Born in 1975 · Gen X
Baby names of 1975
The Social Security name files, which cover every name given to at least 5 babies, list 3,019,218 babies born in 1975: 1,457,861 girls and 1,561,357 boys. Jennifer and Michael were the most popular names, and 21.7% of all babies got a top-10 name, down from 22.4% in 1965. The name most tied to 1975 is Nakia: among girls, it was 12× as common that year as in the decades around it.
Quick facts
- Generation
- Gen X
- Born 1965–1980
- Babies on record
- 3,019,218
- 1,457,861 girls · 1,561,357 boys
- Different names
- 10,618
- for girls, plus 6,337 for boys (5+ babies each)
- Top-10 names
- 21.7%
- of babies got one · girls 17.4%, boys 25.7%
Top 10 names of 1975
- Jennifer was the #1 name for girls every year from 1970 to 1984.
- Michael was the #1 name for boys every year from 1961 to 1998.
How many babies got a top-10 name?
In 1975, 21.7% of babies were given one of that year's 10 most popular names. Across all years, that share fell from 29.0% in 1935 to 7.5% in 2025.
Names that sound like 1975
These names were far more common in 1975 than in the decades around it: the multiplier compares each name's share of 1975 babies with its average share 6–25 years before and after.
| Name | Sex | Rank | Vs. nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nakia | Girl | #251 | 12× |
| Tamika | Girl | #130 | 11× |
| Lakisha | Girl | #288 | 8.2× |
| Tameka | Girl | #269 | 7.9× |
| Mandy | Girl | #106 | 7.7× |
| Misty | Girl | #47 | 7.6× |
| Christie | Girl | #96 | 6.4× |
| Jason | Boy | #2 | 6.3× |
| Latonya | Girl | #203 | 6.0× |
| Chadwick | Boy | #272 | 5.9× |
Names that peaked in 1975
Each of these reached its highest share of US babies in 1975, the high point in records going back to 1880. Rank is for 1975.
| Name | Sex | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Amy | Girl | #2 |
| Heather | Girl | #3 |
| Angela | Girl | #5 |
| Christy | Girl | #53 |
| Christie | Girl | #96 |
| Brad | Boy | #98 |
| Kari | Girl | #129 |
| Tamika | Girl | #130 |
| Angie | Girl | #140 |
| Kerri | Girl | #167 |
New to the top 1,000 in 1975
Names that made the national top 1,000 for the first time in 1975 (records go back to 1880).
Girls
- Lacey294 babies
- Tiana248 babies
- Mandie201 babies
- Harmony174 babies
- Shameka164 babies
- Spring162 babies
- Destiny161 babies
- Nakisha161 babies
Boys
- Benji168 babies
- Tavares162 babies
- Marques103 babies
- Rasheed90 babies
- Jerad78 babies
- Deangelo75 babies
- Corry74 babies
- Cristobal74 babies
Where are they now?
Top-100 names of 1975 that have since dropped out of the top 1,000. Ranks are for 1975 and 2025.
Girls
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data