Most Popular Baby Names of 1975

In 1975, Jennifer (58,187 births) was the most common U.S. girl name and Michael (68,422 births) the most common boy name.

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

Full Boy list for 1975

Top 100 girl names, 1975
Rank	Name	Births
1	Jennifer	58,187
2	Amy	32,253
3	Heather	24,302
4	Melissa	24,167
5	Angela	23,360
6	Michelle	22,667
7	Kimberly	20,258
8	Lisa	18,139
9	Stephanie	15,775
10	Nicole	14,277
11	Rebecca	13,926
12	Christina	12,980
13	Jessica	12,928
14	Amanda	12,656
15	Elizabeth	12,473
16	Kelly	11,737
17	Sarah	11,170
18	Julie	11,144
19	Mary	10,972
20	Laura	10,312
21	Shannon	9,370
22	Christine	9,103
23	Dawn	8,744
24	Tracy	8,510
25	April	8,244
26	Rachel	8,228
27	Karen	8,168
28	Andrea	8,043
29	Carrie	7,854
30	Maria	7,539
31	Tammy	7,528
32	Susan	7,487
33	Wendy	7,473
34	Stacy	7,169
35	Tina	7,065
36	Patricia	7,053
37	Tiffany	6,921
38	Erin	6,894
39	Lori	6,651
40	Cynthia	6,539
41	Tara	6,455
42	Danielle	6,412
43	Crystal	6,242
44	Stacey	5,930
45	Tonya	5,897
46	Jill	5,728
47	Misty	5,552
48	Emily	5,483
49	Monica	5,476
50	Tanya	5,378
51	Sandra	5,376
52	Melanie	5,368
53	Christy	5,168
54	Sara	5,131
55	Holly	5,047
56	Michele	5,033
57	Brandy	4,944
58	Katherine	4,852
59	Amber	4,683
60	Kristen	4,674
61	Teresa	4,640
62	Dana	4,620
63	Erica	4,582
64	Denise	4,462
65	Robin	4,328
66	Heidi	4,294
67	Brenda	4,238
68	Jamie	4,233
69	Megan	4,192
70	Pamela	4,177
71	Leslie	4,105
72	Veronica	4,060
73	Catherine	3,935
74	Kristin	3,880
75	Sharon	3,732
76	Alicia	3,718
77	Tamara	3,629
78	Theresa	3,611
79	Anna	3,578
80	Kathleen	3,545
81	Linda	3,522
82	Nancy	3,510
83	Barbara	3,454
84	Gina	3,431
85	Donna	3,422
86	Deborah	3,414
87	Renee	3,406
88	Brandi	3,369
89	Allison	3,347
90	Jacqueline	3,314
91	Melinda	3,282
92	Valerie	3,227
93	Rhonda	3,167
94	Jodi	3,107
95	Sherry	3,044
96	Christie	3,028
97	Cheryl	2,997
98	Margaret	2,950
99	Kathryn	2,947
100	Diana	2,912

Full Girl list for 1975

Biggest movers since 1974

Names with at least 500 births in both years, by percent change in births.

Rising boy names, 1974 to 1975
Name	Births 1974	Births 1975	Change	Rank 1974 → 1975
Benjamin	7,183	9,545	+33%	46 → 36
Zachary	1,275	1,688	+32%	179 → 145
Seth	1,410	1,866	+32%	170 → 136
Jeremiah	1,294	1,650	+28%	178 → 149
Jared	2,005	2,556	+27%	131 → 100
Joshua	11,599	14,566	+26%	29 → 26
Jacob	2,958	3,619	+22%	87 → 75
Dustin	2,197	2,678	+22%	121 → 96
Nathaniel	1,609	1,957	+22%	153 → 131
Brandon	5,859	7,089	+21%	51 → 44

Falling boy names, 1974 to 1975
Name	Births 1974	Births 1975	Change	Rank 1974 → 1975
Jermaine	1,628	1,316	-19%	151 → 176
Chris	2,278	1,955	-14%	116 → 132
Troy	4,564	3,951	-13%	63 → 69
Derek	3,636	3,186	-12%	74 → 83
Lee	2,115	1,859	-12%	124 → 137
Marvin	1,486	1,309	-12%	163 → 177
Mark	18,907	16,742	-11%	16 → 19
Brian	34,451	30,586	-11%	8 → 8
Jeffery	4,364	3,903	-11%	65 → 70
Glenn	1,542	1,383	-10%	158 → 170

