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
| # | Name | Babies | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer | 58,190 | 3.99% |
| 2 | Amy | 32,254 | 2.21% |
| 3 | Heather | 24,301 | 1.67% |
| 4 | Melissa | 24,168 | 1.66% |
| 5 | Angela | 23,361 | 1.60% |
| 6 | Michelle | 22,665 | 1.55% |
| 7 | Kimberly | 20,257 | 1.39% |
| 8 | Lisa | 18,139 | 1.24% |
| 9 | Stephanie | 15,775 | 1.08% |
| 10 | Nicole | 14,275 | 0.98% |
| 11 | Rebecca | 13,925 | 0.96% |
| 12 | Christina | 12,980 | 0.89% |
| 13 | Jessica | 12,926 | 0.89% |
| 14 | Amanda | 12,657 | 0.87% |
| 15 | Elizabeth | 12,472 | 0.86% |
| 16 | Kelly | 11,735 | 0.80% |
| 17 | Sarah | 11,170 | 0.77% |
| 18 | Julie | 11,141 | 0.76% |
| 19 | Mary | 10,973 | 0.75% |
| 20 | Laura | 10,311 | 0.71% |
| 21 | Shannon | 9,370 | 0.64% |
| 22 | Christine | 9,103 | 0.62% |
| 23 | Dawn | 8,744 | 0.60% |
| 24 | Tracy | 8,509 | 0.58% |
| 25 | April | 8,245 | 0.57% |
| 26 | Rachel | 8,225 | 0.56% |
| 27 | Karen | 8,168 | 0.56% |
| 28 | Andrea | 8,042 | 0.55% |
| 29 | Carrie | 7,854 | 0.54% |
| 30 | Maria | 7,542 | 0.52% |
| 31 | Tammy | 7,528 | 0.52% |
| 32 | Susan | 7,488 | 0.51% |
| 33 | Wendy | 7,473 | 0.51% |
| 34 | Stacy | 7,169 | 0.49% |
| 35 | Tina | 7,065 | 0.48% |
| 36 | Patricia | 7,053 | 0.48% |
| 37 | Tiffany | 6,919 | 0.47% |
| 38 | Erin | 6,894 | 0.47% |
| 39 | Lori | 6,650 | 0.46% |
| 40 | Cynthia | 6,539 | 0.45% |
| 41 | Tara | 6,455 | 0.44% |
| 42 | Danielle | 6,412 | 0.44% |
| 43 | Crystal | 6,243 | 0.43% |
| 44 | Stacey | 5,931 | 0.41% |
| 45 | Tonya | 5,896 | 0.40% |
| 46 | Jill | 5,728 | 0.39% |
| 47 | Misty | 5,552 | 0.38% |
| 48 | Emily | 5,482 | 0.38% |
| 49 | Monica | 5,476 | 0.38% |
| 50 | Tanya | 5,377 | 0.37% |
Boys, 1975
| # | Name | Babies | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 68,418 | 4.38% |
| 2 | Jason | 52,159 | 3.34% |
| 3 | Christopher | 46,575 | 2.98% |
| 4 | James | 39,569 | 2.53% |
| 5 | David | 39,156 | 2.51% |
| 6 | Robert | 35,306 | 2.26% |
| 7 | John | 35,079 | 2.25% |
| 8 | Brian | 30,578 | 1.96% |
| 9 | Matthew | 28,527 | 1.83% |
| 10 | William | 25,561 | 1.64% |
| 11 | Daniel | 23,814 | 1.53% |
| 12 | Joseph | 22,125 | 1.42% |
| 13 | Eric | 19,793 | 1.27% |
| 14 | Jeffrey | 18,316 | 1.17% |
| 15 | Kevin | 18,066 | 1.16% |
| 16 | Richard | 17,687 | 1.13% |
| 17 | Scott | 17,307 | 1.11% |
| 18 | Steven | 17,055 | 1.09% |
| 19 | Mark | 16,742 | 1.07% |
| 20 | Thomas | 16,532 | 1.06% |
| 21 | Anthony | 16,489 | 1.06% |
| 22 | Timothy | 15,947 | 1.02% |
| 23 | Ryan | 15,296 | 0.98% |
| 24 | Jeremy | 15,185 | 0.97% |
| 25 | Charles | 14,574 | 0.93% |
| 26 | Joshua | 14,567 | 0.93% |
| 27 | Chad | 12,838 | 0.82% |
| 28 | Andrew | 12,756 | 0.82% |
| 29 | Paul | 12,017 | 0.77% |
| 30 | Jonathan | 10,904 | 0.70% |
| 31 | Shawn | 10,682 | 0.68% |
| 32 | Aaron | 10,548 | 0.68% |
| 33 | Gregory | 10,400 | 0.67% |
| 34 | Stephen | 9,732 | 0.62% |
| 35 | Kenneth | 9,634 | 0.62% |
| 36 | Benjamin | 9,544 | 0.61% |
| 37 | Justin | 8,897 | 0.57% |
| 38 | Adam | 8,646 | 0.55% |
| 39 | Patrick | 8,053 | 0.52% |
| 40 | Sean | 7,582 | 0.49% |
| 41 | Edward | 7,381 | 0.47% |
| 42 | Donald | 7,197 | 0.46% |
| 43 | Todd | 7,151 | 0.46% |
| 44 | Brandon | 7,090 | 0.45% |
| 45 | Nathan | 7,069 | 0.45% |
| 46 | Ronald | 7,064 | 0.45% |
| 47 | Bryan | 6,998 | 0.45% |
| 48 | Jose | 6,967 | 0.45% |
| 49 | Keith | 6,823 | 0.44% |
| 50 | Gary | 6,114 | 0.39% |
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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