By year

The top names of 1975

Jennifer led the girls and Michael the boys, out of 3,019,218 babies in the public record for that year.

Girls, 1975

#NameBabiesShare
1Jennifer58,1903.99%
2Amy32,2542.21%
3Heather24,3011.67%
4Melissa24,1681.66%
5Angela23,3611.60%
6Michelle22,6651.55%
7Kimberly20,2571.39%
8Lisa18,1391.24%
9Stephanie15,7751.08%
10Nicole14,2750.98%
11Rebecca13,9250.96%
12Christina12,9800.89%
13Jessica12,9260.89%
14Amanda12,6570.87%
15Elizabeth12,4720.86%
16Kelly11,7350.80%
17Sarah11,1700.77%
18Julie11,1410.76%
19Mary10,9730.75%
20Laura10,3110.71%
21Shannon9,3700.64%
22Christine9,1030.62%
23Dawn8,7440.60%
24Tracy8,5090.58%
25April8,2450.57%
26Rachel8,2250.56%
27Karen8,1680.56%
28Andrea8,0420.55%
29Carrie7,8540.54%
30Maria7,5420.52%
31Tammy7,5280.52%
32Susan7,4880.51%
33Wendy7,4730.51%
34Stacy7,1690.49%
35Tina7,0650.48%
36Patricia7,0530.48%
37Tiffany6,9190.47%
38Erin6,8940.47%
39Lori6,6500.46%
40Cynthia6,5390.45%
41Tara6,4550.44%
42Danielle6,4120.44%
43Crystal6,2430.43%
44Stacey5,9310.41%
45Tonya5,8960.40%
46Jill5,7280.39%
47Misty5,5520.38%
48Emily5,4820.38%
49Monica5,4760.38%
50Tanya5,3770.37%

Boys, 1975

#NameBabiesShare
1Michael68,4184.38%
2Jason52,1593.34%
3Christopher46,5752.98%
4James39,5692.53%
5David39,1562.51%
6Robert35,3062.26%
7John35,0792.25%
8Brian30,5781.96%
9Matthew28,5271.83%
10William25,5611.64%
11Daniel23,8141.53%
12Joseph22,1251.42%
13Eric19,7931.27%
14Jeffrey18,3161.17%
15Kevin18,0661.16%
16Richard17,6871.13%
17Scott17,3071.11%
18Steven17,0551.09%
19Mark16,7421.07%
20Thomas16,5321.06%
21Anthony16,4891.06%
22Timothy15,9471.02%
23Ryan15,2960.98%
24Jeremy15,1850.97%
25Charles14,5740.93%
26Joshua14,5670.93%
27Chad12,8380.82%
28Andrew12,7560.82%
29Paul12,0170.77%
30Jonathan10,9040.70%
31Shawn10,6820.68%
32Aaron10,5480.68%
33Gregory10,4000.67%
34Stephen9,7320.62%
35Kenneth9,6340.62%
36Benjamin9,5440.61%
37Justin8,8970.57%
38Adam8,6460.55%
39Patrick8,0530.52%
40Sean7,5820.49%
41Edward7,3810.47%
42Donald7,1970.46%
43Todd7,1510.46%
44Brandon7,0900.45%
45Nathan7,0690.45%
46Ronald7,0640.45%
47Bryan6,9980.45%
48Jose6,9670.45%
49Keith6,8230.44%
50Gary6,1140.39%

United States national data, Social Security Administration. The file counts Social Security applications, so its early decades undercount; the share column is a name's part of the names recorded for that sex that year, not of all births. How we use it.

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