1974
Top Baby Names of 1974
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1974
1
Jennifer 63,106 2
Amy 29,564 3
Michelle 25,828 4
Heather 23,180 5
Angela 22,803 6
Kimberly 22,427 7
Melissa 22,166 8
Lisa 19,777 9
Stephanie 16,983 10
Rebecca 15,165 11
Nicole 13,114 12
Elizabeth 12,263 13
Mary 11,739 14
Julie 11,360 15
Kelly 10,849 16
Christina 10,848 17
Jessica 10,655 18
Shannon 10,608 19
Christine 9,901 20
Sarah 9,790 21
Laura 9,716 22
Dawn 9,417 23
Tracy 9,285 24
Tammy 9,238 25
Tina 8,668 26
Karen 8,644 27
Susan 8,471 28
April 8,454 29
Patricia 8,036 30
Lori 7,960 31
Maria 7,804 32
Wendy 7,564 33
Cynthia 7,558 34
Amanda 7,473 35
Andrea 7,471 36
Rachel 7,399 37
Tonya 6,877 38
Stacy 6,741 39
Tara 6,656 40
Danielle 6,629 41
Tiffany 6,479 42
Carrie 6,437 43
Monica 6,281 44
Sandra 6,270 45
Kristen 6,053 46
Tanya 5,996 47
Erin 5,868 48
Stacey 5,803 49
Crystal 5,624 50
Michele 5,587 51
Melanie 5,483 52
Teresa 5,397 53
Denise 5,396 54
Pamela 5,272 55
Dana 5,159 56
Holly 5,144 57
Christy 5,067 58
Jill 5,060 59
Brenda 4,829 60
Heidi 4,683 61
Sara 4,651 62
Katherine 4,532 63
Robin 4,525 63
Tamara 4,525 65
Leslie 4,463 66
Misty 4,439 67
Donna 4,354 68
Deborah 4,343 69
Emily 4,330 70
Sharon 4,276 71
Veronica 4,226 72
Kristin 4,217 73
Catherine 4,183 74
Erica 4,121 75
Linda 4,077 76
Kathleen 3,953 77
Barbara 3,906 78
Nancy 3,891 79
Theresa 3,856 80
Brandy 3,832 81
Melinda 3,752 82
Anna 3,621 83
Jacqueline 3,573 84
Gina 3,560 85
Renee 3,528 86
Rhonda 3,525 87
Diana 3,513 88
Cheryl 3,497 89
Sherry 3,436 90
Alicia 3,435 91
Jodi 3,306 92
Amber 3,273 93
Valerie 3,182 94
Debra 3,129 95
Margaret 3,087 96
Paula 3,061 97
Jamie 3,020 98
Kathryn 2,991 99
Allison 2,959 100
Ann 2,928 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1974
1
Michael 67,535 2
Jason 54,751 3
Christopher 48,590 4
David 41,793 5
James 41,336 6
John 37,618 7
Robert 37,009 8
Brian 34,451 9
Matthew 27,197 10
William 26,977 11
Daniel 23,834 12
Joseph 21,835 13
Eric 20,188 14
Kevin 19,464 15
Jeffrey 19,322 16
Mark 18,907 17
Richard 18,636 18
Scott 18,031 19
Steven 17,667 20
Thomas 17,270 21
Anthony 16,390 22
Timothy 15,892 23
Charles 15,151 24
Jeremy 13,296 25
Ryan 13,179 26
Chad 12,790 27
Paul 12,312 28
Andrew 11,778 29
Joshua 11,599 30
Shawn 11,438 31
Gregory 10,829 32
Aaron 10,508 33
Jonathan 10,231 34
Kenneth 10,146 35
Stephen 10,101 36
Adam 8,425 37
Sean 8,292 38
Patrick 8,137 39
Todd 7,846 40
Edward 7,820 41
Donald 7,759 42
Ronald 7,666 43
Justin 7,430 44
Keith 7,390 45
Bryan 7,228 46
Benjamin 7,183 47
Jose 6,721 48
Gary 6,444 49
George 6,284 50
Peter 5,941 51
Brandon 5,859 52
Nathan 5,846 53
Douglas 5,842 54
Travis 5,702 55
Larry 5,694 56
Shane 5,655 57
Craig 5,539 58
Bradley 5,173 59
Dennis 4,880 60
Samuel 4,671 61
Jerry 4,663 62
Raymond 4,578 63
Troy 4,564 64
Juan 4,428 65
Frank 4,364 65
Jeffery 4,364 67
Jesse 4,106 68
Jamie 4,086 69
Terry 4,026 70
Phillip 3,934 71
Carlos 3,871 72
Rodney 3,849 73
Marcus 3,802 74
Derek 3,636 75
Joel 3,492 76
Brent 3,413 77
Corey 3,381 78
Billy 3,366 79
Randy 3,342 80
Nicholas 3,218 81
Tony 3,216 82
Antonio 3,177 83
Johnny 3,169 84
Russell 3,168 85
Marc 3,108 86
Philip 2,969 87
Jacob 2,958 87
Derrick 2,958 89
Carl 2,895 90
Erik 2,881 91
Danny 2,861 92
Bobby 2,792 93
Roger 2,754 94
Jon 2,750 95
Brett 2,677 96
Victor 2,623 97
Kyle 2,599 98
Curtis 2,590 99
Jimmy 2,569 100
Lawrence 2,543 About 1974 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1974, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.