Rising girl names, 1974 to 1975
Name	Births 1974	Births 1975	Change	Rank 1974 → 1975
Amanda	7,473	12,656	+69%	34 → 14
Megan	2,818	4,192	+49%	105 → 69
Amber	3,273	4,683	+43%	92 → 59
Jamie	3,020	4,233	+40%	97 → 68
Lauren	1,394	1,845	+32%	187 → 144
Brandy	3,832	4,944	+29%	80 → 57
Emily	4,330	5,483	+27%	69 → 48
Samantha	2,251	2,834	+26%	128 → 101
Misty	4,439	5,552	+25%	66 → 47
Kari	1,805	2,221	+23%	153 → 129

Falling girl names, 1974 to 1975
Name	Births 1974	Births 1975	Change	Rank 1974 → 1975
Kim	1,936	1,481	-24%	144 → 178
Kristen	6,053	4,674	-23%	45 → 60
Shelley	1,997	1,547	-23%	142 → 171
Debra	3,129	2,444	-22%	94 → 114
Sherri	1,620	1,273	-21%	166 → 196
Donna	4,354	3,422	-21%	67 → 85
Deborah	4,343	3,414	-21%	68 → 86
Pamela	5,272	4,177	-21%	54 → 70
Tamara	4,525	3,629	-20%	63 → 77
Tammy	9,238	7,528	-19%	24 → 31

