Top Names of 1974 — Rankings & Counts

The most popular names recorded in 1974 were Michelle for girls and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Michelle	1,522
2	Kylie	1,409
3	Nicole	1,244
4	Melissa	1,052
5	Rebecca	942
6	Belinda	921
7	Lisa	887
8	Amanda	878
9	Karen	816
10	Jennifer	661
11	Angela	578
12	Joanne	551
13	Rachel	550
14	Julie	549
15	Jodie	528
16	Samantha	513
17	Natalie	504
18	Sarah	501
19	Tracey	496
20	Fiona	477
21	Sharon	470
22	Kim	467
23	Susan	458
24	Kelly	444
25	Catherine	440
26	Megan	437
27	Tanya	428
28	Elizabeth	427
29	Melanie	422
30	Vanessa	422
31	Katrina	414
32	Leanne	413
33	Alison	400
34	Donna	392
35	Christine	378
36	Natasha	363
37	Linda	359
38	Danielle	357
39	Louise	342
40	Tracy	338
41	Deborah	319
42	Kellie	319
43	Helen	317
44	Maria	315
45	Jane	312
46	Sandra	303
47	Rachael	302
48	Emma	297
49	Katherine	288
50	Jacqueline	285

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,311
2	David	2,189
3	Jason	2,123
4	Matthew	2,000
5	Andrew	1,667
6	Mark	1,530
7	Paul	1,527
8	Christopher	1,513
9	Daniel	1,387
10	Scott	1,335
11	Peter	1,243
12	Robert	1,059
13	Adam	1,047
14	Craig	1,004
15	John	998
16	Anthony	985
17	Shane	969
18	Darren	812
19	Steven	805
20	Benjamin	798
21	Brett	757
22	James	749
23	Stephen	722
24	Bradley	684
25	Troy	663
26	Nathan	647
27	Simon	640
28	Gregory	612
29	Justin	566
30	Timothy	556
31	Richard	546
32	Wayne	416
33	Dean	408
34	Damien	405
35	Nicholas	402
36	Aaron	400
37	Jamie	389
38	Adrian	366
39	Glenn	335
40	Luke	319
41	Glen	317
42	William	317
43	Rodney	316
44	Gavin	313
45	Ian	313
46	Cameron	299
47	Grant	296
48	Sean	295
49	Phillip	294
50	Stuart	287