100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1974

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 67,583
2 Jason +1 54,776
3 Christopher -1 48,610
4 David +1 41,811
5 James -1 41,353
6 John 0 37,640
7 Robert 0 37,038
8 Brian 0 34,465
9 Matthew +1 27,224
10 William -1 26,993
11 Daniel 0 23,842
12 Joseph 0 21,838
13 Eric 0 20,191
14 Kevin 0 19,472
15 Jeffrey +2 19,327
16 Mark -1 18,916
17 Richard -1 18,647
18 Scott 0 18,042
19 Steven +1 17,678
20 Thomas -1 17,286
21 Anthony 0 16,393
22 Timothy 0 15,893
23 Charles 0 15,153
24 Jeremy +9 13,301
25 Ryan +5 13,188
26 Chad -1 12,799
27 Paul -3 12,320
28 Andrew +1 11,784
29 Joshua +13 11,599
30 Shawn -3 11,445
31 Gregory -5 10,834
32 Aaron +2 10,510
33 Jonathan -2 10,237
34 Kenneth -6 10,147
35 Stephen -3 10,117
36 Adam +9 8,427
37 Sean -1 8,293
38 Patrick -1 8,139
39 Todd -4 7,850
40 Edward -2 7,826
41 Donald -2 7,760
42 Ronald -2 7,667
43 Justin +8 7,429
44 Keith -3 7,394
45 Bryan -2 7,233
46 Benjamin +9 7,189
47 Jose +2 6,720
48 Gary -4 6,446
49 George -3 6,282
50 Peter +2 5,946
51 Brandon +7 5,860
52 Nathan +11 5,849
53 Douglas -6 5,848
54 Travis -1 5,701
55 Larry -5 5,696
56 Shane -2 5,656
57 Craig -9 5,540
58 Bradley +4 5,174
59 Dennis -3 4,881
60 Samuel +6 4,673
61 Jerry -4 4,666
62 Raymond -2 4,582
63 Troy -4 4,567
64 Juan +3 4,428
65 Jeffery -1 4,366
66 Frank -5 4,364
67 Jesse +8 4,105
68 Jamie +2 4,089
69 Terry -4 4,027
70 Phillip +1 3,934
71 Carlos +2 3,868
72 Rodney -4 3,849
73 Marcus -1 3,806
74 Derek -5 3,637
75 Joel -1 3,493
76 Brent +4 3,415
77 Corey +12 3,378
78 Billy -2 3,367
79 Randy 0 3,348
80 Tony -2 3,220
81 Nicholas +4 3,216
82 Antonio +10 3,179
83 Russell -6 3,172
84 Johnny -2 3,168
85 Marc -4 3,109
86 Philip +5 2,975
87 Derrick 0 2,961
88 Jacob +34 2,959
89 Carl +1 2,896
90 Erik -4 2,883
91 Danny -8 2,861
92 Bobby +1 2,791
93 Roger -9 2,756
94 Jon 0 2,747
95 Brett -7 2,679
96 Victor +7 2,624
97 Kyle +13 2,602
98 Curtis 0 2,591
99 Jimmy -4 2,568
100 Lawrence +4 2,544
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Jennifer 0 63,112
2 Amy 0 29,564
3 Michelle 0 25,827
4 Heather +4 23,182
5 Angela +2 22,801
6 Kimberly -2 22,420
7 Melissa -1 22,165
8 Lisa -3 19,776
9 Stephanie 0 16,981
10 Rebecca 0 15,166
11 Nicole 0 13,116
12 Elizabeth +1 12,259
13 Mary +1 11,738
14 Julie -2 11,359
15 Christina +1 10,849
16 Kelly +2 10,846
17 Jessica +17 10,654
18 Shannon +4 10,609
19 Christine -2 9,899
20 Sarah +15 9,785
21 Laura -2 9,718
22 Dawn -1 9,418
23 Tracy -3 9,291
24 Tammy -9 9,241
25 Tina -1 8,667
26 Karen -3 8,651
27 Susan -2 8,472
28 April +5 8,452
29 Patricia -2 8,036
30 Lori -2 7,962
31 Maria 0 7,787
32 Wendy -3 7,563
33 Cynthia -7 7,554
34 Andrea -4 7,478
35 Amanda +16 7,476
36 Rachel +6 7,397
37 Tonya -1 6,878
38 Stacy -6 6,739
39 Tara -2 6,656
40 Danielle +9 6,628
41 Tiffany +11 6,476
42 Carrie +4 6,435
43 Monica -3 6,284
44 Sandra -5 6,270
45 Kristen +13 6,054
46 Tanya +4 5,996
47 Erin +32 5,870
48 Stacey -7 5,802
49 Crystal -1 5,622
50 Michele -6 5,586
51 Melanie -8 5,483
52 Denise -14 5,398
53 Teresa -8 5,395
54 Pamela -7 5,272
55 Dana +4 5,157
56 Holly -2 5,142
57 Christy +16 5,067
58 Jill +4 5,060
59 Brenda -6 4,829
60 Heidi +5 4,686
61 Sara +28 4,649
62 Katherine +2 4,529
63 Robin -3 4,524
64 Tamara +2 4,524
65 Leslie +10 4,462
66 Misty +24 4,438
67 Donna -12 4,356
68 Deborah -12 4,345
69 Emily +30 4,329
70 Sharon -13 4,276
71 Veronica 0 4,227
72 Kristin +6 4,218
73 Catherine -6 4,182
74 Erica +7 4,122
75 Linda -14 4,081
76 Kathleen -8 3,952
77 Barbara -14 3,905
78 Nancy -1 3,895
79 Theresa -10 3,856
80 Brandy +2 3,831
81 Melinda -9 3,751
82 Anna +6 3,613
83 Jacqueline +4 3,575
84 Gina -1 3,559
85 Renee -5 3,529
86 Rhonda -16 3,524
87 Diana -2 3,511
88 Cheryl -14 3,499
89 Alicia +2 3,436
90 Sherry -14 3,434
91 Jodi +9 3,306
92 Amber +38 3,273
93 Valerie +3 3,183
94 Debra -10 3,134
95 Margaret -1 3,088
96 Paula -10 3,063
97 Jamie +6 3,021
98 Kathryn +9 2,992
99 Allison +6 2,960
100 Ann -7 2,931