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The most popular baby names of 1974

SSA recorded 3,039,868 births in 1974 across all reported names — 1,467,534 girls and 1,572,334 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1974

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1973.
#NameBirthsvs 1973
1 Jennifer 63,107 —
2 Amy 29,566 —
3 Michelle 25,826 —
4 Heather 23,179 +4
5 Angela 22,803 +2
6 Kimberly 22,427 -2
7 Melissa 22,166 -1
8 Lisa 19,778 -3
9 Stephanie 16,984 —
10 Rebecca 15,163 —
11 Nicole 13,112 —
12 Elizabeth 12,259 +1
13 Mary 11,738 +1
14 Julie 11,360 -2
15 Kelly 10,851 +3
16 Christina 10,849 —
17 Jessica 10,656 +17
18 Shannon 10,608 +4
19 Christine 9,901 -2
20 Sarah 9,788 +15
21 Laura 9,716 -2
22 Dawn 9,417 -1
23 Tracy 9,286 -3
24 Tammy 9,238 -9
25 Tina 8,668 -1
26 Karen 8,643 -3
27 Susan 8,470 -2
28 April 8,454 +5
29 Patricia 8,036 -2
30 Lori 7,960 -2
31 Maria 7,804 —
32 Wendy 7,564 -3
33 Cynthia 7,557 -7
34 Amanda 7,473 +17
35 Andrea 7,472 -5
36 Rachel 7,399 +6
37 Tonya 6,878 -1
38 Stacy 6,741 -6
39 Tara 6,657 -2
40 Danielle 6,629 +9
41 Tiffany 6,482 +11
42 Carrie 6,436 +4
43 Monica 6,281 -3
44 Sandra 6,270 -5
45 Kristen 6,052 +13
46 Tanya 5,997 +4
47 Erin 5,868 +32
48 Stacey 5,803 -7
49 Crystal 5,622 -1
50 Michele 5,587 -6
51 Melanie 5,483 -8
52 Teresa 5,397 -7
53 Denise 5,395 -15
54 Pamela 5,272 -7
55 Dana 5,158 +4
56 Holly 5,144 -2
57 Christy 5,067 +16
58 Jill 5,061 +4
59 Brenda 4,830 -6
60 Heidi 4,683 +5
61 Sara 4,650 +28
62 Katherine 4,530 +2
63 Robin 4,525 -3
63 Tamara 4,525 +3
65 Leslie 4,463 +10
66 Misty 4,439 +24
67 Donna 4,354 -12
68 Deborah 4,343 -12
69 Emily 4,329 +30
70 Sharon 4,276 -13
71 Veronica 4,226 —
72 Kristin 4,218 +6
73 Catherine 4,184 -6
74 Erica 4,121 +7
75 Linda 4,077 -14
76 Kathleen 3,953 -8
77 Barbara 3,906 -14
78 Nancy 3,891 -1
79 Theresa 3,857 -10
80 Brandy 3,832 +2
81 Melinda 3,752 -9
82 Anna 3,622 +4
83 Jacqueline 3,573 +5
84 Gina 3,560 -1
85 Renee 3,528 -5
86 Rhonda 3,525 -16
87 Diana 3,513 -2
88 Cheryl 3,496 -14
89 Sherry 3,436 -13
90 Alicia 3,434 +1
91 Jodi 3,306 +9
92 Amber 3,273 +38
93 Valerie 3,181 +3
94 Debra 3,129 -10
95 Margaret 3,087 -1
96 Paula 3,061 -9
97 Jamie 3,020 +6
98 Kathryn 2,991 +9
99 Allison 2,959 +6
100 Ann 2,928 -7

