Welcome to our dedicated page featuring the top 500 boy and girl baby names of 1974. This year holds a special place in the annals of naming history, reflecting a blend of timeless classics and unique choices that captured the hearts of parents during this era. As you explore our comprehensive list, you’ll discover the names that defined a generation, from the traditional to the trendsetting. Whether you’re seeking inspiration for a new arrival, researching historical naming trends, or simply curious about the names that resonated with families in 1974, our curated selection offers a fascinating glimpse into the past. Join us on a nostalgic journey through the most popular names of the year, and see how trends in baby naming have evolved over time.
| Rank | Boy Name | Boy Births | Girl Name | Girl Births |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 58582 | Jennifer | 57457 |
| 2 | Jason | 53077 | Amy | 27519 |
| 3 | Christopher | 42785 | Michelle | 24029 |
| 4 | David | 37115 | Angela | 22131 |
| 5 | James | 36278 | Heather | 21925 |
| 6 | Robert | 32333 | Kimberly | 20023 |
| 7 | John | 31807 | Melissa | 19019 |
| 8 | Brian | 31317 | Lisa | 17568 |
| 9 | Matthew | 25799 | Stephanie | 15702 |
| 10 | William | 22966 | Rebecca | 13891 |
| 11 | Daniel | 21600 | Nicole | 11505 |
| 12 | Eric | 18481 | Julie | 11260 |
| 13 | Jeffrey | 18223 | Shannon | 10449 |
| 14 | Joseph | 18123 | Elizabeth | 10437 |
| 15 | Kevin | 17227 | Christina | 10213 |
| 16 | Scott | 17173 | Mary | 10057 |
| 17 | Mark | 16715 | Kelly | 9353 |
| 18 | Richard | 16326 | Jessica | 9125 |
| 19 | Steven | 16087 | Sarah | 9087 |
| 20 | Timothy | 14461 | Laura | 8447 |
| 21 | Anthony | 14454 | April | 8438 |
| 22 | Ryan | 14343 | Tammy | 8361 |
| 23 | Thomas | 14076 | Tracy | 8332 |
| 24 | Jeremy | 13887 | Dawn | 8060 |
| 25 | Charles | 12765 | Christine | 8038 |
| 26 | Chad | 12754 | Tina | 7911 |
| 27 | Joshua | 11991 | Wendy | 7338 |
| 28 | Aaron | 11104 | Lori | 7279 |
| 29 | Andrew | 10865 | Susan | 7178 |
| 30 | Shawn | 10766 | Amanda | 7161 |
| 31 | Paul | 10595 | Andrea | 7121 |
| 32 | Gregory | 9285 | Karen | 6943 |
| 33 | Kenneth | 9071 | Rachel | 6915 |
| 34 | Jonathan | 9020 | Patricia | 6877 |
| 35 | Stephen | 8339 | Cynthia | 6747 |
| 36 | Adam | 7916 | Stacy | 6235 |
| 37 | Todd | 7522 | Tiffany | 6186 |
| 38 | Justin | 7391 | Maria | 5962 |
| 39 | Patrick | 7356 | Carrie | 5920 |
| 40 | Benjamin | 7124 | Tonya | 5809 |
| 41 | Sean | 7085 | Monica | 5749 |
| 42 | Donald | 7006 | Stacey | 5390 |
| 43 | Bryan | 6787 | Erin | 5282 |
| 44 | Ronald | 6771 | Sandra | 5273 |
| 45 | Travis | 6282 | Danielle | 5196 |
| 46 | Edward | 6233 | Tara | 5188 |
| 47 | Keith | 6085 | Tanya | 5145 |
| 48 | Shane | 5969 | Teresa | 5099 |
| 49 | Brandon | 5859 | Melanie | 5002 |
| 50 | Nathan | 5839 | Holly | 4953 |
| 51 | Gary | 5666 | Crystal | 4929 |
| 52 | Douglas | 5167 | Heidi | 4831 |
| 53 | Larry | 5088 | Kristen | 4630 |
| 54 | Jose | 5008 | Dana | 4473 |
| 55 | George | 4924 | Denise | 4439 |
| 56 | Craig | 4815 | Brenda | 4389 |
| 57 | Bradley | 4456 | Jill | 4383 |
| 58 | Dennis | 4295 | Michele | 4221 |
| 59 | Samuel | 4240 | Tamara | 4149 |
| 60 | Peter | 4120 | Leslie | 4066 |
| 61 | Troy | 4085 | Christy | 4052 |
| 62 | Jerry | 4003 | Emily | 4047 |
