Popular baby names of 1974

In 1974, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jennifer for girls (63,107 babies) and Michael for boys (67,534). Social Security records show 3,039,868 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 10,247 girls' names and 6,004 boys' names.

1974 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 17.8% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 26.5% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Amber, Jamie, Kathryn, Allison.
New in the boys' top 100: Jacob, Victor, Kyle, Lawrence.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973
1	Jennifer	63,107	–
2	Amy	29,566	–
3	Michelle	25,826	–
4	Heather	23,179	↑4
5	Angela	22,803	↑2
6	Kimberly	22,427	↓2
7	Melissa	22,166	↓1
8	Lisa	19,778	↓3
9	Stephanie	16,984	–
10	Rebecca	15,163	–
11	Nicole	13,112	–
12	Elizabeth	12,259	↑1
13	Mary	11,738	↑1
14	Julie	11,360	↓2
15	Kelly	10,851	↑3
16	Christina	10,849	–
17	Jessica	10,656	↑17
18	Shannon	10,608	↑4
19	Christine	9,901	↓2
20	Sarah	9,788	↑15
21	Laura	9,716	↓2
22	Dawn	9,417	↓1
23	Tracy	9,286	↓3
24	Tammy	9,238	↓9
25	Tina	8,668	↓1
26	Karen	8,643	↓3
27	Susan	8,470	↓2
28	April	8,454	↑5
29	Patricia	8,036	↓2
30	Lori	7,960	↓2
31	Maria	7,804	–
32	Wendy	7,564	↓3
33	Cynthia	7,557	↓7
34	Amanda	7,473	↑17
35	Andrea	7,472	↓5
36	Rachel	7,399	↑6
37	Tonya	6,878	↓1
38	Stacy	6,741	↓6
39	Tara	6,657	↓2
40	Danielle	6,629	↑9
41	Tiffany	6,482	↑11
42	Carrie	6,436	↑4
43	Monica	6,281	↓3
44	Sandra	6,270	↓5
45	Kristen	6,052	↑13
46	Tanya	5,997	↑4
47	Erin	5,868	↑32
48	Stacey	5,803	↓7
49	Crystal	5,622	↓1
50	Michele	5,587	↓6
51	Melanie	5,483	↓8
52	Teresa	5,397	↓7
53	Denise	5,395	↓15
54	Pamela	5,272	↓7
55	Dana	5,158	↑4
56	Holly	5,144	↓2
57	Christy	5,067	↑16
58	Jill	5,061	↑4
59	Brenda	4,830	↓6
60	Heidi	4,683	↑5
61	Sara	4,650	↑28
62	Katherine	4,530	↑2
63	Robin	4,525	↓3
64	Tamara	4,525	↑2
65	Leslie	4,463	↑10
66	Misty	4,439	↑24
67	Donna	4,354	↓12
68	Deborah	4,343	↓12
69	Emily	4,329	↑30
70	Sharon	4,276	↓13
71	Veronica	4,226	–
72	Kristin	4,218	↑6
73	Catherine	4,184	↓6
74	Erica	4,121	↑7
75	Linda	4,077	↓14
76	Kathleen	3,953	↓8
77	Barbara	3,906	↓14
78	Nancy	3,891	↓1
79	Theresa	3,857	↓10
80	Brandy	3,832	↑2
81	Melinda	3,752	↓9
82	Anna	3,622	↑4
83	Jacqueline	3,573	↑5
84	Gina	3,560	↓1
85	Renee	3,528	↓5
86	Rhonda	3,525	↓16
87	Diana	3,513	↓2
88	Cheryl	3,496	↓14
89	Sherry	3,436	↓13
90	Alicia	3,434	↑1
91	Jodi	3,306	↑9
92	Amber	3,273	new
93	Valerie	3,181	↑3
94	Debra	3,129	↓10
95	Margaret	3,087	↓1
96	Paula	3,061	↓9
97	Jamie	3,020	new
98	Kathryn	2,991	new
99	Allison	2,959	new
100	Ann	2,928	↓7

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973
1	Michael	67,534	–
2	Jason	54,756	↑1
3	Christopher	48,585	↓1
4	David	41,786	↑1
5	James	41,334	↓1
6	John	37,612	–
7	Robert	37,005	–
8	Brian	34,449	–
9	Matthew	27,194	↑1
10	William	26,980	↓1
11	Daniel	23,833	–
12	Joseph	21,834	–
13	Eric	20,193	–
14	Kevin	19,461	–
15	Jeffrey	19,320	↑2
16	Mark	18,905	↓1
17	Richard	18,636	↓1
18	Scott	18,030	–
19	Steven	17,663	↑1
20	Thomas	17,268	↓1
21	Anthony	16,391	–
22	Timothy	15,890	–
23	Charles	15,151	–
24	Jeremy	13,295	↑9
25	Ryan	13,179	↑5
26	Chad	12,788	↓1
27	Paul	12,310	↓3
28	Andrew	11,778	↑1
29	Joshua	11,599	↑13
30	Shawn	11,438	↓3
31	Gregory	10,826	↓5
32	Aaron	10,507	↑2
33	Jonathan	10,230	↓2
34	Kenneth	10,143	↓6
35	Stephen	10,101	↓3
36	Adam	8,421	↑9
37	Sean	8,290	↓1
38	Patrick	8,137	↓1
39	Todd	7,845	↓4
40	Edward	7,817	↓1
41	Donald	7,758	↓3
42	Ronald	7,667	↓2
43	Justin	7,429	↑8
44	Keith	7,390	↓3
45	Bryan	7,226	↓2
46	Benjamin	7,183	↑9
47	Jose	6,720	↑2
48	Gary	6,444	↓4
49	George	6,283	↓3
50	Peter	5,940	↑2
51	Brandon	5,859	↑7
52	Nathan	5,844	↑11
53	Douglas	5,843	↓6
54	Travis	5,702	↓1
55	Larry	5,694	↓5
56	Shane	5,655	↓2
57	Craig	5,539	↓9
58	Bradley	5,173	↑4
59	Dennis	4,880	↓3
60	Samuel	4,672	↑6
61	Jerry	4,664	↓4
62	Raymond	4,577	↓2
63	Troy	4,563	↓4
64	Juan	4,428	↑3
65	Frank	4,365	↓4
66	Jeffery	4,363	↓2
67	Jesse	4,105	↑8
68	Jamie	4,086	↑2
69	Terry	4,027	↓4
70	Phillip	3,934	↑1
71	Carlos	3,871	↑3
72	Rodney	3,849	↓4
73	Marcus	3,801	↓1
74	Derek	3,636	↓5
75	Joel	3,491	↓2
76	Brent	3,413	↑4
77	Corey	3,382	↑12
78	Billy	3,365	↓2
79	Randy	3,342	–
80	Nicholas	3,218	↑5
81	Tony	3,216	↓3
82	Antonio	3,178	↑10
83	Johnny	3,169	↓1
84	Russell	3,168	↓7
85	Marc	3,108	↓4
86	Philip	2,967	↑5
87	Derrick	2,958	–
88	Jacob	2,957	new
89	Carl	2,895	↑1
90	Erik	2,881	↓4
91	Danny	2,859	↓8
92	Bobby	2,792	↑1
93	Roger	2,754	↓9
94	Jon	2,750	–
95	Brett	2,677	↓7
96	Victor	2,621	new
97	Kyle	2,598	new
98	Curtis	2,589	–
99	Jimmy	2,568	↓4
100	Lawrence	2,543	new

Every name given in 1974

All 16,251 names Social Security recorded for 1974, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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