Most popular baby names of 1975

In 1975, the most popular names for US babies were Michael for boys (68,422 babies, 4.4% of boys) and Jennifer for girls (58,187 babies, 4.0% of girls). The rest of the top five were Jason, Christopher, James and David for boys and Amy, Heather, Melissa and Angela for girls. SSA recorded 6,336 different boy names and 10,617 different girl names that year.

Top 100 boy names, 1975
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Michael	68,422	–
2	Jason	52,172	–
3	Christopher	46,577	–
4	James	39,574	▲ 1
5	David	39,155	▼ 1
6	Robert	35,308	▲ 1
7	John	35,075	▼ 1
8	Brian	30,586	–
9	Matthew	28,530	–
10	William	25,562	–
11	Daniel	23,816	–
12	Joseph	22,127	–
13	Eric	19,796	–
14	Jeffrey	18,317	▲ 1
15	Kevin	18,065	▼ 1
16	Richard	17,688	▲ 1
17	Scott	17,310	▲ 1
18	Steven	17,054	▲ 1
19	Mark	16,742	▼ 3
20	Thomas	16,535	–
21	Anthony	16,488	–
22	Timothy	15,948	–
23	Ryan	15,297	▲ 2
24	Jeremy	15,189	–
25	Charles	14,578	▼ 2
26	Joshua	14,566	▲ 3
27	Chad	12,838	▼ 1
28	Andrew	12,759	–
29	Paul	12,016	▼ 2
30	Jonathan	10,903	▲ 3
31	Shawn	10,682	▼ 1
32	Aaron	10,548	–
33	Gregory	10,399	▼ 2
34	Stephen	9,733	▲ 1
35	Kenneth	9,633	▼ 1
36	Benjamin	9,545	▲ 10
37	Justin	8,895	▲ 6
38	Adam	8,646	▼ 2
39	Patrick	8,053	▼ 1
40	Sean	7,588	▼ 3
41	Edward	7,380	▼ 1
42	Donald	7,196	▼ 1
43	Todd	7,152	▼ 4
44	Brandon	7,089	▲ 7
45	Nathan	7,069	▲ 7
46	Ronald	7,063	▼ 4
47	Bryan	6,998	▼ 2
48	Jose	6,967	▼ 1
49	Keith	6,822	▼ 5
50	Gary	6,115	▼ 2
51	Travis	5,960	▲ 3
52	Bradley	5,894	▲ 6
53	George	5,848	▼ 4
54	Peter	5,698	▼ 4
55	Douglas	5,346	▼ 2
56	Larry	5,308	▼ 1
57	Shane	5,210	▼ 1
58	Craig	5,112	▼ 1
59	Dennis	4,731	–
60	Juan	4,695	▲ 4
61	Samuel	4,621	▼ 1
62	Jamie	4,574	▲ 6
63	Raymond	4,529	▼ 1
64	Jesse	4,436	▲ 3
65	Jerry	4,312	▼ 4
66	Frank	4,211	▼ 1
67	Marcus	3,971	▲ 6
68	Terry	3,971	▲ 1
69	Troy	3,951	▼ 6
70	Jeffery	3,903	▼ 4
71	Corey	3,876	▲ 6
72	Phillip	3,852	▼ 2
73	Carlos	3,792	▼ 2
74	Joel	3,728	▲ 1
75	Jacob	3,619	▲ 13
76	Rodney	3,584	▼ 4
77	Antonio	3,489	▲ 5
78	Randy	3,385	▲ 1
79	Brent	3,364	▼ 3
80	Tony	3,323	▲ 1
81	Nicholas	3,318	▼ 1
82	Russell	3,232	▲ 2
83	Derek	3,186	▼ 9
84	Billy	3,113	▼ 6
85	Philip	3,010	▲ 1
86	Johnny	2,969	▼ 3
87	Erik	2,855	▲ 3
88	Kyle	2,832	▲ 9
89	Marc	2,823	▼ 4
90	Derrick	2,817	▼ 3
91	Carl	2,810	▼ 2
92	Brett	2,779	▲ 3
93	Bobby	2,772	▼ 1
94	Danny	2,740	▼ 3
95	Victor	2,679	▲ 1
96	Dustin	2,678	▲ 25
97	Roger	2,619	▼ 4
98	Brad	2,610	▲ 7
99	Cory	2,573	▲ 15
100	Jared	2,556	▲ 31

Top 100 girl names, 1975
Rank	Name	Babies	Change
1	Jennifer	58,187	–
2	Amy	32,253	–
3	Heather	24,302	▲ 1
4	Melissa	24,167	▲ 3
5	Angela	23,360	–
6	Michelle	22,667	▼ 3
7	Kimberly	20,258	▼ 1
8	Lisa	18,139	–
9	Stephanie	15,775	–
10	Nicole	14,277	▲ 1
11	Rebecca	13,926	▼ 1
12	Christina	12,980	▲ 4
13	Jessica	12,928	▲ 4
14	Amanda	12,656	▲ 20
15	Elizabeth	12,473	▼ 3
16	Kelly	11,737	▼ 1
17	Sarah	11,170	▲ 3
18	Julie	11,144	▼ 4
19	Mary	10,972	▼ 6
20	Laura	10,312	▲ 1
21	Shannon	9,370	▼ 3
22	Christine	9,103	▼ 3
23	Dawn	8,744	▼ 1
24	Tracy	8,510	▼ 1
25	April	8,244	▲ 3
26	Rachel	8,228	▲ 10
27	Karen	8,168	▼ 1
28	Andrea	8,043	▲ 7
29	Carrie	7,854	▲ 13
30	Maria	7,539	▲ 1
31	Tammy	7,528	▼ 7
32	Susan	7,487	▼ 5
33	Wendy	7,473	▼ 1
34	Stacy	7,169	▲ 4
35	Tina	7,065	▼ 10
36	Patricia	7,053	▼ 7
37	Tiffany	6,921	▲ 4
38	Erin	6,894	▲ 9
39	Lori	6,651	▼ 9
40	Cynthia	6,539	▼ 7
41	Tara	6,455	▼ 2
42	Danielle	6,412	▼ 2
43	Crystal	6,242	▲ 6
44	Stacey	5,930	▲ 4
45	Tonya	5,897	▼ 8
46	Jill	5,728	▲ 12
47	Misty	5,552	▲ 19
48	Emily	5,483	▲ 21
49	Monica	5,476	▼ 6
50	Tanya	5,378	▼ 4
51	Sandra	5,376	▼ 7
52	Melanie	5,368	▼ 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	4,852	▲ 4
59	Amber	4,683	▲ 33
60	Kristen	4,674	▼ 15
61	Teresa	4,640	▼ 9
62	Dana	4,620	▼ 7
63	Erica	4,582	▲ 11
64	Denise	4,462	▼ 11
65	Robin	4,328	▼ 2
66	Heidi	4,294	▼ 6
67	Brenda	4,238	▼ 8
68	Jamie	4,233	▲ 29
69	Megan	4,192	▲ 36
70	Pamela	4,177	▼ 16
71	Leslie	4,105	▼ 6
72	Veronica	4,060	▼ 1
73	Catherine	3,935	–
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	3,406	▼ 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

Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1975. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.