| 63 | Raymond | 3828 | Pamela | 3991 |
| 64 | Jeffery | 3825 | Robin | 3974 |
| 65 | Jesse | 3555 | Sara | 3909 |
| 66 | Terry | 3551 | Brandy | 3877 |
| 67 | Phillip | 3541 | Katherine | 3849 |
| 68 | Jamie | 3254 | Deborah | 3310 |
| 69 | Marcus | 3242 | Melinda | 3287 |
| 70 | Derek | 3035 | Erica | 3226 |
| 71 | Frank | 2995 | Misty | 3214 |
| 72 | Joel | 2971 | Veronica | 3208 |
| 73 | Carlos | 2862 | Kristin | 3104 |
| 74 | Juan | 2851 | Catherine | 3046 |
| 75 | Rodney | 2814 | Linda | 2898 |
| 76 | Brent | 2766 | Renee | 2857 |
| 77 | Corey | 2742 | Theresa | 2842 |
| 78 | Nicholas | 2475 | Anna | 2699 |
| 79 | Randy | 2459 | Gina | 2663 |
| 80 | Erik | 2422 | Amber | 2643 |
| 81 | Tony | 2413 | Donna | 2626 |
| 82 | Antonio | 2384 | Kathleen | 2585 |
| 83 | Jacob | 2280 | Alicia | 2562 |
| 84 | Russell | 2203 | Brandi | 2543 |
| 85 | Marc | 2107 | Jamie | 2462 |
| 86 | Billy | 2052 | Sharon | 2420 |
| 87 | Derrick | 1876 | Jodi | 2367 |
| 88 | Carl | 1724 | Nancy | 2347 |
| 89 | Jon | 1712 | Valerie | 2245 |
| 90 | Curtis | 1639 | Barbara | 2228 |
| 91 | Brett | 1627 | Sherry | 2139 |
| 92 | Brad | 1599 | Rhonda | 2078 |
| 93 | Kyle | 1597 | Cheryl | 2027 |
| 94 | Jesus | 1575 | Jacqueline | 2025 |
| 95 | Johnny | 1571 | Kristina | 1899 |
| 96 | Willie | 1509 | Diana | 1885 |
| 97 | Bobby | 1503 | Megan | 1814 |
| 98 | Gabriel | 1453 | Joy | 1811 |
| 99 | Roger | 1435 | Kristi | 1810 |
| 100 | Luis | 1419 | Yolanda | 1806 |
| 101 | Shannon | 1416 | Paula | 1788 |
| 102 | Victor | 1389 | Debra | 1579 |
| 103 | Martin | 1367 | Cindy | 1473 |
| 104 | Manuel | 1338 | Ann | 1470 |
| 105 | Jimmy | 1309 | Tracey | 1409 |
| 106 | Dustin | 1306 | Shelly | 1407 |
| 107 | Cory | 1304 | Victoria | 1347 |
| 108 | Mario | 1249 | Deanna | 1345 |
| 109 | Randall | 1207 | Margaret | 1337 |
| 110 | Philip | 1198 | Beth | 1275 |
| 111 | Francisco | 1178 | Claudia | 1210 |
| 112 | Ricardo | 1167 | Christie | 1201 |
| 113 | Danny | 1154 | Allison | 1109 |
| 114 | Christian | 1147 | Kathryn | 962 |
| 115 | Micheal | 1115 | Felicia | 931 |
| 116 | Joe | 1092 | Regina | 911 |
| 117 | Jay | 1039 | Vanessa | 900 |
| 118 | Gerald | 1028 | Ashley | 853 |
| 119 | Miguel | 1014 | Sonya | 849 |
| 120 | Jorge | 1011 | Sonia | 846 |
| 121 | Ruben | 1010 | Leticia | 826 |
| 122 | Chris | 1004 | Ana | 816 |
| 123 | Alexander | 962 | Anne | 801 |
| 124 | Jared | 921 | Angelica | 776 |
| 125 | Roberto | 869 | Carla | 762 |
| 126 | Damon | 826 | Kari | 735 |
| 127 | Oscar | 802 | Martha | 718 |
| 128 | Javier | 794 | Katrina | 701 |
| 129 | Lawrence | 793 | Rosa | 672 |
| 130 | Armando | 762 | Yvonne | 648 |
| 131 | Raul | 754 | Laurie | 642 |
| 132 | Dale | 742 | Norma | 638 |
| 133 | Jaime | 740 | Colleen | 622 |
| 134 | Alejandro | 736 | Jenny | 618 |
| 135 | Hector | 736 | Kristy | 618 |
| 136 | Reginald | 734 | Lorena | 608 |
| 137 | Walter | 727 | Traci | 604 |
| 138 | Adrian | 723 | Latonya | 598 |
| 139 | Henry | 707 | Kristie | 571 |
| 140 | Casey | 681 | Kristine | 554 |
| 141 | Ronnie | 663 | Shelley | 538 |
| 142 | Tommy | 657 | Jody | 530 |
| 143 | Kelly | 639 | Tricia | 507 |
| 144 | Wayne | 635 | Shawna | 500 |
| 145 | Alan | 633 | Sabrina | 476 |
| 146 | Salvador | 632 | Natalie | 463 |
| 147 | Sergio | 630 | Kara | 454 |
