Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1974
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,880 |
| 2 | Christopher | 3,481 |
| 3 | Jason | 3,280 |
| 4 | David | 3,247 |
| 5 | John | 3,233 |
| 6 | Robert | 2,987 |
| 7 | James | 2,783 |
| 8 | Joseph | 2,542 |
| 9 | Brian | 2,492 |
| 10 | Daniel | 2,176 |
| 11 | Matthew | 1,980 |
| 12 | William | 1,968 |
| 13 | Anthony | 1,826 |
| 14 | Thomas | 1,770 |
| 15 | Richard | 1,614 |
| 16 | Eric | 1,498 |
| 17 | Scott | 1,430 |
| 18 | Mark | 1,378 |
| 19 | Kevin | 1,369 |
| 20 | Jeffrey | 1,359 |
| 21 | Steven | 1,328 |
| 22 | Paul | 1,163 |
| 23 | Andrew | 1,063 |
| 24 | Peter | 1,062 |
| 25 | Timothy | 1,012 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Edward | 907 |
| 27 | Charles | 903 |
| 28 | Jose | 898 |
| 29 | Gregory | 884 |
| 30 | Sean | 861 |
| 31 | Stephen | 859 |
| 32 | Adam | 805 |
| 33 | Jonathan | 769 |
| 34 | Shawn | 741 |
| 35 | Kenneth | 726 |
| 36 | Keith | 719 |
| 37 | Frank | 669 |
| 38 | Patrick | 647 |
| 39 | George | 646 |
| 40 | Todd | 605 |
| 41 | Joshua | 576 |
| 42 | Jeremy | 563 |
| 43 | Ronald | 562 |
| 44 | Craig | 537 |
| 45 | Luis | 514 |
| 46 | Donald | 497 |
| 47 | Aaron | 493 |
| 48 | Raymond | 485 |
| 49 | Ryan | 460 |
| 50 | Vincent | 457 |
| 51 | Carlos | 450 |
| 52 | Marc | 437 |
| 53 | Benjamin | 419 |
| 53 | Dennis | 419 |
| 55 | Gary | 418 |
| 56 | Justin | 397 |
| 57 | Douglas | 390 |
| 58 | Nicholas | 388 |
| 59 | Chad | 386 |
| 60 | Juan | 381 |
| 61 | Philip | 376 |
| 62 | Victor | 354 |
| 63 | Christian | 345 |
| 64 | Alexander | 344 |
| 65 | Bryan | 335 |
| 66 | Angel | 304 |
| 67 | Louis | 301 |
| 67 | Samuel | 301 |
| 69 | Lawrence | 294 |
| 70 | Edwin | 264 |
| 71 | Miguel | 256 |
| 72 | Jamie | 241 |
| 73 | Henry | 236 |
| 74 | Walter | 234 |
| 75 | Andre | 232 |
| 76 | Rafael | 231 |
| 77 | Derek | 228 |
| 77 | Jesse | 228 |
| 79 | Erik | 222 |
| 80 | Jermaine | 217 |
| 81 | Joel | 215 |
| 82 | Brett | 210 |
| 83 | Shane | 209 |
| 84 | Russell | 207 |
| 85 | Rodney | 206 |
| 86 | Martin | 204 |
| 87 | Wayne | 201 |
| 88 | Antonio | 200 |
| 89 | Damon | 196 |
| 90 | Albert | 195 |
| 91 | Nathan | 192 |
| 92 | Carl | 188 |
| 92 | Corey | 188 |
| 94 | Eugene | 183 |
| 94 | Gerald | 183 |
| 96 | Darren | 182 |
| 96 | Salvatore | 182 |
| 98 | Frederick | 181 |
| 99 | Nelson | 180 |
| 100 | Hector | 179 |
| 100 | Ian | 179 |