Name.Baby Names by year 1970s 1974 Most Popular Baby Names of 1974 Social Security has card records for 3,196,704 people born in the U.S. in 1974. Jennifer was the top girl name (63,107 babies) and Michael the top boy name (67,534).
Top 100 names of 1974 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1974, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Jennifer 63,107 #586 2 Amy 29,566 #257 3 Michelle 25,826 #465 4 Heather 23,179 #1,261 5 Angela 22,803 #408 6 Kimberly 22,427 #302 7 Melissa 22,166 #419 8 Lisa 19,778 #987 9 Stephanie 16,984 #557 10 Rebecca 15,163 #349 11 Nicole 13,112 #382 12 Elizabeth 12,259 #17 13 Mary 11,738 #125 14 Julie 11,360 #872 15 Kelly 10,851 #851 16 Christina 10,849 #770 17 Jessica 10,656 #665 18 Shannon 10,608 #2,387 19 Christine 9,901 #1,272 20 Sarah 9,788 #90 21 Laura 9,716 #379 22 Dawn 9,417 #2,173 23 Tracy 9,286 #2,153 24 Tammy 9,238 #3,645 25 Tina 8,668 #2,778 26 Karen 8,643 #1,279 27 Susan 8,470 #1,085 28 April 8,454 #542 29 Patricia 8,036 #1,334 30 Lori 7,960 #1,721 31 Maria 7,804 #87 32 Wendy 7,564 #1,341 33 Cynthia 7,557 #1,013 34 Amanda 7,473 #493 35 Andrea 7,472 #235 36 Rachel 7,399 #250 37 Tonya 6,878 #8,860 38 Stacy 6,741 #1,652 39 Tara 6,657 #844 40 Danielle 6,629 #549 41 Tiffany 6,482 #878 42 Carrie 6,436 #2,719 43 Monica 6,281 #736 44 Sandra 6,270 #1,207 45 Kristen 6,052 #1,990 46 Tanya 5,997 #3,712 47 Erin 5,868 #833 48 Stacey 5,803 #3,067 49 Crystal 5,622 #1,144 50 Michele 5,587 #4,758
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1974, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Melanie 5,483 #142 52 Teresa 5,397 #908 53 Denise 5,395 #1,673 54 Pamela 5,272 #2,239 55 Dana 5,158 #1,027 56 Holly 5,144 #416 57 Christy 5,067 #4,172 58 Jill 5,061 #5,722 59 Brenda 4,830 #1,525 60 Heidi 4,683 #340 61 Sara 4,650 #198 62 Katherine 4,530 #186 63 Robin 4,525 #704 63 Tamara 4,525 #1,808 65 Leslie 4,463 #712 66 Misty 4,439 #4,067 67 Donna 4,354 #1,962 68 Deborah 4,343 #862 69 Emily 4,329 #34 70 Sharon 4,276 #1,250 71 Veronica 4,226 #427 72 Kristin 4,218 #4,661 73 Catherine 4,184 #313 74 Erica 4,121 #1,396 75 Linda 4,077 #902 76 Kathleen 3,953 #1,150 77 Barbara 3,906 #968 78 Nancy 3,891 #965 79 Theresa 3,857 #1,548 80 Brandy 3,832 #3,067 81 Melinda 3,752 #1,981 82 Anna 3,622 #107 83 Jacqueline 3,573 #558 84 Gina 3,560 #2,076 85 Renee 3,528 #1,098 86 Rhonda 3,525 #6,116 87 Diana 3,513 #244 88 Cheryl 3,496 #4,352 89 Sherry 3,436 #5,410 90 Alicia 3,434 #460 91 Jodi 3,306 #3,975 92 Amber 3,273 #520 93 Valerie 3,181 #127 94 Debra 3,129 #4,460 95 Margaret 3,087 #112 96 Paula 3,061 #853 97 Jamie 3,020 #857 98 Kathryn 2,991 #729 99 Allison 2,959 #103 100 Ann 2,928 #1,076
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1974, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 67,534 #21 2 Jason 54,756 #165 3 Christopher 48,585 #68 4 David 41,786 #35 5 James 41,334 #6 6 John 37,612 #23 7 Robert 37,005 #92 8 Brian 34,449 #339 9 Matthew 27,194 #32 10 William 26,980 #9 11 Daniel 23,833 #22 12 Joseph 21,834 #29 13 Eric 20,193 #273 14 Kevin 19,461 #221 15 Jeffrey 19,320 #552 16 Mark 18,905 #244 17 Richard 18,636 #234 18 Scott 18,030 #534 19 Steven 17,663 #271 20 Thomas 17,268 #34 21 Anthony 16,391 #46 22 Timothy 15,890 #203 23 Charles 15,151 #48 24 Jeremy 13,295 #292 25 Ryan 13,179 #99 26 Chad 12,788 #1,699 27 Paul 12,310 #262 28 Andrew 11,778 #73 29 Joshua 11,599 #66 30 Shawn 11,438 #681 31 Gregory 10,826 #593 32 Aaron 10,507 #80 33 Jonathan 10,230 #89 34 Kenneth 10,143 #294 35 Stephen 10,101 #383 36 Adam 8,421 #101 37 Sean 8,290 #489 38 Patrick 8,137 #235 39 Todd 7,845 #1,609 40 Edward 7,817 #224 41 Donald 7,758 #690 42 Ronald 7,667 #637 43 Justin 7,429 #233 44 Keith 7,390 #800 45 Bryan 7,226 #336 46 Benjamin 7,183 #11 47 Jose 6,720 #95 48 Gary 6,444 #1,073 49 George 6,283 #126 50 Peter 5,940 #187
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1974, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Brandon 5,859 #261 52 Nathan 5,844 #63 53 Douglas 5,843 #807 54 Travis 5,702 #434 55 Larry 5,694 #1,084 56 Shane 5,655 #635 57 Craig 5,539 #1,644 58 Bradley 5,173 #403 59 Dennis 4,880 #707 60 Samuel 4,672 #18 61 Jerry 4,664 #906 62 Raymond 4,577 #394 63 Troy 4,563 #532 64 Juan 4,428 #159 65 Frank 4,365 #513 66 Jeffery 4,363 #1,554 67 Jesse 4,105 #184 68 Jamie 4,086 #577 69 Terry 4,027 #1,115 70 Phillip 3,934 #651 71 Carlos 3,871 #150 72 Rodney 3,849 #1,091 73 Marcus 3,801 #258 74 Derek 3,636 #284 75 Joel 3,491 #219 76 Brent 3,413 #1,509 77 Corey 3,382 #778 78 Billy 3,365 #1,068 79 Randy 3,342 #1,084 80 Nicholas 3,218 #112 81 Tony 3,216 #783 82 Antonio 3,178 #176 83 Johnny 3,169 #457 84 Russell 3,168 #345 85 Marc 3,108 #1,235 86 Philip 2,967 #527 87 Derrick 2,958 #850 88 Jacob 2,957 #43 89 Carl 2,895 #1,132 90 Erik 2,881 #545 91 Danny 2,859 #628 92 Bobby 2,792 #1,097 93 Roger 2,754 #832 94 Jon 2,750 #951 95 Brett 2,677 #1,382 96 Victor 2,621 #209 97 Kyle 2,598 #508 98 Curtis 2,589 #984 99 Jimmy 2,568 #846 100 Lawrence 2,543 #518
Entered the top 100 in 1974
