Popular baby names in New York, 1974

The most popular baby names in New York in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (4,919 babies) and Michael for boys (5,880). Social Security records list 217,467 babies born in New York in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1974

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

Girls

Chaya: 64 babies, 11× the national rate
Chana: 75 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Milagros: 68 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Jasmin: 101 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Lissette: 57 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ivette: 60 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Madeline: 94 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jasmine: 99 babies, 5× the national rate
Maritza: 98 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Yesenia: 133 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Jamel: 90 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Wilfredo: 71 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Salvatore: 182 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Ariel: 62 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dominick: 84 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jean: 77 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Angel: 304 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gerard: 106 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nelson: 180 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jamal: 117 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	4,919	–	1
2	Michelle	1,883	↑1	3
3	Lisa	1,738	↓1	8
4	Melissa	1,541	↑2	7
5	Amy	1,534	–	2
6	Nicole	1,403	↓2	11
7	Heather	1,295	↑3	4
8	Christine	1,292	↓1	19
9	Kimberly	1,272	↓1	6
10	Jessica	1,111	↑14	17
11	Elizabeth	1,067	↓2	12
12	Danielle	991	↑4	40
13	Karen	951	↓1	26
14	Maria	876	↓3	31
15	Stephanie	870	↓2	9
16	Rebecca	849	↑5	10
17	Dawn	819	↓2	22
18	Kelly	814	↑2	15
19	Mary	799	↓1	13
20	Michele	759	↓6	50
21	Christina	723	↑6	16
22	Patricia	713	↓3	29
23	Tara	709	↓6	39
24	Laura	676	↑1	21
25	Susan	674	↓3	27
26	Kristen	654	↑14	45
27	Angela	647	↑1	5
28	Denise	641	↓5	53
29	Sarah	631	↑12	20
30	Julie	611	↓4	14
31	Tracy	601	↓2	23
32	Rachel	553	↑7	36
33	Tanya	551	↑10	46
34	Lori	548	↑1	30
35	Andrea	526	↓3	35
36	Kathleen	515	↓6	76
37	Cynthia	510	↓4	33
38	Sandra	510	↓4	44
39	Deborah	504	↓3	68
40	Stacey	493	↓2	48
41	Jacqueline	490	↑6	83
42	Erin	456	new	47
43	Catherine	454	↑2	73
44	Nancy	446	–	78
45	Tammy	445	↓14	24
46	Shannon	444	new	18
47	Tina	441	↓10	25
48	Wendy	425	↓6	32
49	Carrie	408	new	42
50	Diana	402	new	87

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	5,880	–	1
2	Christopher	3,481	–	3
3	Jason	3,280	↑5	2
4	David	3,247	–	4
5	John	3,233	↓2	6
6	Robert	2,987	↓1	7
7	James	2,783	↓1	5
8	Joseph	2,542	↓1	12
9	Brian	2,492	–	8
10	Daniel	2,176	–	11
11	Matthew	1,980	↑3	9
12	William	1,968	↓1	10
13	Anthony	1,826	–	21
14	Thomas	1,770	↓2	20
15	Richard	1,614	–	17
16	Eric	1,498	↑3	13
17	Scott	1,430	–	18
18	Mark	1,378	–	16
19	Kevin	1,369	↓3	14
20	Jeffrey	1,359	–	15
21	Steven	1,328	↑1	19
22	Paul	1,163	↓1	27
23	Andrew	1,063	↑1	28
24	Peter	1,062	↓1	50
25	Timothy	1,012	–	22
26	Edward	907	–	40
27	Charles	903	↑2	23
28	Jose	898	–	47
29	Gregory	884	↓2	31
30	Sean	861	↑2	37
31	Stephen	859	↑3	35
32	Adam	805	↑7	36
33	Jonathan	769	–	33
34	Shawn	741	↑1	30
35	Kenneth	726	↓4	34
36	Keith	719	↓6	44
37	Frank	669	↓1	65
38	Patrick	647	↓1	38
39	George	646	↓1	49
40	Todd	605	–	39
41	Joshua	576	↑7	29
42	Jeremy	563	new	24
43	Ronald	562	↓1	42
44	Craig	537	↓3	57
45	Luis	514	↓1	>100
46	Donald	497	↓1	41
47	Aaron	493	new	32
48	Raymond	485	↓5	62
49	Ryan	460	new	25
50	Vincent	457	↓4	>100

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