Popular Names of 1975

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1975, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025.

Table 1. Female names, 1975
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Jennifer	58,190	586
2	Amy	32,254	257
3	Heather	24,301	1,264
4	Melissa	24,168	420
5	Angela	23,361	408
6	Michelle	22,665	465
7	Kimberly	20,257	303
8	Lisa	18,139	991
9	Stephanie	15,775	557
10	Nicole	14,275	383
11	Rebecca	13,925	350
12	Christina	12,980	770
13	Jessica	12,926	665
14	Amanda	12,657	493
15	Elizabeth	12,472	17
16	Kelly	11,735	852
17	Sarah	11,170	90
18	Julie	11,141	873
19	Mary	10,973	125
20	Laura	10,311	379

Table 2. Male names, 1975
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
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	245
20	Thomas	16,532	34

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.