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The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1975

6,337 different boys’ names were recorded in 1975, covering 1,561,357 births. These are the top 200.

#NameBirths
1Michael68,418
2Jason52,159
3Christopher46,575
4James39,569
5David39,156
6Robert35,306
7John35,079
8Brian30,578
9Matthew28,527
10William25,561
11Daniel23,814
12Joseph22,125
13Eric19,793
14Jeffrey18,316
15Kevin18,066
16Richard17,687
17Scott17,307
18Steven17,055
19Mark16,742
20Thomas16,532
21Anthony16,489
22Timothy15,947
23Ryan15,296
24Jeremy15,185
25Charles14,574
26Joshua14,567
27Chad12,838
28Andrew12,756
29Paul12,017
30Jonathan10,904
31Shawn10,682
32Aaron10,548
33Gregory10,400
34Stephen9,732
35Kenneth9,634
36Benjamin9,544
37Justin8,897
38Adam8,646
39Patrick8,053
40Sean7,582
41Edward7,381
42Donald7,197
43Todd7,151
44Brandon7,090
45Nathan7,069
46Ronald7,064
47Bryan6,998
48Jose6,967
49Keith6,823
50Gary6,114
51Travis5,961
52Bradley5,894
53George5,847
54Peter5,698
55Douglas5,345
56Larry5,307
57Shane5,209
58Craig5,110
59Dennis4,730
60Juan4,695
61Samuel4,619
62Jamie4,573
63Raymond4,530
64Jesse4,435
65Jerry4,311
66Frank4,212
67Terry3,971
68Marcus3,969
69Troy3,951
70Jeffery3,903
71Corey3,876
72Phillip3,853
73Carlos3,793
74Joel3,729
75Jacob3,618
76Rodney3,583
77Antonio3,489
78Randy3,385
79Brent3,364
80Tony3,322
81Nicholas3,319
82Russell3,232
83Derek3,186
84Billy3,113
85Philip3,011
86Johnny2,969
87Erik2,855
88Kyle2,833
89Marc2,822
90Derrick2,815
91Carl2,810
92Brett2,779
93Bobby2,772
94Danny2,740
95Victor2,680
96Dustin2,677
97Roger2,617
98Brad2,608
99Cory2,573
100Jared2,556
101Shannon2,530
102Jon2,515
103Christian2,463
104Micheal2,441
105Alexander2,439
106Gabriel2,431
107Luis2,422
108Gerald2,398
109Vincent2,383
110Lawrence2,364
111Jimmy2,357
112Walter2,355
113Curtis2,327
114Damon2,280
115Alan2,248
116Joe2,239
117Willie2,174
117Jay2,174
119Martin2,162
120Wayne2,134
121Randall2,125
122Roy2,121
123Andre2,104
124Henry2,090
125Mario2,059
126Darren2,032
127Allen2,031
128Arthur2,022
129Albert2,015
130Casey1,960
131Nathaniel1,957
132Chris1,954
133Adrian1,953
134Jesus1,924
135Ricky1,918
136Seth1,866
137Lee1,858
138Louis1,812
139Manuel1,800
140Bruce1,789
141Frederick1,786
142Jack1,742
143Ricardo1,726
144Ian1,717
145Zachary1,688
146Tyrone1,682
147Darrell1,672
148Miguel1,657
149Jeremiah1,651
150Kelly1,644
151Ronnie1,631
152Francisco1,612
153Harold1,587
154Clinton1,578
155Roberto1,557
156Tommy1,554
157Jorge1,541
158Wesley1,531
159Dale1,528
160Eugene1,518
161Ernest1,515
162Reginald1,500
163Lance1,497
164Barry1,481
165Jerome1,437
166Leonard1,431
167Geoffrey1,395
168Eddie1,389
169Maurice1,384
170Glenn1,383
170Steve1,383
172Ruben1,376
173Ralph1,343
174Neil1,331
175Alex1,327
176Jermaine1,316
177Marvin1,309
178Calvin1,283
179Jaime1,274
180Trevor1,267
181Dwayne1,248
182Hector1,245
183Edwin1,240
184Oscar1,235
185Kristopher1,232
186Clifton1,214
187Melvin1,208
188Heath1,204
189Theodore1,197
190Toby1,191
191Mitchell1,179
191Terrance1,179
193Clayton1,177
194Stanley1,169
195Howard1,166
196Terrence1,149
197Wade1,126
198Mathew1,125
199Clifford1,123
200Javier1,110

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1975 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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