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Top Baby Names 1974

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,467,545 · Total Boys: 1,572,454

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Jennifer	63,106	4.300%
2	Amy	29,564	2.015%
3	Michelle	25,828	1.760%
4	Heather	23,180	1.580%
5	Angela	22,803	1.554%
6	Kimberly	22,427	1.528%
7	Melissa	22,166	1.510%
8	Lisa	19,777	1.348%
9	Stephanie	16,983	1.157%
10	Rebecca	15,165	1.033%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Nicole	13,114	0.894%
12	Elizabeth	12,263	0.836%
13	Mary	11,739	0.800%
14	Julie	11,360	0.774%
15	Kelly	10,849	0.739%
16	Christina	10,848	0.739%
17	Jessica	10,655	0.726%
18	Shannon	10,608	0.723%
19	Christine	9,901	0.675%
20	Sarah	9,790	0.667%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Laura	9,716	0.662%
22	Dawn	9,417	0.642%
23	Tracy	9,285	0.633%
24	Tammy	9,238	0.629%
25	Tina	8,668	0.591%
26	Karen	8,644	0.589%
27	Susan	8,471	0.577%
28	April	8,454	0.576%
29	Patricia	8,036	0.548%
30	Lori	7,960	0.542%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Maria	7,804	0.532%
32	Wendy	7,564	0.515%
33	Cynthia	7,558	0.515%
34	Amanda	7,473	0.509%
35	Andrea	7,471	0.509%
36	Rachel	7,399	0.504%
37	Tonya	6,877	0.469%
38	Stacy	6,741	0.459%
39	Tara	6,656	0.454%
40	Danielle	6,629	0.452%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Tiffany	6,479	0.441%
42	Carrie	6,437	0.439%
43	Monica	6,281	0.428%
44	Sandra	6,270	0.427%
45	Kristen	6,053	0.412%
46	Tanya	5,996	0.409%
47	Erin	5,868	0.400%
48	Stacey	5,803	0.395%
49	Crystal	5,624	0.383%
50	Michele	5,587	0.381%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Melanie	5,483	0.374%
52	Teresa	5,397	0.368%
53	Denise	5,396	0.368%
54	Pamela	5,272	0.359%
55	Dana	5,159	0.352%
56	Holly	5,144	0.351%
57	Christy	5,067	0.345%
58	Jill	5,060	0.345%
59	Brenda	4,829	0.329%
60	Heidi	4,683	0.319%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Sara	4,651	0.317%
62	Katherine	4,532	0.309%
63	Robin	4,525	0.308%
64	Tamara	4,525	0.308%
65	Leslie	4,463	0.304%
66	Misty	4,439	0.302%
67	Donna	4,354	0.297%
68	Deborah	4,343	0.296%
69	Emily	4,330	0.295%
70	Sharon	4,276	0.291%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Veronica	4,226	0.288%
72	Kristin	4,217	0.287%
73	Catherine	4,183	0.285%
74	Erica	4,121	0.281%
75	Linda	4,077	0.278%
76	Kathleen	3,953	0.269%
77	Barbara	3,906	0.266%
78	Nancy	3,891	0.265%
79	Theresa	3,856	0.263%
80	Brandy	3,832	0.261%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Melinda	3,752	0.256%
82	Anna	3,621	0.247%
83	Jacqueline	3,573	0.243%
84	Gina	3,560	0.243%
85	Renee	3,528	0.240%
86	Rhonda	3,525	0.240%
87	Diana	3,513	0.239%
88	Cheryl	3,497	0.238%
89	Sherry	3,436	0.234%
90	Alicia	3,435	0.234%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Jodi	3,306	0.225%
92	Amber	3,273	0.223%
93	Valerie	3,182	0.217%
94	Debra	3,129	0.213%
95	Margaret	3,087	0.210%
96	Paula	3,061	0.209%
97	Jamie	3,020	0.206%
