Top Baby Names of 1974
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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Jennifer 63,106 2
Amy 29,564 3
Michelle 25,828 4
Heather 23,180 5
Angela 22,803 6
Kimberly 22,427 7
Melissa 22,166 8
Lisa 19,777 9
Stephanie 16,983 10
Rebecca 15,165 11
Nicole 13,114 12
Elizabeth 12,263 13
Mary 11,739 14
Julie 11,360 15
Kelly 10,849 16
Christina 10,848 17
Jessica 10,655 18
Shannon 10,608 19
Christine 9,901 20
Sarah 9,790 21
Laura 9,716 22
Dawn 9,417 23
Tracy 9,285 24
Tammy 9,238 25
Tina 8,668 26
Karen 8,644 27
Susan 8,471 28
April 8,454 29
Patricia 8,036 30
Lori 7,960 31
Maria 7,804 32
Wendy 7,564 33
Cynthia 7,558 34
Amanda 7,473 35
Andrea 7,471 36
Rachel 7,399 37
Tonya 6,877 38
Stacy 6,741 39
Tara 6,656 40
Danielle 6,629 41
Tiffany 6,479 42
Carrie 6,437 43
Monica 6,281 44
Sandra 6,270 45
Kristen 6,053 46
Tanya 5,996 47
Erin 5,868 48
Stacey 5,803 49
Crystal 5,624 50
Michele 5,587 👦
Boy Names
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Michael 67,535 2
Jason 54,751 3
Christopher 48,590 4
David 41,793 5
James 41,336 6
John 37,618 7
Robert 37,009 8
Brian 34,451 9
Matthew 27,197 10
William 26,977 11
Daniel 23,834 12
Joseph 21,835 13
Eric 20,188 14
Kevin 19,464 15
Jeffrey 19,322 16
Mark 18,907 17
Richard 18,636 18
Scott 18,031 19
Steven 17,667 20
Thomas 17,270 21
Anthony 16,390 22
Timothy 15,892 23
Charles 15,151 24
Jeremy 13,296 25
Ryan 13,179 26
Chad 12,790 27
Paul 12,312 28
Andrew 11,778 29
Joshua 11,599 30
Shawn 11,438 31
Gregory 10,829 32
Aaron 10,508 33
Jonathan 10,231 34
Kenneth 10,146 35
Stephen 10,101 36
Adam 8,425 37
Sean 8,292 38
Patrick 8,137 39
Todd 7,846 40
Edward 7,820 41
Donald 7,759 42
Ronald 7,666 43
Justin 7,430 44
Keith 7,390 45
Bryan 7,228 46
Benjamin 7,183 47
Jose 6,721 48
Gary 6,444 49
George 6,284 50
Peter 5,941 About 1974 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1974, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.