The name Orlene has been used for six tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean:
Hurricane Fifi, later known as Hurricane Orlene, was a catastrophic tropical cyclone that killed over 8,000 people in Honduras in September 1974, ranking it as the third deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record, only behind Hurricane Mitch in 1998, and the 1780 hurricane. Fifi is also the first billion-dollar hurricane not to make landfall in the U.S. Originating from a strong tropical wave on September 14, the system steadily tracked west-northwestward through the eastern Caribbean. On September 16, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Fifi just off the coast of Jamaica. The storm quickly intensified into a hurricane the following afternoon and attained its peak intensity on September 18 as a strong Category 2 hurricane. Maintaining hurricane intensity, Fifi brushed the northern coast of Honduras before making landfall in Belize the following day. The storm quickly weakened after landfall, becoming a depression late on September 20. Continuing westward, the former hurricane began to interact with another system in the eastern Pacific.
The name Lisa has been used for nine tropical cyclones worldwide: five in the Atlantic Ocean, one in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean and two in the South Pacific Ocean.
The name Grace has been used for nineteen tropical cyclones worldwide: six in the Atlantic Ocean, ten in the Western Pacific Ocean, two in the Australian region of the South Pacific Ocean. and one in the South-West Indian Ocean.
The name Alma has been used to name 11 tropical cyclones worldwide: 5 in the North Atlantic Ocean, 5 in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, and 1 in the Western Pacific Ocean.
The name Barbara has been used for thirteen tropical cyclones worldwide: two in the Atlantic Ocean, seven in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, one in the South Pacific Ocean, one in the Western Pacific Ocean, and two in the South-West Indian Ocean. It has also been used to name one extratropical cyclone in the UK and Ireland.
The name Beatriz has been used for seven tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
The name Blanca has been used for eleven tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
The name Carlotta has been used for eleven tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and one in the Australian region of the South Pacific.
The name Marty has been used for eight tropical cyclones, seven in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and one in the Western Pacific Ocean.
The name Olivia has been used for ten tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
The name Paul has been used for eleven tropical cyclones worldwide:
The name Rick has been used for six tropical cyclones in the Pacific Ocean.
The name John has been used for eight tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and two tropical cyclones in the Southern Hemisphere.
The name Dolores has been used for twelve tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and for one in the Western Pacific.
The 1974 Pacific hurricane season featured one of the most active periods of tropical cyclones on record with five storms existing simultaneously. The season officially started May 15 in the eastern Pacific, and June 1 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeast Pacific Ocean.