Popular baby names in Florida, 1974

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (2,096 babies) and Michael for boys (2,296). Social Security records list 94,353 babies born in Florida in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1974

Names given at least 15 times in Florida that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Lissette: 29 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Tangela: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Mercedes: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Aileen: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lourdes: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lashanda: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lakesha: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Katina: 74 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sabrina: 111 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Latosha: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Lazaro: 30 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Cornelius: 49 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Willie: 202 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Xavier: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Johnnie: 47 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dexter: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kelvin: 60 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Johnathan: 51 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cedric: 66 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Freddie: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,096	–	1
2	Michelle	889	↑1	3
3	Kimberly	888	↓1	6
4	Angela	767	↑1	5
5	Heather	763	↑4	4
6	Melissa	723	↓2	7
7	Amy	715	–	2
8	Stephanie	604	–	9
9	Lisa	598	↓3	8
10	Christina	485	–	16
11	Shannon	437	↑4	18
12	Rebecca	420	↓1	10
13	Mary	417	↓1	13
14	Elizabeth	416	–	12
15	Nicole	374	↑1	11
16	Tammy	364	↓3	24
17	April	354	↑9	28
18	Kelly	353	↑2	15
19	Tracy	347	↑5	23
20	Julie	317	↑1	14
21	Patricia	310	↑1	29
22	Dawn	308	↓4	22
23	Tina	301	↓6	25
24	Christine	296	↓1	19
25	Tiffany	295	↑8	41
26	Laura	292	↑1	21
27	Jessica	287	new	17
28	Wendy	280	↓3	32
29	Cynthia	274	↓10	33
30	Tonya	274	↓1	37
31	Karen	260	↓3	26
32	Tara	244	↑5	39
33	Amanda	237	new	34
34	Lori	237	↓3	30
35	Pamela	234	–	54
36	Rachel	231	new	36
37	Susan	229	↓7	27
38	Monica	223	↑1	43
39	Sandra	205	↑1	44
40	Teresa	203	↑1	52
41	Maria	200	↑2	31
42	Tanya	200	↑4	46
43	Barbara	198	↓7	77
44	Andrea	196	↓12	35
45	Stacy	196	↓11	38
46	Tamara	187	new	64
47	Stacey	180	↓5	48
48	Katrina	175	new	>100
49	Erin	172	new	47
50	Crystal	170	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	2,296	–	1
2	Jason	1,704	↑5	2
3	Christopher	1,700	–	3
4	James	1,597	↓2	5
5	Robert	1,524	↓1	7
6	David	1,468	↓1	4
7	John	1,389	↓1	6
8	William	1,097	–	10
9	Brian	1,003	–	8
10	Richard	753	–	17
11	Daniel	730	–	11
12	Joseph	720	–	12
13	Charles	684	–	23
14	Matthew	658	↑4	9
15	Eric	646	↓1	13
16	Kevin	592	↓1	14
17	Thomas	581	↓1	20
18	Anthony	553	↓1	21
19	Mark	542	↑1	16
20	Steven	530	↑1	19
21	Timothy	516	↓2	22
22	Scott	508	–	18
23	Jeffrey	477	↑1	15
24	Shawn	412	↑1	30
25	Kenneth	404	↓2	34
26	Paul	390	–	27
27	Stephen	355	–	35
28	Jonathan	331	↑1	33
29	Ryan	331	↑13	25
30	Gregory	328	↓2	31
31	Ronald	328	↑1	42
32	Donald	320	↓2	41
33	Sean	313	↓2	37
34	Joshua	312	↑7	29
35	Andrew	304	↑2	28
36	Patrick	291	↑4	38
37	Edward	262	↓1	40
38	Chad	252	↓3	26
39	George	250	↓5	49
40	Adam	249	new	36
41	Jeremy	248	↑8	24
42	Gary	246	↓4	48
43	Larry	246	↓4	55
44	Bryan	242	↓1	45
45	Aaron	236	↑5	32
46	Benjamin	225	new	46
47	Keith	221	↓14	44
48	Willie	202	↓2	>100
49	Jose	200	new	47
50	Todd	199	↓5	39

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