Top 100 boys' names in 1974

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1973.
#NameBirthsvs 1973
1 Michael 67,534 —
2 Jason 54,756 +1
3 Christopher 48,585 -1
4 David 41,786 +1
5 James 41,334 -1
6 John 37,612 —
7 Robert 37,005 —
8 Brian 34,449 —
9 Matthew 27,194 +1
10 William 26,980 -1
11 Daniel 23,833 —
12 Joseph 21,834 —
13 Eric 20,193 —
14 Kevin 19,461 —
15 Jeffrey 19,320 +2
16 Mark 18,905 -1
17 Richard 18,636 -1
18 Scott 18,030 —
19 Steven 17,663 +1
20 Thomas 17,268 -1
21 Anthony 16,391 —
22 Timothy 15,890 —
23 Charles 15,151 —
24 Jeremy 13,295 +9
25 Ryan 13,179 +5
26 Chad 12,788 -1
27 Paul 12,310 -3
28 Andrew 11,778 +1
29 Joshua 11,599 +13
30 Shawn 11,438 -3
31 Gregory 10,826 -5
32 Aaron 10,507 +2
33 Jonathan 10,230 -2
34 Kenneth 10,143 -6
35 Stephen 10,101 -3
36 Adam 8,421 +9
37 Sean 8,290 -1
38 Patrick 8,137 -1
39 Todd 7,845 -4
40 Edward 7,817 -1
41 Donald 7,758 -3
42 Ronald 7,667 -2
43 Justin 7,429 +8
44 Keith 7,390 -3
45 Bryan 7,226 -2
46 Benjamin 7,183 +9
47 Jose 6,720 +2
48 Gary 6,444 -4
49 George 6,283 -3
50 Peter 5,940 +2
51 Brandon 5,859 +7
52 Nathan 5,844 +11
53 Douglas 5,843 -6
54 Travis 5,702 -1
55 Larry 5,694 -5
56 Shane 5,655 -2
57 Craig 5,539 -9
58 Bradley 5,173 +4
59 Dennis 4,880 -3
60 Samuel 4,672 +6
61 Jerry 4,664 -4
62 Raymond 4,577 -2
63 Troy 4,563 -4
64 Juan 4,428 +3
65 Frank 4,365 -4
66 Jeffery 4,363 -2
67 Jesse 4,105 +8
68 Jamie 4,086 +2
69 Terry 4,027 -4
70 Phillip 3,934 +1
71 Carlos 3,871 +3
72 Rodney 3,849 -4
73 Marcus 3,801 -1
74 Derek 3,636 -5
75 Joel 3,491 -2
76 Brent 3,413 +4
77 Corey 3,382 +12
78 Billy 3,365 -2
79 Randy 3,342 —
80 Nicholas 3,218 +5
81 Tony 3,216 -3
82 Antonio 3,178 +10
83 Johnny 3,169 -1
84 Russell 3,168 -7
85 Marc 3,108 -4
86 Philip 2,967 +5
87 Derrick 2,958 —
88 Jacob 2,957 +34
89 Carl 2,895 +1
90 Erik 2,881 -4
91 Danny 2,859 -8
92 Bobby 2,792 +1
93 Roger 2,754 -9
94 Jon 2,750 —
95 Brett 2,677 -7
96 Victor 2,621 +7
97 Kyle 2,598 +13
98 Curtis 2,589 —
99 Jimmy 2,568 -4
100 Lawrence 2,543 +4

Names that climbed fastest in 1974

Ranked by places gained against 1973, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1974Rank 1973Change
Jolene girls 245 561 +316
Miranda girls 275 520 +245
Autumn girls 350 529 +179
Courtney girls 124 292 +168
Chelsea girls 474 630 +156
Carly girls 480 630 +150
Ebony girls 404 551 +147
Latoya girls 263 407 +144
Lakisha girls 345 478 +133
Damien boys 284 417 +133
Lucas boys 318 450 +132
Lakeisha girls 424 555 +131
Courtney boys 403 533 +130
Gwen girls 566 695 +129
Lakesha girls 502 630 +128

Names that fell fastest in 1974

NameRank 1974Rank 1973Change
Catina girls 516 207 -309
Alethea girls 716 522 -194
Katina girls 307 120 -187
Tonja girls 666 530 -136
Louise girls 663 534 -129
Deena girls 588 470 -118
Trudy girls 699 582 -117
Suzette girls 631 516 -115
Geneva girls 687 572 -115
Elise girls 675 564 -111
Margo girls 686 580 -106
Richelle girls 716 618 -98
Dionne girls 512 415 -97
Janell girls 701 605 -96
Delia girls 638 543 -95

Names that first appear in 1974

1974 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1974

For these names, 1974 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.