Most popular girls’ 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	Jennifer	4,919
2	Michelle	1,883
3	Lisa	1,738
4	Melissa	1,541
5	Amy	1,534
6	Nicole	1,403
7	Heather	1,295
8	Christine	1,292
9	Kimberly	1,272
10	Jessica	1,111
11	Elizabeth	1,067
12	Danielle	991
13	Karen	951
14	Maria	876
15	Stephanie	870
16	Rebecca	849
17	Dawn	819
18	Kelly	814
19	Mary	799
20	Michele	759
21	Christina	723
22	Patricia	713
23	Tara	709
24	Laura	676
25	Susan	674

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kristen	654
27	Angela	647
28	Denise	641
29	Sarah	631
30	Julie	611
31	Tracy	601
32	Rachel	553
33	Tanya	551
34	Lori	548
35	Andrea	526
36	Kathleen	515
37	Cynthia	510
37	Sandra	510
39	Deborah	504
40	Stacey	493
41	Jacqueline	490
42	Erin	456
43	Catherine	454
44	Nancy	446
45	Tammy	445
46	Shannon	444
47	Tina	441
48	Wendy	425
49	Carrie	408
50	Diana	402
51	Erica	401
52	Jill	400
53	Stacy	391
53	Theresa	391
55	Barbara	386
56	Katherine	382
57	Donna	372
58	Renee	371
59	Kristin	369
60	Gina	365
61	Pamela	361
61	Sharon	361
63	Linda	352
64	Colleen	351
65	Dana	332
66	Allison	329
67	Suzanne	327
68	April	324
69	Melanie	321
70	Brenda	315
70	Vanessa	315
72	Kim	314
73	Margaret	308
74	Debra	307
75	Tiffany	304
76	Monica	297
77	Cheryl	293
78	Lauren	290
79	Natasha	284
80	Amanda	276
81	Laurie	268
82	Victoria	267
83	Jodi	266
84	Sara	265
85	Emily	262
86	Ann	261
87	Diane	260
88	Heidi	258
89	Alison	254
89	Anna	254
91	Monique	253
91	Tracey	253
93	Robin	252
94	Tamara	249
94	Valerie	249
96	Teresa	248
97	Holly	242
98	Carolyn	238
99	Anne	237
99	Kathryn	237