Popular baby names in Indiana, 1974

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (1,903 babies) and Jason for boys (1,924). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 74,430 babies born in Indiana in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1974

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

Girls

Lora: 43 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gretchen: 71 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Chastity: 39 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Chasity: 30 babies, 2× the national rate
Marci: 24 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Trent: 44 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jonathon: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jamey: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Garry: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jarrod: 33 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dewayne: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Max: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Bradley: 261 babies, 2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,903	–	1
2	Amy	1,092	–	2
3	Angela	1,040	–	5
4	Michelle	843	–	3
5	Heather	785	↑3	4
6	Melissa	760	↓1	7
7	Kimberly	633	↓1	6
8	Lisa	541	↓1	8
9	Stephanie	536	–	9
10	Rebecca	412	↑2	10
11	Julie	410	–	14
12	Christina	395	↓2	16
13	Shannon	357	↑10	18
14	Dawn	343	↓1	22
15	Kelly	337	↓1	15
16	Amanda	333	↑9	34
17	Nicole	332	↓2	11
18	Mary	312	–	13
19	April	304	↑1	28
20	Lori	287	↑1	30
21	Tracy	281	↓2	23
22	Sarah	277	↑10	20
23	Carrie	273	↑6	42
24	Elizabeth	269	↓8	12
25	Tina	264	↓8	25
26	Laura	262	↓4	21
27	Tammy	256	↓3	24
28	Andrea	249	↑9	35
29	Stacy	238	↓2	38
30	Tonya	230	↓4	37
31	Susan	228	↓3	27
32	Jessica	227	↑15	17
33	Rachel	207	↓2	36
34	Misty	193	↑9	66
35	Karen	188	↓1	26
36	Wendy	187	↓3	32
37	Holly	182	↑2	56
38	Jill	181	↓3	58
39	Christine	179	↓9	19
40	Tiffany	175	new	41
41	Christy	174	new	57
42	Cynthia	174	–	33
43	Erin	174	new	47
44	Crystal	171	↓3	49
45	Stacey	170	↓9	48
46	Michele	162	↑2	50
47	Brandy	155	↓2	80
48	Melinda	152	new	81
49	Danielle	151	new	40
50	Patricia	151	↓10	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jason	1,924	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,802	↓1	1
3	Christopher	1,351	–	3
4	James	1,165	–	5
5	Brian	1,111	–	8
6	David	1,104	–	4
7	Robert	1,028	–	7
8	Matthew	940	↑1	9
9	John	902	↓1	6
10	William	714	–	10
11	Scott	644	–	18
12	Chad	606	↑3	26
13	Daniel	601	–	11
14	Eric	589	↓2	13
15	Ryan	586	↑7	25
16	Mark	567	↓2	16
17	Jeremy	565	↑9	24
18	Jeffrey	559	↓2	15
19	Kevin	511	↓1	14
20	Steven	502	↓3	19
21	Joseph	491	↓1	12
22	Joshua	462	↑11	29
23	Andrew	461	↑4	28
24	Richard	456	↓1	17
25	Anthony	454	↓1	21
26	Timothy	432	↓7	22
27	Thomas	428	↓2	20
28	Aaron	426	↑2	32
29	Charles	400	↓8	23
30	Shawn	377	↓1	30
31	Gregory	310	↓3	31
32	Paul	305	↓1	27
33	Todd	283	↓1	39
34	Adam	266	↑7	36
35	Stephen	263	↑4	35
36	Bradley	261	↑7	58
37	Kenneth	258	↓3	34
38	Jonathan	247	↓1	33
39	Donald	239	↓3	41
40	Larry	230	↑4	55
41	Shane	228	↓1	56
42	Nathan	218	new	52
43	Ronald	215	↓5	42
44	Travis	214	↑4	54
45	Benjamin	211	new	46
46	Bryan	207	↓4	45
47	Sean	203	new	37
48	Brandon	201	new	51
49	Douglas	201	↓14	53
50	Patrick	195	new	38

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