	up 1
56	Michele	5,033	down 6
57	Brandy	4,944	up 23
58	Katherine	4,851	up 4
59	Amber	4,683	up 33
60	Kristen	4,674	down 15
61	Teresa	4,640	down 9
62	Dana	4,619	down 7
63	Erica	4,581	up 11
64	Denise	4,461	down 11
65	Robin	4,328	down 2
66	Heidi	4,294	down 6
67	Brenda	4,236	down 8
68	Jamie	4,233	up 29
69	Megan	4,191	up 36
70	Pamela	4,177	down 16
71	Leslie	4,105	down 6
72	Veronica	4,060	down 1
73	Catherine	3,936	same
74	Kristin	3,880	down 2
75	Sharon	3,732	down 5
76	Alicia	3,718	up 14
77	Tamara	3,629	down 13
78	Theresa	3,611	up 1
79	Anna	3,578	up 3
80	Kathleen	3,545	down 4
81	Linda	3,522	down 6
82	Nancy	3,510	down 4
83	Barbara	3,454	down 6
84	Gina	3,431	same
85	Donna	3,422	down 18
86	Deborah	3,414	down 18
87	Renee	3,405	down 2
88	Brandi	3,369	up 18
89	Allison	3,347	up 10
90	Jacqueline	3,314	down 7
91	Melinda	3,282	down 10
92	Valerie	3,227	up 1
93	Rhonda	3,167	down 7
94	Jodi	3,107	down 3
95	Sherry	3,044	down 6
96	Christie	3,028	up 14
97	Cheryl	2,997	down 9
98	Margaret	2,950	down 3
99	Kathryn	2,947	down 1
100	Diana	2,912	down 13

Top boys' names, 1975
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974
1	Michael	68,418	same
2	Jason	52,159	same
3	Christopher	46,575	same
4	James	39,569	up 1
5	David	39,156	down 1
6	Robert	35,306	up 1
7	John	35,079	down 1
8	Brian	30,578	same
9	Matthew	28,527	same
10	William	25,561	same
11	Daniel	23,814	same
12	Joseph	22,125	same
13	Eric	19,793	same
14	Jeffrey	18,316	up 1
15	Kevin	18,066	down 1
16	Richard	17,687	up 1
17	Scott	17,307	up 1
18	Steven	17,055	up 1
19	Mark	16,742	down 3
20	Thomas	16,532	same
21	Anthony	16,489	same
22	Timothy	15,947	same
23	Ryan	15,296	up 2
24	Jeremy	15,185	same
25	Charles	14,574	down 2
26	Joshua	14,567	up 3
27	Chad	12,838	down 1
28	Andrew	12,756	same
29	Paul	12,017	down 2
30	Jonathan	10,904	up 3
31	Shawn	10,682	down 1
32	Aaron	10,548	same
33	Gregory	10,400	down 2
34	Stephen	9,732	up 1
35	Kenneth	9,634	down 1
36	Benjamin	9,544	up 10
37	Justin	8,897	up 6
38	Adam	8,646	down 2
39	Patrick	8,053	down 1
40	Sean	7,582	down 3
41	Edward	7,381	down 1
42	Donald	7,197	down 1
43	Todd	7,151	down 4
44	Brandon	7,090	up 7
45	Nathan	7,069	up 7
46	Ronald	7,064	down 4
47	Bryan	6,998	down 2
48	Jose	6,967	down 1
49	Keith	6,823	down 5
50	Gary	6,114	down 2
51	Travis	5,961	up 3
52	Bradley	5,894	up 6
53	George	5,847	down 4
54	Peter	5,698	down 4
55	Douglas	5,345	down 2
56	Larry	5,307	down 1
57	Shane	5,209	down 1
58	Craig	5,110	down 1
59	Dennis	4,730	same
60	Juan	4,695	up 4
61	Samuel	4,619	down 1
62	Jamie	4,573	up 6
63	Raymond	4,530	down 1
64	Jesse	4,435	up 3
65	Jerry	4,311	down 4
66	Frank	4,212	down 1
67	Terry	3,971	up 2
68	Marcus	3,969	up 5
69	Troy	3,951	down 6
70	Jeffery	3,903	down 4
71	Corey	3,876	up 6
72	Phillip	3,853	down 2
73	Carlos	3,793	down 2
74	Joel	3,729	up 1
75	Jacob	3,618	up 13
76	Rodney	3,583	down 4
77	Antonio	3,489	up 5
78	Randy	3,385	up 1
79	Brent	3,364	down 3
80	Tony	3,322	up 1
81	Nicholas	3,319	down 1
82	Russell	3,232	up 2
83	Derek	3,186	down 9
84	Billy	3,113	down 6
85	Philip	3,011	up 1
86	Johnny	2,969	down 3
87	Erik	2,855	up 3
88	Kyle	2,833	up 9
89	Marc	2,822	down 4
90	Derrick	2,815	down 3
91	Carl	2,810	down 2
92	Brett	2,779	up 3
93	Bobby	2,772	down 1
94	Danny	2,740	down 3
95	Victor	2,680	up 1
96	Dustin	2,677	up 25
97	Roger	2,617	down 4
98	Brad	2,608	up 7
99	Cory	2,573	up 15
100	Jared	2,556	up 31

Biggest climbers in 1975

The names that gained the most ground within the top 1,000 compared with 1974.

Girls

Mandi: up 642 places, from 973rd to 331st
Tamiko: up 533 places, from 949th to 416th
Taryn: up 521 places, from 959th to 438th
Luciana: up 349 places, from 923rd to 574th
Jaime: up 343 places, from 606th to 263rd
Mandy: up 329 places, from 435th to 106th
Lindsay: up 295 places, from 691st to 396th
Tomika: up 271 places, from 823rd to 552nd
Summer: up 237 places, from 536th to 299th
Dusty: up 212 places, from 931st to 719th

Boys

Abdul: up 241 places, from 898th to 657th
Rashad: up 206 places, from 968th to 762nd
Brock: up 205 places, from 510th to 305th
Jamar: up 191 places, from 822nd to 631st
Mac: up 172 places, from 984th to 812th
Tyree: up 164 places, from 881st to 717th
Landon: up 159 places, from 714th to 555th
Nathanael: up 157 places, from 791st to 634th
Lenny: up 145 places, from 846th to 701st
Fidel: up 145 places, from 928th to 783rd

New to the top 1,000 in 1975

Girls

Sunny, 542nd (back after dropping out)
Lacey, 565th (its first time ever)
Tiana, 632nd (its first time ever)
Kenyatta, 690th (back after dropping out)
Lacy, 709th (back after dropping out)
Emilie, 713th (back after dropping out)
Mandie, 732nd (its first time ever)
Briana, 785th (back after dropping out)
Harmony, 797th (its first time ever)
Shameka, 828th (its first time ever)

Boys

Benji, 623rd (its first time ever)
Tavares, 640th (its first time ever)
Glendon, 764th (back after dropping out)
Marques, 821st (its first time ever)
Weston, 874th (back after dropping out)
Rasheed, 878th (its first time ever)
Eliseo, 884th (back after dropping out)
Cortez, 891st (back after dropping out)
Josiah, 893rd (back after dropping out)
Carnell, 902nd (back after dropping out)

How spread out were names in 1975?

The ten most popular girls' names went to 17.4% of the girls counted in 1975, and the top ten boys' names to 25.7% of the boys. In 1955, those shares were 22.3% for girls and 32.1% for boys.

Source: Social Security Administration, national baby name data, data through 2025. Names given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year aren't published, so totals are a little lower than actual births.