Popular names of 1975, and how old they are now

People born in 1975 turn 51 in 2026. Social Security recorded about 3 million births in 1975 under names it lists, and by our estimate about 92% of them are still alive: about 2.8 million people.

The year's top names were Jennifer for girls and Michael for boys. Babies born that year are Gen Xers (see Gen X names).

12 names on AgeByName had their busiest year ever in 1975: Amy, Heather, Christy, Christie, Kari, Tamika, Angie, Kerri, Keri, Charity, Geoffrey and Toby.

Top girl names of 1975

Most popular girl names of 1975
#	Name	Born 1975	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Jennifer	58,190	55,000	46
2	Amy	32,254	30,000	47
3	Heather	24,301	23,000	45
4	Melissa	24,168	23,000	46
5	Angela	23,361	22,000	49
6	Michelle	22,665	21,000	48
7	Kimberly	20,257	19,000	48
8	Lisa	18,139	17,000	56
9	Stephanie	15,775	15,000	43
10	Nicole	14,275	13,000	39
11	Rebecca	13,925	13,000	48
12	Christina	12,980	12,000	44
13	Jessica	12,926	12,000	38
14	Amanda	12,657	12,000	39
15	Elizabeth	12,472	12,000	44
16	Kelly	11,735	11,000	48
17	Sarah	11,170	11,000	39
18	Julie	11,141	11,000	55
19	Mary	10,973	10,000	66
20	Laura	10,311	9,700	51
21	Shannon	9,370	8,800	46
22	Christine	9,103	8,600	57
23	Dawn	8,744	8,200	57
24	Tracy	8,509	8,000	55
25	April	8,245	7,800	45
26	Rachel	8,225	7,800	38
27	Karen	8,168	7,700	63
28	Andrea	8,042	7,600	42
29	Carrie	7,854	7,400	52
30	Maria	7,542	7,100	45
31	Tammy	7,528	7,100	58
32	Susan	7,488	7,100	66
33	Wendy	7,473	7,000	55
34	Stacy	7,169	6,800	50
35	Tina	7,065	6,700	56
36	Patricia	7,053	6,600	68
37	Tiffany	6,919	6,500	40
38	Erin	6,894	6,500	39
39	Lori	6,650	6,300	58
40	Cynthia	6,539	6,200	60
41	Tara	6,455	6,100	44
42	Danielle	6,412	6,000	38
43	Crystal	6,243	5,900	43
44	Stacey	5,931	5,600	50
45	Tonya	5,896	5,600	53
46	Jill	5,728	5,400	57
47	Misty	5,552	5,200	46
48	Emily	5,482	5,200	29
49	Monica	5,476	5,200	46
50	Tanya	5,377	5,100	50

Top boy names of 1975

Most popular boy names of 1975
#	Name	Born 1975	Alive today	Avg. age, everyone
1	Michael	68,418	62,000	49
2	Jason	52,159	47,000	42
3	Christopher	46,575	42,000	41
4	James	39,569	36,000	54
5	David	39,156	35,000	52
6	Robert	35,306	32,000	58
7	John	35,079	32,000	55
8	Brian	30,578	28,000	48
9	Matthew	28,527	26,000	36
10	William	25,561	23,000	51
11	Daniel	23,814	22,000	42
12	Joseph	22,125	20,000	45
13	Eric	19,793	18,000	44
14	Jeffrey	18,316	17,000	53
15	Kevin	18,066	16,000	45
16	Richard	17,687	16,000	60
17	Scott	17,307	16,000	53
18	Steven	17,055	15,000	52
19	Mark	16,742	15,000	56
20	Thomas	16,532	15,000	53
21	Anthony	16,489	15,000	40
22	Timothy	15,947	14,000	50
23	Ryan	15,296	14,000	33
24	Jeremy	15,185	14,000	39
25	Charles	14,574	13,000	54
26	Joshua	14,567	13,000	33
27	Chad	12,838	12,000	45
28	Andrew	12,756	12,000	36
29	Paul	12,017	11,000	57
30	Jonathan	10,904	9,900	35
31	Shawn	10,682	9,600	45
32	Aaron	10,548	9,500	34
33	Gregory	10,400	9,400	54
34	Stephen	9,732	8,800	54
35	Kenneth	9,634	8,700	57
36	Benjamin	9,544	8,600	30
37	Justin	8,897	8,000	34
38	Adam	8,646	7,800	35
39	Patrick	8,053	7,300	47
40	Sean	7,582	6,800	38
41	Edward	7,381	6,700	56
42	Donald	7,197	6,500	64
43	Todd	7,151	6,500	54
44	Brandon	7,090	6,400	33
45	Nathan	7,069	6,400	30
46	Ronald	7,064	6,400	64
47	Bryan	6,998	6,300	39
48	Jose	6,967	6,300	34
49	Keith	6,823	6,200	54
50	Gary	6,114	5,500	65

About these numbers

“Born” counts the babies of each sex given the name in 1975, from Social Security's records. “Alive today” estimates how many of them are still living, using SSA's cohort life tables for people born in 1975. “Avg. age, everyone” is the average age of everyone alive with the name, not just the 1975 babies. How we calculate this