The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1974
6,004 different boys’ names were recorded in 1974, covering 1,572,334 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 101 | Shannon | 2,505 |
| 102 | Micheal | 2,491 |
| 103 | Christian | 2,490 |
| 104 | Walter | 2,487 |
| 105 | Brad | 2,483 |
| 106 | Luis | 2,451 |
| 107 | Vincent | 2,436 |
| 108 | Gerald | 2,417 |
| 109 | Martin | 2,371 |
| 110 | Jay | 2,360 |
| 110 | Damon | 2,360 |
| 112 | Alexander | 2,354 |
| 113 | Joe | 2,346 |
| 114 | Cory | 2,328 |
| 115 | Henry | 2,319 |
| 116 | Chris | 2,279 |
| 117 | Gabriel | 2,232 |
| 118 | Alan | 2,231 |
| 119 | Willie | 2,223 |
| 120 | Wayne | 2,216 |
| 121 | Dustin | 2,197 |
| 122 | Roy | 2,187 |
| 123 | Randall | 2,117 |
| 124 | Lee | 2,115 |
| 125 | Allen | 2,102 |
| 126 | Arthur | 2,074 |
| 126 | Darren | 2,074 |
| 128 | Mario | 2,062 |
| 129 | Ricky | 2,033 |
| 130 | Albert | 2,014 |
| 131 | Jared | 2,005 |
| 132 | Andre | 1,997 |
| 133 | Jesus | 1,945 |
| 134 | Louis | 1,932 |
| 135 | Frederick | 1,928 |
| 136 | Bruce | 1,854 |
| 137 | Darrell | 1,840 |
| 138 | Adrian | 1,817 |
| 139 | Tyrone | 1,816 |
| 140 | Ricardo | 1,812 |
| 141 | Ronnie | 1,789 |
| 142 | Manuel | 1,766 |
| 143 | Kelly | 1,758 |
| 144 | Casey | 1,728 |
| 145 | Dale | 1,688 |
| 146 | Harold | 1,677 |
| 147 | Miguel | 1,658 |
| 148 | Ian | 1,653 |
| 149 | Jack | 1,648 |
| 150 | Ernest | 1,642 |
| 151 | Jermaine | 1,628 |
| 152 | Reginald | 1,610 |
| 153 | Nathaniel | 1,609 |
| 154 | Eugene | 1,601 |
| 155 | Tommy | 1,579 |
| 156 | Barry | 1,563 |
| 157 | Clinton | 1,547 |
| 158 | Glenn | 1,542 |
| 159 | Lance | 1,527 |
| 160 | Francisco | 1,512 |
| 160 | Roberto | 1,512 |
| 162 | Tracy | 1,494 |
| 163 | Marvin | 1,486 |
| 164 | Leonard | 1,468 |
| 165 | Wesley | 1,467 |
| 166 | Eddie | 1,457 |
| 167 | Steve | 1,443 |
| 168 | Jorge | 1,427 |
| 169 | Jerome | 1,415 |
| 170 | Seth | 1,410 |
| 171 | Alex | 1,385 |
| 172 | Ruben | 1,382 |
| 173 | Maurice | 1,375 |
| 174 | Ralph | 1,371 |
| 175 | Neil | 1,323 |
| 176 | Kristopher | 1,308 |
| 177 | Calvin | 1,295 |
| 178 | Jeremiah | 1,294 |
| 179 | Zachary | 1,274 |
| 180 | Theodore | 1,269 |
| 181 | Heath | 1,249 |
| 182 | Kurt | 1,233 |
| 183 | Mitchell | 1,231 |
| 184 | Dean | 1,220 |
| 185 | Hector | 1,213 |
| 186 | Howard | 1,208 |
| 187 | Duane | 1,201 |
| 188 | Dwayne | 1,200 |
| 189 | Oscar | 1,198 |
| 190 | Melvin | 1,197 |
| 191 | Geoffrey | 1,179 |
| 192 | Edwin | 1,167 |
| 193 | Clifford | 1,149 |
| 194 | Stanley | 1,144 |
| 195 | Jody | 1,124 |
| 196 | Kirk | 1,122 |
| 197 | Wade | 1,119 |
| 198 | Angel | 1,111 |
| 199 | Terrence | 1,106 |
| 200 | Greg | 1,097 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1974 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.