Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1976

Michael and Jennifer topped the list in 1976. The 10 most popular names went to 25% of boys and 17% of girls, from 6,493 boy names and 10,911 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1976

  1. Michael 66,915
  2. Jason 52,643
  3. Christopher 45,190
  4. David 39,265
  5. James 38,294
  6. John 33,976
  7. Robert 33,789
  8. Brian 30,517
  9. Matthew 29,951
  10. Daniel 24,702
  11. William 24,428
  12. Joseph 24,055
  13. Eric 21,359
  14. Jeremy 20,126
  15. Kevin 18,474
  16. Ryan 17,484
  17. Jeffrey 17,013
  18. Joshua 16,845
  19. Richard 16,752
  20. Steven 16,650
  21. Timothy 16,620
  22. Anthony 16,601
  23. Thomas 16,122
  24. Scott 15,717
  25. Mark 15,508
  26. Charles 13,921
  27. Andrew 13,301
  28. Paul 11,781
  29. Chad 11,766
  30. Aaron 11,344
  31. Jonathan 11,314
  32. Benjamin 10,672
  33. Justin 10,144
  34. Shawn 10,108
  35. Gregory 10,060
  36. Adam 9,937
  37. Stephen 9,727
  38. Kenneth 9,127
  39. Nathan 8,611
  40. Brandon 7,786
  41. Patrick 7,642
  42. Sean 7,565
  43. Bryan 7,288
  44. Jose 7,061
  45. Edward 7,048
  46. Travis 6,832
  47. Donald 6,792
  48. Keith 6,745
  49. Ronald 6,457
  50. Todd 6,440
  51. Bradley 5,976
  52. Gary 5,592
  53. George 5,556
  54. Peter 5,445
  55. Jesse 5,300
  56. Douglas 5,224
  57. Shane 5,095
  58. Juan 5,053
  59. Samuel 5,025
  60. Larry 4,842
  61. Craig 4,732
  62. Jamie 4,621
  63. Jacob 4,509
  64. Corey 4,432
  65. Raymond 4,218
  66. Dennis 4,169
  67. Jerry 4,070
  68. Frank 3,899
  69. Phillip 3,789
  70. Carlos 3,787
  71. Antonio 3,774
  72. Joel 3,722
  73. Troy 3,715
  74. Marcus 3,681
  75. Terry 3,668
  76. Jeffery 3,564
  77. Nicholas 3,466
  78. Brent 3,405
  79. Randy 3,320
  80. Kyle 3,308
  81. Gabriel 3,303
  82. Dustin 3,212
  83. Cory 3,182
  84. Derek 3,168
  85. Billy 3,158
  86. Tony 3,067
  87. Russell 2,999
  88. Rodney 2,984
  89. Philip 2,943
  90. Jared 2,929
  91. Derrick 2,921
  92. Johnny 2,874
  93. Jeremiah 2,872
  94. Erik 2,754
  95. Carl 2,670
  96. Bobby 2,644
  97. Zachary 2,644
  98. Shannon 2,611
  99. Marc 2,598
  100. Victor 2,528

Top girl names of 1976

  1. Jennifer 59,473
  2. Amy 31,339
  3. Melissa 25,094
  4. Heather 24,192
  5. Angela 22,038
  6. Michelle 19,550
  7. Kimberly 18,962
  8. Jessica 18,368
  9. Lisa 17,346
  10. Amanda 15,588
  11. Stephanie 15,180
  12. Rebecca 14,491
  13. Nicole 14,453
  14. Christina 14,033
  15. Sarah 13,993
  16. Elizabeth 13,547
  17. Shannon 13,368
  18. Jamie 12,539
  19. Kelly 11,791
  20. Laura 11,252
  21. Julie 10,839
  22. Mary 10,315
  23. Rachel 8,453
  24. Erin 8,381
  25. Andrea 8,352
  26. Christine 8,111
  27. Sara 8,020
  28. Carrie 7,991
  29. Jaime 7,838
  30. April 7,761
  31. Karen 7,505
  32. Tiffany 7,482
  33. Danielle 7,364
  34. Maria 7,358
  35. Dawn 7,048
  36. Crystal 6,946
  37. Tracy 6,822
  38. Stacy 6,523
  39. Wendy 6,464
  40. Susan 6,402
  41. Tammy 6,228
  42. Tara 6,020
  43. Patricia 6,017
  44. Cynthia 6,012
  45. Monica 5,978
  46. Misty 5,906
  47. Lori 5,849
  48. Tina 5,747
  49. Amber 5,646
  50. Emily 5,547
  51. Stacey 5,390
  52. Jill 5,283
  53. Melanie 5,241
  54. Erica 5,236
  55. Brandy 5,232
  56. Holly 5,173
  57. Katherine 5,051
  58. Tonya 4,966
  59. Sandra 4,861
  60. Christy 4,853
  61. Tanya 4,819
  62. Megan 4,463
  63. Michele 4,443
  64. Dana 4,408
  65. Leslie 4,311
  66. Teresa 4,056
  67. Allison 4,028
  68. Veronica 4,022
  69. Denise 3,986
  70. Heidi 3,890
  71. Alicia 3,791
  72. Catherine 3,780
  73. Kristen 3,653
  74. Kristin 3,627
  75. Robin 3,623
  76. Courtney 3,619
  77. Brenda 3,587
  78. Anna 3,584
  79. Brandi 3,537
  80. Natalie 3,499
  81. Sharon 3,453
  82. Kathleen 3,405
  83. Valerie 3,386
  84. Pamela 3,364
  85. Samantha 3,347
  86. Renee 3,314
  87. Nancy 3,281
  88. Kathryn 3,262
  89. Theresa 3,173
  90. Linda 3,138
  91. Tamara 3,086
  92. Victoria 3,036
  93. Donna 3,032
  94. Gina 3,010
  95. Melinda 2,995
  96. Deborah 2,992
  97. Kristina 2,972
  98. Barbara 2,968
  99. Jacqueline 2,948
  100. Mandy 2,924

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1976?
Michael was the #1 boy name in 1976 (66,915 babies) and Jennifer was the #1 girl name (59,473 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1976?
Social Security records list 3,034,106 babies born in 1976 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,569,007 boys and 1,465,099 girls.