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Generation X (Gen X) baby name rankings

Compare the most popular boy and girl names recorded in the United States for babies born from 1965 to 1980.

Leading boy name Michael

1,186,586 recorded births

Leading girl name Jennifer

752,325 recorded births

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U.S. births

Boy names

100 shown
Rank Name Recorded births
1 Michael 1,186,586
2 David 816,036
3 James 799,148
4 John 755,673
5 Robert 726,799
6 Christopher 673,592
7 Jason 546,547
8 William 499,559
9 Brian 493,456
10 Joseph 408,139
11 Daniel 389,835
12 Richard 388,396
13 Mark 385,211
14 Matthew 383,233
15 Jeffrey 364,437
16 Kevin 356,017
17 Thomas 348,083
18 Scott 339,526
19 Steven 338,749
20 Timothy 336,117
21 Eric 324,489
22 Anthony 295,468
23 Charles 288,262
24 Paul 262,104
25 Kenneth 219,506
26 Gregory 207,393
27 Andrew 204,399
28 Stephen 192,207
29 Joshua 179,941
30 Ryan 173,440
31 Ronald 168,536
32 Patrick 165,653
33 Jeremy 162,898
34 Donald 159,817
35 Todd 157,805
36 Edward 155,268
37 Jonathan 154,117
38 Shawn 146,025
39 Gary 138,445
40 Chad 136,977
41 Keith 135,180
42 Aaron 130,598
43 Douglas 128,614
44 Sean 128,545
45 Adam 123,606
46 George 118,964
47 Justin 117,670
48 Peter 110,543
49 Bryan 108,829
50 Benjamin 108,579

U.S. births

Girl names

100 shown
Rank Name Recorded births
1 Jennifer 752,325
2 Lisa 508,537
3 Michelle 409,998
4 Kimberly 406,745
5 Melissa 372,846
6 Amy 368,033
7 Angela 341,804
8 Mary 267,783
9 Heather 248,748
10 Elizabeth 240,892
11 Stephanie 239,025
12 Kelly 220,447
13 Karen 217,283
14 Laura 215,376
15 Julie 213,190
16 Rebecca 203,556
17 Susan 202,682
18 Tammy 196,358
19 Christine 190,337
20 Jessica 186,713
21 Nicole 180,585
22 Patricia 178,599
23 Christina 176,147
24 Amanda 171,620
25 Sarah 166,393
26 Cynthia 164,467
27 Dawn 164,244
28 Tracy 163,985
29 Tina 158,288
30 Lori 152,944
31 Shannon 149,328
32 Sandra 140,171
33 Pamela 138,047
34 Andrea 131,809
35 Wendy 130,879
36 Maria 128,500
37 Donna 125,073
38 Deborah 120,612
39 Teresa 120,328
40 Linda 118,425
41 Denise 114,598
42 Michele 110,589
43 Sharon 110,304
44 Brenda 110,003
45 April 106,372
46 Rachel 105,940
47 Barbara 101,717
48 Crystal 101,240
49 Stacy 98,409
50 Kathleen 97,211