Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1974

The Most Popular New York Boy Baby Names in 1974

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1974.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New York was Michael. In total there were 114,269 boys born sharing 1,210 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1974 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	Michael	1 in 19 (5.1%)	5,880
2	Christopher	1 in 33 (3%)	3,480
3	Jason	1 in 35 (2.9%)	3,276
4	David	1 in 35 (2.8%)	3,245
5	John	1 in 35 (2.8%)	3,234
6	Robert	1 in 38 (2.6%)	2,989
7	James	1 in 41 (2.4%)	2,784
8	Joseph	1 in 45 (2.2%)	2,541
9	Brian	1 in 46 (2.2%)	2,494
10	Daniel	1 in 52 (1.9%)	2,178
11	Matthew	1 in 58 (1.7%)	1,981
12	William	1 in 58 (1.7%)	1,970
13	Anthony	1 in 63 (1.6%)	1,824
14	Thomas	1 in 65 (1.5%)	1,771
15	Richard	1 in 71 (1.4%)	1,612
16	Eric	1 in 76 (1.3%)	1,499
17	Scott	1 in 80 (1.3%)	1,431
18	Mark	1 in 83 (1.2%)	1,378
19	Kevin	1 in 83 (1.2%)	1,369
20	Jeffrey	1 in 84 (1.2%)	1,360
21	Steven	1 in 86 (1.2%)	1,328
22	Paul	1 in 98 (1%)	1,164
23	Andrew	1 in 107 (0.9%)	1,066
24	Peter	1 in 107 (0.9%)	1,063
25	Timothy	1 in 113 (0.9%)	1,013
26	Edward	1 in 126 (0.8%)	904
27	Charles	1 in 127 (0.8%)	903
28	Jose	1 in 127 (0.8%)	897
29	Gregory	1 in 129 (0.8%)	884
30	Sean	1 in 132 (0.8%)	863
31	Stephen	1 in 133 (0.8%)	859
32	Adam	1 in 142 (0.7%)	807
33	Jonathan	1 in 149 (0.7%)	767
34	Shawn	1 in 154 (0.6%)	741
35	Kenneth	1 in 157 (0.6%)	728
36	Keith	1 in 159 (0.6%)	718
37	Frank	1 in 171 (0.6%)	667
38	Patrick	1 in 177 (0.6%)	646
39	George	1 in 178 (0.6%)	641
40	Todd	1 in 188 (0.5%)	607
41	Joshua	1 in 199 (0.5%)	574
42	Jeremy	1 in 203 (0.5%)	564
43	Ronald	1 in 203 (0.5%)	562
44	Craig	1 in 213 (0.5%)	536
45	Luis	1 in 222 (0.5%)	515
46	Donald	1 in 231 (0.4%)	495
47	Aaron	1 in 231 (0.4%)	494
48	Raymond	1 in 236 (0.4%)	484
49	Ryan	1 in 248 (0.4%)	461
50	Vincent	1 in 251 (0.4%)	456
51	Carlos	1 in 254 (0.4%)	450
52	Marc	1 in 263 (0.4%)	435
53	Benjamin	1 in 273 (0.4%)	419
54	Dennis	1 in 273 (0.4%)	419
55	Gary	1 in 273 (0.4%)	418
56	Justin	1 in 288 (0.3%)	397
57	Douglas	1 in 294 (0.3%)	389
58	Chad	1 in 295 (0.3%)	387
59	Nicholas	1 in 295 (0.3%)	387
60	Juan	1 in 298 (0.3%)	383
61	Philip	1 in 304 (0.3%)	376
62	Victor	1 in 325 (0.3%)	352
63	Christian	1 in 330 (0.3%)	346
64	Alexander	1 in 331 (0.3%)	345
65	Bryan	1 in 339 (0.3%)	337
66	Angel	1 in 376 (0.3%)	304
67	Louis	1 in 380 (0.3%)	301
68	Samuel	1 in 381 (0.3%)	300
69	Lawrence	1 in 389 (0.3%)	294
70	Edwin	1 in 431 (0.2%)	265
71	Miguel	1 in 445 (0.2%)	257
72	Jamie	1 in 474 (0.2%)	241
73	Henry	1 in 486 (0.2%)	235
74	Walter	1 in 486 (0.2%)	235
75	Andre	1 in 495 (0.2%)	231
76	Rafael	1 in 497 (0.2%)	230
77	Derek	1 in 501 (0.2%)	228
78	Jesse	1 in 501 (0.2%)	228
79	Erik	1 in 515 (0.2%)	222
80	Jermaine	1 in 524 (0.2%)	218
81	Joel	1 in 531 (0.2%)	215
82	Brett	1 in 542 (0.2%)	211
83	Shane	1 in 547 (0.2%)	209
84	Russell	1 in 549 (0.2%)	208
85	Rodney	1 in 555 (0.2%)	206
86	Martin	1 in 563 (0.2%)	203
87	Wayne	1 in 563 (0.2%)	203
88	Antonio	1 in 574 (0.2%)	199
89	Damon	1 in 583 (0.2%)	196
90	Albert	1 in 586 (0.2%)	195
91	Nathan	1 in 595 (0.2%)	192
92	Carl	1 in 608 (0.2%)	188
93	Corey	1 in 611 (0.2%)	187
94	Eugene	1 in 624 (0.2%)	183
95	Gerald	1 in 624 (0.2%)	183
96	Darren	1 in 628 (0.2%)	182
97	Frederick	1 in 628 (0.2%)	182
98	Ian	1 in 635 (0.2%)	180
99	Nelson	1 in 635 (0.2%)	180
100	Hector	1 in 638 (0.2%)	179