Popular baby names in Washington, 1974

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (1,089 babies) and Jason for boys (1,093). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,504 babies born in Washington in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1974

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

Girls

Darcy: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Karie: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tawnya: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tami: 51 babies, 4× the national rate
Carly: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Heidi: 218 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shawna: 75 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Karrie: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jami: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Janelle: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Tyson: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Tyler: 49 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brady: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cameron: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Loren: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Eli: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Jordan: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Ben: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jacob: 111 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Zachary: 49 babies, 2.6× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,089	–	1
2	Amy	496	↑1	2
3	Heather	494	↑1	4
4	Angela	451	↑1	5
5	Michelle	398	↓3	3
6	Lisa	346	–	8
7	Rebecca	279	↑5	10
8	Kimberly	278	↓1	6
9	Melissa	273	↓1	7
10	Shannon	256	↓1	18
11	Stephanie	254	↓1	9
12	Sarah	251	↑1	20
13	Heidi	218	↑2	60
14	Christina	212	–	16
15	Jessica	204	↑11	17
16	Julie	188	↓5	14
17	Nicole	181	↑2	11
18	Dawn	162	–	22
19	Rachel	151	↑3	36
20	Andrea	144	↑1	35
21	Elizabeth	144	↓4	12
22	Christine	140	↑2	19
23	Erin	137	↑23	47
24	Kelly	134	↑3	15
25	April	127	↑13	28
26	Laura	127	↑3	21
27	Mary	122	↓11	13
28	Wendy	122	↓3	32
29	Sara	120	new	61
30	Amanda	119	new	34
31	Danielle	118	↑8	40
32	Carrie	117	↓1	42
33	Tanya	117	↑1	46
34	Karen	115	↑3	26
35	Kristina	109	↑7	>100
36	Tina	108	↓16	25
37	Patricia	105	↑13	29
38	Tara	103	↓3	39
39	Tracy	103	↓16	23
40	Brenda	99	↓12	59
41	Amber	97	new	92
42	Tiffany	97	↑1	41
43	Jamie	93	new	97
44	Kristen	92	new	45
45	Susan	92	↓4	27
46	Crystal	91	↑1	49
47	Lori	91	↓11	30
48	Stacy	91	↓8	38
49	Tamara	88	new	64
50	Megan	86	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jason	1,093	–	2
2	Michael	958	–	1
3	Christopher	696	–	3
4	David	635	–	4
5	Brian	551	–	8
6	Matthew	522	↑3	9
7	Robert	513	↑1	7
8	John	489	↓2	6
9	James	488	↓2	5
10	Daniel	425	–	11
11	Ryan	403	–	25
12	Jeffrey	379	–	15
13	Joshua	363	↑12	29
14	William	357	↑2	10
15	Scott	344	–	18
16	Aaron	337	↓2	32
17	Jeremy	331	↑5	24
18	Eric	322	↓5	13
19	Steven	290	↑1	19
20	Joseph	280	↑4	12
21	Mark	279	↓4	16
22	Kevin	270	↓4	14
23	Chad	244	↓2	26
24	Richard	243	↓5	17
25	Timothy	240	↓2	22
26	Andrew	227	↑1	28
27	Shawn	225	↑2	30
28	Justin	224	↑4	43
29	Anthony	217	↑1	21
30	Thomas	211	↓4	20
31	Paul	198	↑2	27
32	Adam	192	↑4	36
33	Benjamin	179	new	46
34	Sean	176	↑1	37
35	Travis	174	↓7	54
36	Jonathan	170	↑3	33
37	Brandon	168	↑5	51
38	Kenneth	161	–	34
39	Todd	159	↓8	39
40	Gregory	158	↓3	31
41	Shane	158	↓1	56
42	Nathan	155	↑1	52
43	Charles	147	↓9	23
44	Peter	131	↑3	50
45	Stephen	130	↑5	35
46	Bryan	125	↓5	45
47	Donald	123	↑2	41
48	Patrick	121	↓4	38
49	Jesse	116	new	67
50	Troy	114	new	63

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