Most popular boys’ names in California, 1974
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 6,060 |
| 2 | Jason | 4,781 |
| 3 | David | 4,346 |
| 4 | Christopher | 3,766 |
| 5 | Robert | 3,453 |
| 6 | John | 3,019 |
| 7 | Brian | 2,938 |
| 8 | Daniel | 2,912 |
| 9 | James | 2,892 |
| 10 | Matthew | 2,530 |
| 11 | Eric | 1,973 |
| 12 | Richard | 1,958 |
| 13 | Jose | 1,940 |
| 14 | Joseph | 1,809 |
| 15 | Jeffrey | 1,772 |
| 16 | Steven | 1,766 |
| 17 | William | 1,725 |
| 18 | Joshua | 1,662 |
| 19 | Mark | 1,650 |
| 20 | Anthony | 1,647 |
| 21 | Scott | 1,546 |
| 22 | Ryan | 1,545 |
| 23 | Kevin | 1,422 |
| 24 | Aaron | 1,277 |
| 25 | Paul | 1,248 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Jeremy | 1,208 |
| 27 | Thomas | 1,168 |
| 28 | Juan | 1,161 |
| 29 | Timothy | 1,141 |
| 30 | Andrew | 1,018 |
| 31 | Sean | 974 |
| 32 | Charles | 958 |
| 32 | Justin | 958 |
| 34 | Gregory | 890 |
| 35 | Shawn | 859 |
| 36 | Adam | 832 |
| 37 | Jonathan | 819 |
| 37 | Kenneth | 819 |
| 39 | Carlos | 808 |
| 40 | Edward | 779 |
| 41 | Stephen | 762 |
| 42 | Bryan | 742 |
| 43 | Benjamin | 682 |
| 44 | Jesus | 673 |
| 45 | Chad | 657 |
| 46 | Patrick | 654 |
| 47 | Brandon | 652 |
| 48 | Manuel | 615 |
| 49 | Luis | 611 |
| 49 | Ronald | 611 |
| 51 | George | 603 |
| 52 | Jesse | 602 |
| 53 | Raymond | 601 |
| 54 | Gabriel | 590 |
| 55 | Peter | 585 |
| 56 | Victor | 575 |
| 57 | Donald | 571 |
| 58 | Nathan | 567 |
| 59 | Ricardo | 562 |
| 60 | Todd | 550 |
| 61 | Francisco | 549 |
| 62 | Gary | 519 |
| 63 | Frank | 513 |
| 64 | Mario | 497 |
| 65 | Keith | 490 |
| 66 | Jorge | 487 |
| 66 | Miguel | 487 |
| 68 | Samuel | 485 |
| 69 | Ruben | 479 |
| 70 | Erik | 442 |
| 71 | Antonio | 434 |
| 72 | Roberto | 414 |
| 72 | Shane | 414 |
| 74 | Douglas | 413 |
| 75 | Joel | 410 |
| 76 | Jacob | 407 |
| 77 | Oscar | 401 |
| 78 | Travis | 398 |
| 79 | Javier | 397 |
| 80 | Dennis | 386 |
| 81 | Phillip | 376 |
| 82 | Jaime | 371 |
| 83 | Alexander | 369 |
| 84 | Alejandro | 368 |
| 85 | Hector | 367 |
| 86 | Craig | 364 |
| 87 | Larry | 362 |
| 88 | Armando | 361 |
| 89 | Raul | 359 |
| 90 | Martin | 347 |
| 91 | Joe | 341 |
| 92 | Christian | 325 |
| 93 | Marcus | 316 |
| 93 | Salvador | 316 |
| 95 | Nicholas | 315 |
| 95 | Sergio | 315 |
| 97 | Jerry | 312 |
| 98 | Adrian | 310 |
| 99 | Marc | 304 |
| 100 | Derek | 302 |