98	Kathryn	2,991	0.204%
99	Allison	2,959	0.202%
100	Ann	2,928	0.200%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Michael	67,535	4.295%
2	Jason	54,751	3.482%
3	Christopher	48,590	3.090%
4	David	41,793	2.658%
5	James	41,336	2.629%
6	John	37,618	2.392%
7	Robert	37,009	2.354%
8	Brian	34,451	2.191%
9	Matthew	27,197	1.730%
10	William	26,977	1.716%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Daniel	23,834	1.516%
12	Joseph	21,835	1.389%
13	Eric	20,188	1.284%
14	Kevin	19,464	1.238%
15	Jeffrey	19,322	1.229%
16	Mark	18,907	1.202%
17	Richard	18,636	1.185%
18	Scott	18,031	1.147%
19	Steven	17,667	1.124%
20	Thomas	17,270	1.098%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Anthony	16,390	1.042%
22	Timothy	15,892	1.011%
23	Charles	15,151	0.964%
24	Jeremy	13,296	0.846%
25	Ryan	13,179	0.838%
26	Chad	12,790	0.813%
27	Paul	12,312	0.783%
28	Andrew	11,778	0.749%
29	Joshua	11,599	0.738%
30	Shawn	11,438	0.727%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Gregory	10,829	0.689%
32	Aaron	10,508	0.668%
33	Jonathan	10,231	0.651%
34	Kenneth	10,146	0.645%
35	Stephen	10,101	0.642%
36	Adam	8,425	0.536%
37	Sean	8,292	0.527%
38	Patrick	8,137	0.517%
39	Todd	7,846	0.499%
40	Edward	7,820	0.497%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Donald	7,759	0.493%
42	Ronald	7,666	0.488%
43	Justin	7,430	0.473%
44	Keith	7,390	0.470%
45	Bryan	7,228	0.460%
46	Benjamin	7,183	0.457%
47	Jose	6,721	0.427%
48	Gary	6,444	0.410%
49	George	6,284	0.400%
50	Peter	5,941	0.378%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Brandon	5,859	0.373%
52	Nathan	5,846	0.372%
53	Douglas	5,842	0.372%
54	Travis	5,702	0.363%
55	Larry	5,694	0.362%
56	Shane	5,655	0.360%
57	Craig	5,539	0.352%
58	Bradley	5,173	0.329%
59	Dennis	4,880	0.310%
60	Samuel	4,671	0.297%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Jerry	4,663	0.297%
62	Raymond	4,578	0.291%
63	Troy	4,564	0.290%
64	Juan	4,428	0.282%
65	Frank	4,364	0.278%
66	Jeffery	4,364	0.278%
67	Jesse	4,106	0.261%
68	Jamie	4,086	0.260%
69	Terry	4,026	0.256%
70	Phillip	3,934	0.250%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Carlos	3,871	0.246%
72	Rodney	3,849	0.245%
73	Marcus	3,802	0.242%
74	Derek	3,636	0.231%
75	Joel	3,492	0.222%
76	Brent	3,413	0.217%
77	Corey	3,381	0.215%
78	Billy	3,366	0.214%
79	Randy	3,342	0.213%
80	Nicholas	3,218	0.205%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Tony	3,216	0.205%
82	Antonio	3,177	0.202%
83	Johnny	3,169	0.202%
84	Russell	3,168	0.201%
85	Marc	3,108	0.198%
86	Philip	2,969	0.189%
87	Derrick	2,958	0.188%
88	Jacob	2,958	0.188%
89	Carl	2,895	0.184%
90	Erik	2,881	0.183%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Danny	2,861	0.182%
92	Bobby	2,792	0.178%
93	Roger	2,754	0.175%
94	Jon	2,750	0.175%
95	Brett	2,677	0.170%
96	Victor	2,623	0.167%
97	Kyle	2,599	0.165%
98	Curtis	2,590	0.165%
99	Jimmy	2,569	0.163%
100	Lawrence	2,543	0.162%

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