Most Popular Baby Names in 1974

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	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

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	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