Top 100 boy names, 1975

Rank

Name

Births

Michael

68,422

Jason

52,172

Christopher

46,577

James

39,574

David

39,155

Robert

35,308

John

35,075

Brian

30,586

Matthew

28,530

William

25,562

Daniel

23,816

Joseph

22,127

Eric

19,796

Jeffrey

18,317

Kevin

18,065

Richard

17,688

Scott

17,310

Steven

17,054

Mark

16,742

Thomas

16,535

Anthony

16,488

Timothy

15,948

Ryan

15,297

Jeremy

15,189

Charles

14,578

Joshua

14,566

Chad

12,838

Andrew

12,759

Paul

12,016

Jonathan

10,903

Shawn

10,682

Aaron

10,548

Gregory

10,399

9,733

9,633

9,545

8,895

8,646

8,053

7,588

7,380

7,196

Todd

7,152

Brandon

7,089

Nathan

7,069

Ronald

7,063

Bryan

6,998

Jose

6,967

Keith

6,822

Gary

6,115

5,960

5,894

5,848

5,698

5,346

Larry

5,308

Shane

5,210

Craig

5,112

Dennis

4,731

Juan

4,695

Samuel

4,621

Jamie

4,574

Raymond

4,529

Jesse

4,436

Jerry

4,312

Frank

4,211

Marcus

3,971

Terry

3,971

Troy

3,951

Jeffery

3,903

Corey

3,876

Phillip

3,852

Carlos

3,792

Joel

3,728

Jacob

3,619

Rodney

3,584

Antonio

3,489

Randy

3,385

Brent

3,364

Tony

3,323

Nicholas

3,318

Russell

3,232

Derek

3,186

Billy

3,113

Philip

3,010

Johnny

2,969

Erik

2,855

Kyle

2,832

Marc

2,823

Derrick

2,817

Carl

2,810

Brett

2,779

Bobby

2,772

Danny

2,740

Victor

2,679

Dustin

2,678

Roger

2,619

Brad

2,610

Cory

2,573

100

Jared

2,556

Top 100 girl names, 1975

Rank

Name

Births

Jennifer

58,187

Amy

32,253

Heather

24,302

Melissa

24,167

Angela

23,360

Michelle

22,667

Kimberly

20,258

Lisa

18,139

Stephanie

15,775

14,277

13,926

12,980

12,928

12,656

12,473

Kelly

11,737

Sarah

11,170

Julie

11,144

Mary

10,972

Laura

10,312

Shannon

9,370

Christine

9,103

Dawn

8,744

Tracy

8,510

April

8,244

Rachel

8,228

Karen

8,168

Andrea

8,043

Carrie

7,854

Maria

7,539

Tammy

7,528

Susan

7,487

Wendy

7,473

Stacy

7,169

Tina

7,065

Patricia

7,053

Tiffany

6,921

Erin

6,894

Lori

6,651

Cynthia

6,539

Tara

6,455

Danielle

6,412

Crystal

6,242

Stacey

5,930

Tonya

5,897

Jill

5,728

Misty

5,552

Emily

5,483

Monica

5,476

Tanya

5,378

Sandra

5,376

Melanie

5,368

Christy

5,168

Sara

5,131

Holly

5,047

Michele

5,033

Brandy

4,944

Katherine

4,852

Amber

4,683

Kristen

4,674

Teresa

4,640

4,620

4,582

4,462

4,328

Heidi

4,294

Brenda

4,238

Jamie

4,233

Megan

4,192

Pamela

4,177

Leslie

4,105

Veronica

4,060

Catherine

3,935

Kristin

3,880

Sharon

3,732

Alicia

3,718

Tamara

3,629

Theresa

3,611

Anna

3,578

Kathleen

3,545

Linda

3,522

Nancy

3,510

Barbara

3,454

Gina

3,431

Donna

3,422

Deborah

3,414

Renee

3,406

Brandi

3,369

Allison

3,347

Jacqueline

3,314

Melinda

3,282

Valerie

3,227

Rhonda

3,167

Jodi

3,107

Sherry

3,044

Christie

3,028

Cheryl

2,997

Margaret

2,950

Kathryn

2,947

100

Diana

2,912

Biggest movers since 1974

Names with at least 500 births in both years, by percent change in births.

Rising boy names, 1974 to 1975
Name	Births 1974	Births 1975	Change	Rank 1974 → 1975
Benjamin	7,183	9,545	+33%	46 → 36
Zachary	1,275	1,688	+32%	179 → 145
Seth	1,410	1,866	+32%	170 → 136
Jeremiah	1,294	1,650	+28%	178 → 149
Jared	2,005	2,556	+27%	131 → 100
Joshua	11,599	14,566	+26%	29 → 26
Jacob	2,958	3,619	+22%	87 → 75
Dustin	2,197	2,678	+22%	121 → 96
Nathaniel	1,609	1,957	+22%	153 → 131
Brandon	5,859	7,089	+21%	51 → 44

Falling boy names, 1974 to 1975
Name	Births 1974	Births 1975	Change	Rank 1974 → 1975
Jermaine	1,628	1,316	-19%	151 → 176
Chris	2,278	1,955	-14%	116 → 132
Troy	4,564	3,951	-13%	63 → 69
Derek	3,636	3,186	-12%	74 → 83
Lee	2,115	1,859	-12%	124 → 137
Marvin	1,486	1,309	-12%	163 → 177
Mark	18,907	16,742	-11%	16 → 19
Brian	34,451	30,586	-11%	8 → 8
Jeffery	4,364	3,903	-11%	65 → 70
Glenn	1,542	1,383	-10%	158 → 170

Rising girl names, 1974 to 1975
Name	Births 1974	Births 1975	Change	Rank 1974 → 1975
Amanda	7,473	12,656	+69%	34 → 14
Megan	2,818	4,192	+49%	105 → 69
Amber	3,273	4,683	+43%	92 → 59
Jamie	3,020	4,233	+40%	97 → 68
Lauren	1,394	1,845	+32%	187 → 144
Brandy	3,832	4,944	+29%	80 → 57
Emily	4,330	5,483	+27%	69 → 48
Samantha	2,251	2,834	+26%	128 → 101
Misty	4,439	5,552	+25%	66 → 47
Kari	1,805	2,221	+23%	153 → 129

Falling girl names, 1974 to 1975
Name	Births 1974	Births 1975	Change	Rank 1974 → 1975
Kim	1,936	1,481	-24%	144 → 178
Kristen	6,053	4,674	-23%	45 → 60
Shelley	1,997	1,547	-23%	142 → 171
Debra	3,129	2,444	-22%	94 → 114
Sherri	1,620	1,273	-21%	166 → 196
Donna	4,354	3,422	-21%	67 → 85
Deborah	4,343	3,414	-21%	68 → 86
Pamela	5,272	4,177	-21%	54 → 70
Tamara	4,525	3,629	-20%	63 → 77
Tammy	9,238	7,528	-19%	24 → 31

Top 100 boy names of 1975

Top 100 girl names of 1975

Biggest movers since 1974

Top 100 boy names of 1975

Top 100 girl names of 1975

Biggest movers since 1974