EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1974

United States · 3,039,868 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Jennifer63,107—
#2Amy29,566—
#3Michelle25,826—
#4Heather23,179↑4
#5Angela22,803↑2
#6Kimberly22,427↓2
#7Melissa22,166↓1
#8Lisa19,778↓3
#9Stephanie16,984—
#10Rebecca15,163—
#11Nicole13,112—
#12Elizabeth12,259↑1
#13Mary11,738↑1
#14Julie11,360↓2
#15Kelly10,851↑3
#16Christina10,849—
#17Jessica10,656↑17
#18Shannon10,608↑4
#19Christine9,901↓2
#20Sarah9,788↑15
#21Laura9,716↓2
#22Dawn9,417↓1
#23Tracy9,286↓3
#24Tammy9,238↓9
#25Tina8,668↓1
#26Karen8,643↓3
#27Susan8,470↓2
#28April8,454↑5
#29Patricia8,036↓2
#30Lori7,960↓2
#31Maria7,804—
#32Wendy7,564↓3
#33Cynthia7,557↓7
#34Amanda7,473↑17
#35Andrea7,472↓5
#36Rachel7,399↑6
#37Tonya6,878↓1
#38Stacy6,741↓6
#39Tara6,657↓2
#40Danielle6,629↑9
#41Tiffany6,482↑11
#42Carrie6,436↑4
#43Monica6,281↓3
#44Sandra6,270↓5
#45Kristen6,052↑13
#46Tanya5,997↑4
#47Erin5,868↑32
#48Stacey5,803↓7
#49Crystal5,622↓1
#50Michele5,587↓6
#51Melanie5,483↓8
#52Teresa5,397↓7
#53Denise5,395↓15
#54Pamela5,272↓7
#55Dana5,158↑4
#56Holly5,144↓2
#57Christy5,067↑16
#58Jill5,061↑4
#59Brenda4,830↓6
#60Heidi4,683↑5
#61Sara4,650↑28
#62Katherine4,530↑2
#63Robin4,525↓3
#63Tamara4,525↑3
#65Leslie4,463↑10
#66Misty4,439↑24
#67Donna4,354↓12
#68Deborah4,343↓12
#69Emily4,329↑30
#70Sharon4,276↓13
#71Veronica4,226—
#72Kristin4,218↑6
#73Catherine4,184↓6
#74Erica4,121↑7
#75Linda4,077↓14
#76Kathleen3,953↓8
#77Barbara3,906↓14
#78Nancy3,891↓1
#79Theresa3,857↓10
#80Brandy3,832↑2
#81Melinda3,752↓9
#82Anna3,622↑4
#83Jacqueline3,573↑5
#84Gina3,560↓1
#85Renee3,528↓5
#86Rhonda3,525↓16
#87Diana3,513↓2
#88Cheryl3,496↓14
#89Sherry3,436↓13
#90Alicia3,434↑1
#91Jodi3,306↑9
#92Amber3,273
#93Valerie3,181↑3
#94Debra3,129↓10
#95Margaret3,087↓1
#96Paula3,061↓9
#97Jamie3,020
#98Kathryn2,991
#99Allison2,959
#100Ann2,928↓7

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Michael67,534—
#2Jason54,756↑1
#3Christopher48,585↓1
#4David41,786↑1
#5James41,334↓1
#6John37,612—
#7Robert37,005—
#8Brian34,449—
#9Matthew27,194↑1
#10William26,980↓1
#11Daniel23,833—
#12Joseph21,834—
#13Eric20,193—
#14Kevin19,461—
#15Jeffrey19,320↑2
#16Mark18,905↓1
#17Richard18,636↓1
#18Scott18,030—
#19Steven17,663↑1
#20Thomas17,268↓1
#21Anthony16,391—
#22Timothy15,890—
#23Charles15,151—
#24Jeremy13,295↑9
#25Ryan13,179↑5
#26Chad12,788↓1
#27Paul12,310↓3
#28Andrew11,778↑1
#29Joshua11,599↑13
#30Shawn11,438↓3
#31Gregory10,826↓5
#32Aaron10,507↑2
#33Jonathan10,230↓2
#34Kenneth10,143↓6
#35Stephen10,101↓3
#36Adam8,421↑9
#37Sean8,290↓1
#38Patrick8,137↓1
#39Todd7,845↓4
#40Edward7,817↓1
#41Donald7,758↓3
#42Ronald7,667↓2
#43Justin7,429↑8
#44Keith7,390↓3
#45Bryan7,226↓2
#46Benjamin7,183↑9
#47Jose6,720↑2
#48Gary6,444↓4
#49George6,283↓3
#50Peter5,940↑2
#51Brandon5,859↑7
#52Nathan5,844↑11
#53Douglas5,843↓6
#54Travis5,702↓1
#55Larry5,694↓5
#56Shane5,655↓2
#57Craig5,539↓9
#58Bradley5,173↑4
#59Dennis4,880↓3
#60Samuel4,672↑6
#61Jerry4,664↓4
#62Raymond4,577↓2
#63Troy4,563↓4
#64Juan4,428↑3
#65Frank4,365↓4
#66Jeffery4,363↓2
#67Jesse4,105↑8
#68Jamie4,086↑2
#69Terry4,027↓4
#70Phillip3,934↑1
#71Carlos3,871↑3
#72Rodney3,849↓4
#73Marcus3,801↓1
#74Derek3,636↓5
#75Joel3,491↓2
#76Brent3,413↑4
#77Corey3,382↑12
#78Billy3,365↓2
#79Randy3,342—
#80Nicholas3,218↑5
#81Tony3,216↓3
#82Antonio3,178↑10
#83Johnny3,169↓1
#84Russell3,168↓7
#85Marc3,108↓4
#86Philip2,967↑5
#87Derrick2,958—
#88Jacob2,957
#89Carl2,895↑1
#90Erik2,881↓4
#91Danny2,859↓8
#92Bobby2,792↑1
#93Roger2,754↓9
#94Jon2,750—
#95Brett2,677↓7
#96Victor2,621
#97Kyle2,598
#98Curtis2,589—
#99Jimmy2,568↓4
#100Lawrence2,543