Popular baby names in Virginia, 1974

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (1,363 babies) and Michael for boys (1,494). Social Security records list 59,089 babies born in Virginia in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1974

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

Girls

Chiquita: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Delores: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ebony: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Letitia: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Patrice: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Latanya: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Chasity: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Katina: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Crystal: 265 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Vicky: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Linwood: 22 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Antoine: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lamont: 52 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Carlton: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Claude: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Stacy: 48 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Clifton: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lewis: 40 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Randolph: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Harvey: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,363	–	1
2	Angela	673	↑2	5
3	Amy	644	↑2	2
4	Kimberly	637	↓2	6
5	Heather	546	↑5	4
6	Melissa	542	↓3	7
7	Michelle	541	↓1	3
8	Stephanie	457	↓1	9
9	Lisa	408	↓1	8
10	Rebecca	376	↑2	10
11	Mary	350	↓2	13
12	Elizabeth	322	↑1	12
13	Karen	285	↑2	26
14	Christina	281	↑3	16
15	Tammy	279	↓4	24
16	Susan	276	–	27
17	Crystal	265	↓3	49
18	Tonya	252	↑5	37
19	Shannon	251	↓1	18
20	April	235	↑8	28
21	Tracy	234	↑1	23
22	Kelly	233	↑2	15
23	Sarah	232	↑15	20
24	Tina	231	↓4	25
25	Laura	219	↓6	21
26	Wendy	218	↓5	32
27	Cynthia	208	↓2	33
28	Christine	202	↑6	19
29	Tiffany	199	new	41
30	Nicole	194	↓1	11
31	Patricia	179	↓5	29
32	Julie	172	↓5	14
33	Amanda	170	new	34
34	Dawn	170	↓4	22
35	Teresa	169	↑1	52
36	Tanya	163	new	46
37	Jessica	161	new	17
38	Pamela	156	↓7	54
39	Christy	155	↑9	57
40	Tara	149	↑9	39
41	Lori	145	–	30
42	Melanie	140	↓2	51
43	Sharon	140	↓8	70
44	Catherine	139	↑2	73
45	Tamara	137	new	64
46	Donna	135	↓14	67
47	Kristen	135	new	45
48	Stacey	131	↓6	48
49	Sandra	130	↓5	44
50	Deborah	129	↓3	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	1,494	–	1
2	Christopher	1,403	–	3
3	James	1,146	–	5
4	David	1,036	↑2	4
5	Jason	958	↑4	2
6	Robert	915	↓2	7
7	John	901	↓2	6
8	William	849	↓1	10
9	Brian	788	↓1	8
10	Kevin	571	–	14
11	Matthew	526	↑1	9
12	Thomas	494	↑3	20
13	Charles	465	↓2	23
14	Joseph	456	↑3	12
15	Daniel	439	↑3	11
16	Eric	420	↑4	13
17	Richard	418	↓4	17
18	Mark	407	↓4	16
19	Steven	399	↑3	19
20	Jeffrey	398	↓4	15
21	Timothy	376	↓2	22
22	Anthony	352	↓1	21
23	Jonathan	291	–	33
24	Shawn	280	↑1	30
25	Stephen	268	↑1	35
26	Kenneth	258	↑2	34
27	Scott	253	–	18
28	Paul	250	↑1	27
29	Andrew	237	↑4	28
30	Gregory	237	↓6	31
31	Donald	218	↓1	41
32	Jeremy	196	↑12	24
33	Joshua	192	new	29
34	Keith	188	↑3	44
35	Ronald	188	↓4	42
36	Edward	183	–	40
37	Sean	183	↓3	37
38	George	182	↓6	49
39	Larry	181	↑3	55
40	Aaron	176	↑8	32
41	Patrick	165	↓3	38
42	Bryan	161	↑1	45
43	Chad	156	↓3	26
44	Gary	156	↓9	48
45	Ryan	154	new	25
46	Benjamin	152	↑1	46
47	Adam	144	new	36
48	Jerry	137	↓9	61
49	Travis	127	↓4	54
50	Douglas	126	↓9	53

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