Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1974

Recorded as girls

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

Recorded as boys

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