Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1974

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (1,843 babies) and Michael for boys (2,065). Social Security records list 64,726 babies born in Massachusetts in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1974

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

Girls

Caitlin: 16 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Maura: 38 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Lynne: 45 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Annmarie: 35 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kerri: 167 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kerry: 181 babies, 5× the national rate
Alyssa: 47 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kerrie: 36 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Meghan: 59 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kate: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 75 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brendan: 57 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Francis: 71 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gregg: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gerard: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Derek: 243 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Peter: 393 babies, 3× the national rate
Marc: 193 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shaun: 51 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nelson: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,843	–	1
2	Amy	794	↑1	2
3	Michelle	752	↓1	3
4	Melissa	641	↑1	7
5	Heather	622	↑2	4
6	Lisa	611	↓2	8
7	Kimberly	522	↓1	6
8	Nicole	473	↑1	11
9	Christine	453	↓1	19
10	Jessica	425	↑7	17
11	Elizabeth	424	↑1	12
12	Rebecca	397	↓1	10
13	Kristen	371	↑1	45
14	Julie	362	↓1	14
15	Karen	331	↓5	26
16	Sarah	327	↑3	20
17	Stephanie	308	↑1	9
18	Susan	301	↓2	27
19	Kelly	296	↓4	15
20	Tara	288	↑5	39
21	Erin	278	↑15	47
22	Danielle	264	↑4	40
23	Kathleen	247	–	76
24	Laura	238	↓4	21
25	Tracy	234	↓4	23
26	Andrea	229	↑7	35
27	Jill	221	↑17	58
28	Dawn	220	↓6	22
29	Mary	213	↓2	13
30	Patricia	211	↑4	29
31	Angela	201	↑15	5
32	Tammy	200	–	24
33	Shannon	199	↑2	18
34	Rachel	196	↑6	36
35	Christina	194	↓7	16
36	Kristin	193	↓6	72
37	Lori	184	↓13	30
38	Kerry	181	↓9	>100
39	Tina	177	new	25
40	Wendy	168	↓2	32
41	Kerri	167	new	>100
42	Sandra	162	↑6	44
43	Amanda	159	new	34
44	Maria	156	↑6	31
45	Deborah	153	↓3	68
46	Catherine	151	new	73
47	Katherine	151	new	62
48	Colleen	149	↓1	>100
49	Melanie	148	↓6	51
50	Pamela	148	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	2,065	–	1
2	Christopher	1,305	–	3
3	Jason	1,264	–	2
4	David	1,220	↑1	4
5	John	1,079	↓1	6
6	Robert	973	–	7
7	James	965	↑1	5
8	Brian	945	↓1	8
9	Matthew	898	–	9
10	Daniel	755	–	11
11	Joseph	710	↑2	12
12	Mark	646	–	16
13	Jeffrey	635	↑4	15
14	William	618	↓3	10
15	Scott	615	↓1	18
16	Eric	590	↑3	13
17	Richard	569	↓1	17
18	Kevin	554	↓3	14
19	Thomas	550	↓1	20
20	Paul	503	–	27
21	Timothy	453	–	22
22	Stephen	445	↑3	35
23	Sean	417	–	37
24	Steven	411	↓2	19
25	Peter	393	↓1	50
26	Jonathan	362	–	33
27	Andrew	357	↑4	28
28	Anthony	354	–	21
29	Shawn	348	–	30
30	Joshua	342	↑6	29
31	Keith	313	↓4	44
32	Gregory	292	↓2	31
33	Adam	279	↑7	36
34	Patrick	270	↑4	38
35	Edward	256	↓2	40
36	Todd	245	↓2	39
37	Derek	243	↓2	74
38	Charles	226	↓1	23
39	Jeremy	214	↑8	24
40	Kenneth	214	↓8	34
41	Ryan	207	↑5	25
42	Justin	198	↑1	43
43	Marc	193	↓1	85
44	Aaron	191	↑5	32
45	Craig	187	↓6	57
46	George	178	↓5	49
47	Benjamin	168	new	46
48	Douglas	154	↑2	53
49	Nathan	143	new	52
50	Dennis	142	↓6	59

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