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The most popular baby names of 1975

SSA recorded 3,019,218 births in 1975 across all reported names — 1,457,861 girls and 1,561,357 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1975

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1974.
#NameBirthsvs 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 +36
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 -14
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 +18
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 +14
97 Cheryl 2,997 -9
98 Margaret 2,950 -3
99 Kathryn 2,947 -1
100 Diana 2,912 -13

Top 100 boys' names in 1975

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1974.
#NameBirthsvs 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 +25
97 Roger 2,617 -4
98 Brad 2,608 +7
99 Cory 2,573 +15
100 Jared 2,556 +31

Names that climbed fastest in 1975

Ranked by places gained against 1974, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1975Rank 1974Change
Jaime girls 263 606 +343
Mandy girls 106 434 +328
Lindsay girls 396 690 +294
Summer girls 299 533 +234
Brock boys 305 509 +204
Olivia girls 232 399 +167
Aisha girls 469 625 +156
Lindsey girls 496 649 +153
Janell girls 562 701 +139
Tomeka girls 501 635 +134
Rocky boys 429 555 +126
Karina girls 587 709 +122
Tamika girls 130 246 +116
Joni girls 486 595 +109
Tameka girls 269 376 +107

Names that fell fastest in 1975

NameRank 1975Rank 1974Change
Dayna girls 692 574 -118
Lynne girls 684 573 -111
Holli girls 688 579 -109
Lois girls 674 566 -108
Dianne girls 637 533 -104
Rosemarie girls 679 582 -97
Katina girls 402 307 -95
Deanne girls 688 593 -95
Tom boys 463 372 -91
Jan girls 606 518 -88
Patty girls 628 542 -86
Ida girls 639 553 -86
Paulette girls 625 540 -85
Selena girls 518 434 -84
Margie girls 728 644 -84

Names that first appear in 1975

1975 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1975

For these names, 1975 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.