| 148 | Tracy | 598 | Becky | 443 |
| 149 | Tyrone | 590 | Suzanne | 429 |
| 150 | Ricky | 557 | Nichole | 404 |
| 151 | Allen | 553 | Natasha | 403 |
| 152 | Frederick | 538 | Mindy | 379 |
| 153 | Andre | 508 | Wanda | 356 |
| 154 | Roy | 456 | Sheila | 344 |
| 155 | Lance | 436 | Kendra | 342 |
| 156 | Darren | 426 | Samantha | 342 |
| 157 | Calvin | 425 | Kelli | 338 |
| 158 | Cedric | 415 | Kim | 321 |
| 159 | Clinton | 412 | Tami | 318 |
| 160 | Lee | 411 | Cassandra | 310 |
| 161 | Roderick | 400 | Leigh | 292 |
| 162 | Albert | 385 | Carolyn | 289 |
| 163 | Kelvin | 362 | Lynn | 274 |
| 164 | Seth | 358 | Beverly | 272 |
| 165 | Ian | 346 | Erika | 267 |
| 166 | Trevor | 335 | Robyn | 261 |
| 167 | Jermaine | 330 | Diane | 258 |
| 168 | Maurice | 325 | Kathy | 234 |
| 169 | Vincent | 325 | Keri | 234 |
| 170 | Toby | 301 | Bethany | 224 |
| 171 | Kurt | 300 | Krista | 213 |
| 172 | Tyler | 293 | Alison | 213 |
| 173 | Eddie | 285 | Anita | 192 |
| 174 | Darin | 284 | Shawn | 183 |
| 175 | Jeremiah | 269 | Courtney | 175 |
| 176 | Marvin | 268 | Tasha | 171 |
| 177 | Barry | 266 | Molly | 169 |
| 178 | Bruce | 259 | Bridget | 159 |
| 179 | Darrell | 250 | Tamika | 156 |
| 180 | Theodore | 208 | Latasha | 147 |
| 181 | Zachary | 204 | Virginia | 146 |
| 182 | Harold | 202 | Angel | 142 |
| 183 | Francis | 194 | Carol | 138 |
| 184 | Wade | 185 | Stacie | 136 |
| 185 | Jeff | 184 | Ginger | 128 |
| 186 | Harry | 167 | Aimee | 128 |
| 187 | Heath | 164 | Leah | 112 |
| 188 | Dean | 164 | Gretchen | 108 |
| 189 | Arthur | 159 | Janet | 102 |
| 190 | Cody | 146 | Monique | 102 |
| 191 | Wesley | 141 | Darcy | 96 |
| 192 | Jack | 139 | Kerri | 95 |
| 193 | Donnie | 122 | Angie | 94 |
| 194 | Louis | 120 | Bobbi | 94 |
| 195 | Dana | 118 | Janice | 93 |
| 196 | Ernest | 114 | Latoya | 92 |
| 197 | Dwayne | 111 | Brooke | 65 |
| 198 | Mathew | 88 | Keisha | 63 |
| 199 | Neil | 87 | Katie | 60 |
| 200 | Kristopher | 84 | Shauna | 52 |
| 201 | Alvin | 76 | Terri | 50 |
| 202 | Jerome | 73 | Camille | 46 |
| 203 | Jarrod | 72 | Kerry | 45 |
| 204 | Eugene | 72 | Annette | 44 |
| 205 | Byron | 67 | Malia | 41 |
| 206 | Nathaniel | 57 | Sylvia | 41 |
| 207 | Greg | 53 | Gloria | 39 |
| 208 | Cameron | 50 | Rachelle | 37 |
| 209 | Spencer | 42 | Leilani | 37 |
| 210 | Ramon | 42 | Rebekah | 34 |
| 211 | Shaun | 40 | Marci | 32 |
| 212 | Gilbert | 38 | Charity | 29 |
| 213 | Duane | 37 | Lauren | 29 |
| 214 | Clint | 34 | Trina | 28 |
| 215 | Glenn | 33 | Nikki | 22 |
| 216 | Geoffrey | 31 | Ellen | 22 |
| 217 | Trent | 28 | Maile | 22 |
| 218 | Brady | 27 | Marie | 22 |
| 219 | Reid | 26 | Naomi | 21 |
| 220 | Preston | 22 | Sheri | 21 |
| 221 | Damien | 21 | Billie | 20 |
| 222 | Howard | 20 | Grace | 19 |
| 223 | Grant | 18 | Julia | 18 |
| 224 | Keola | 18 | Meredith | 16 |
| 225 | Clarence | 16 | Frances | 16 |
| 226 | Kirk | 15 | Nakia | 16 |
| 227 | Darius | 14 | Janelle | 15 |
| 228 | Jody | 14 | Sherri | 15 |
| 229 | Leon | 14 | Bonnie | 14 |
| 230 | Leonard | 14 | Hannah | 14 |
| 231 | Ethan | 14 | Melody | 14 |
| 232 | Guy | 14 | Toni | 14 |
| 233 | Earl | 14 | Kelley | 14 |
| 234 | Karl | 12 | Jenifer | 14 |
| 235 | Brendan | 9 | Bernadette | 14 |
| 236 | Ralph | 8 | Joanne | 14 |
| 237 | Levi | 7 | Michaela | 14 |