Most popular boys’ names in Texas, 1974
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,902 |
| 2 | Christopher | 3,160 |
| 3 | Jason | 3,127 |
| 4 | David | 2,540 |
| 5 | John | 2,529 |
| 6 | James | 2,509 |
| 7 | Robert | 2,205 |
| 8 | Jose | 1,883 |
| 9 | Juan | 1,595 |
| 10 | Brian | 1,418 |
| 11 | Daniel | 1,399 |
| 12 | William | 1,359 |
| 13 | Richard | 1,159 |
| 14 | Mark | 1,086 |
| 15 | Charles | 1,029 |
| 16 | Kevin | 994 |
| 17 | Eric | 948 |
| 18 | Steven | 932 |
| 19 | Matthew | 923 |
| 20 | Jeffrey | 910 |
| 21 | Joseph | 890 |
| 22 | Thomas | 774 |
| 23 | Jeremy | 727 |
| 24 | Anthony | 722 |
| 25 | Paul | 702 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Joe | 692 |
| 27 | Chad | 687 |
| 28 | Jesus | 681 |
| 29 | Timothy | 647 |
| 30 | Stephen | 646 |
| 31 | Kenneth | 618 |
| 32 | Carlos | 591 |
| 33 | Scott | 575 |
| 34 | Brandon | 543 |
| 35 | Gregory | 531 |
| 36 | Luis | 508 |
| 36 | Shawn | 508 |
| 38 | Edward | 492 |
| 39 | Bryan | 489 |
| 40 | Joshua | 488 |
| 41 | Aaron | 478 |
| 42 | Patrick | 475 |
| 43 | Jonathan | 472 |
| 44 | Ricardo | 465 |
| 45 | Andrew | 460 |
| 46 | Roberto | 458 |
| 47 | Ruben | 451 |
| 48 | Billy | 447 |
| 49 | Jerry | 443 |
| 50 | Larry | 441 |
| 51 | George | 435 |
| 52 | Jesse | 424 |
| 52 | Ryan | 424 |
| 54 | Justin | 416 |
| 54 | Victor | 416 |
| 56 | Johnny | 415 |
| 57 | Donald | 414 |
| 58 | Jimmy | 396 |
| 59 | Ronald | 390 |
| 60 | Gabriel | 389 |
| 61 | Mario | 385 |
| 62 | Manuel | 382 |
| 63 | Samuel | 380 |
| 64 | Francisco | 372 |
| 64 | Marcus | 372 |
| 66 | Gary | 364 |
| 67 | Jorge | 358 |
| 68 | Benjamin | 357 |
| 69 | Adam | 355 |
| 70 | Keith | 352 |
| 71 | Rodney | 342 |
| 72 | Raul | 338 |
| 73 | Antonio | 336 |
| 74 | Adrian | 332 |
| 75 | Joel | 323 |
| 76 | Sean | 319 |
| 77 | Bobby | 317 |
| 78 | Miguel | 311 |
| 79 | Javier | 309 |
| 80 | Oscar | 307 |
| 81 | Bradley | 303 |
| 82 | Danny | 295 |
| 83 | Rene | 294 |
| 84 | Hector | 289 |
| 84 | Jaime | 289 |
| 86 | Frank | 287 |
| 87 | Raymond | 285 |
| 88 | Martin | 273 |
| 89 | Shane | 270 |
| 90 | Derrick | 268 |
| 91 | Jeffery | 265 |
| 92 | Phillip | 264 |
| 93 | Nathan | 263 |
| 94 | Randy | 262 |
| 95 | Douglas | 257 |
| 96 | Terry | 255 |
| 97 | Pedro | 253 |
| 98 | Craig | 252 |
| 99 | Travis | 250 |
| 100 | Armando | 249 |