100 Most popular boy names of 1974, USA

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Updated: May 24th, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1974 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1974.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Michael
67575
4.31
-
2
Jason
54771
3.5
+1
3
Christopher
48598
3.1
-1
4
David
41811
2.67
+1
5
James
41350
2.64
-1
6
John
37634
2.4
-
7
Robert
37026
2.36
-
8
Brian
34454
2.2
-
9
Matthew
27220
1.74
+1
10
William
26989
1.72
-1
11
Daniel
23839
1.52
-
12
Joseph
21834
1.39
-
13
Eric
20194
1.29
-
14
Kevin
19470
1.24
-
15
Jeffrey
19327
1.23
+2
16
Mark
18914
1.21
-1
17
Richard
18641
1.19
-1
18
Scott
18037
1.15
-
19
Steven
17670
1.13
+1
20
Thomas
17280
1.1
-1
21
Anthony
16391
1.05
-
22
Timothy
15895
1.01
-
23
Charles
15151
0.97
-
24
Jeremy
13300
0.85
+9
25
Ryan
13191
0.84
+5
26
Chad
12796
0.82
-1
27
Paul
12319
0.79
-3
28
Andrew
11781
0.75
+1
29
Joshua
11599
0.74
+13
30
Shawn
11443
0.73
-3
31
Gregory
10835
0.69
-5
32
Aaron
10511
0.67
+2
33
Jonathan
10239
0.65
-2
34
Kenneth
10147
0.65
-6
35
Stephen
10115
0.65
-3
36
Adam
8427
0.54
+9
37
Sean
8292
0.53
-1
38
Patrick
8137
0.52
-1
39
Todd
7850
0.5
-4
40
Edward
7823
0.5
-2
41
Donald
7760
0.5
-2
42
Ronald
7668
0.49
-2
43
Justin
7429
0.47
+8
44
Keith
7391
0.47
-3
45
Bryan
7231
0.46
-2
46
Benjamin
7186
0.46
+9
47
Jose
6721
0.43
+2
48
Gary
6444
0.41
-4
49
George
6281
0.4
-3
50
Peter
5947
0.38
+2
51
Brandon
5860
0.37
+7
52
Nathan
5849
0.37
+11
53
Douglas
5846
0.37
-6
54
Travis
5701
0.36
-1
55
Larry
5695
0.36
-5
56
Shane
5655
0.36
-2
57
Craig
5540
0.35
-9
58
Bradley
5171
0.33
+4
59
Dennis
4880
0.31
-3
60
Samuel
4674
0.3
+6
61
Jerry
4664
0.3
-4
62
Raymond
4579
0.29
-2
63
Troy
4569
0.29
-4
64
Juan
4429
0.28
+3
65
Frank
4367
0.28
-4
66
Jeffery
4365
0.28
-2
67
Jesse
4107
0.26
+8
68
Jamie
4086
0.26
+2
69
Terry
4027
0.26
-4
70
Phillip
3936
0.25
+1
71
Carlos
3868
0.25
+2
72
Rodney
3849
0.25
-4
73
Marcus
3805
0.24
-1
74
Derek
3638
0.23
-5
75
Joel
3492
0.22
-1
76
Brent
3414
0.22
+4
77
Corey
3381
0.22
+12
78
Billy
3367
0.21
-2
79
Randy
3345
0.21
-
80
Nicholas
3218
0.21
+5
80
Tony
3218
0.21
-2
82
Antonio
3183
0.2
+10
83
Russell
3172
0.2
-6
84
Johnny
3167
0.2
-2
85
Marc
3107
0.2
-4
86
Philip
2972
0.19
+5
87
Jacob
2962
0.19
+35
88
Derrick
2959
0.19
-1
89
Carl
2895
0.18
+1
90
Erik
2881
0.18
-4
91
Danny
2862
0.18
-8
92
Bobby
2793
0.18
+1
93
Roger
2754
0.18
-9
94
Jon
2750
0.18
-
95
Brett
2679
0.17
-7
96
Victor
2623
0.17
+7
97
Kyle
2600
0.17
+13
98
Curtis
2590
0.17
-
99
Jimmy
2569
0.16
-4
100
Lawrence
2543
0.16
+4
101
Shannon
2505
0.16
-1
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1974)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html