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Baby Names from 1974

3,039,999 registered births | 1,572,454 boys | 1,467,545 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1974

Top 10 Boy Names

1 Michael
67,535 births
2 Jason
54,751 births
3 Christopher
48,590 births
4 David
41,793 births
5 James
41,336 births
6 John
37,618 births
7 Robert
37,009 births
8 Brian
34,451 births
9 Matthew
27,197 births
10 William
26,977 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Jennifer
63,106 births
2 Amy
29,564 births
3 Michelle
25,828 births
4 Heather
23,180 births
5 Angela
22,803 births
6 Kimberly
22,427 births
7 Melissa
22,166 births
8 Lisa
19,777 births
9 Stephanie
16,983 births
10 Rebecca
15,165 births

Top Unisex Names of 1974

Shannon
2,505 boys 10,608 girls
Shawn
11,438 boys 1,271 girls
Kelly
1,758 boys 10,849 girls
Tracy
1,494 boys 9,285 girls
Stacy
829 boys 6,741 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1974

Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.

Biggest Risers

G Courtney
#292 → #124 (+168)
G Angie
#254 → #170 (+84)
B Jeremiah
#256 → #178 (+78)
G Charity
#260 → #186 (+74)
G Christie
#179 → #110 (+69)
G Hope
#263 → #196 (+67)
G Joy
#162 → #109 (+53)

Biggest Fallers

G Katina
#120 → #307 (-187)

New to the Top 200 in 1974

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Courtney #124 Ashley #165 Kristopher #176 Jeremiah #178 Charity #186 Lauren #187 Tasha #190 Geoffrey #191 Mindy #194 Hope #196 Latonya #197 Angel #198
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