Popular baby names of 1976

In 1976, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jennifer for girls (59,473 babies) and Michael for boys (66,915). Social Security records show 3,034,106 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 10,913 girls' names and 6,495 boys' names.

1976 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 17.2% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 25.2% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Jaime, Courtney, Natalie, Samantha, Victoria, Kristina, Mandy.
New in the boys' top 100: Gabriel, Jeremiah, Zachary, Shannon.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975
1	Jennifer	59,473	–
2	Amy	31,339	–
3	Melissa	25,094	↑1
4	Heather	24,192	↓1
5	Angela	22,038	–
6	Michelle	19,550	–
7	Kimberly	18,962	–
8	Jessica	18,368	↑5
9	Lisa	17,346	↓1
10	Amanda	15,588	↑4
11	Stephanie	15,180	↓2
12	Rebecca	14,491	↓1
13	Nicole	14,453	↓3
14	Christina	14,033	↓2
15	Sarah	13,993	↑2
16	Elizabeth	13,547	↓1
17	Shannon	13,368	↑4
18	Jamie	12,539	↑50
19	Kelly	11,791	↓3
20	Laura	11,252	–
21	Julie	10,839	↓3
22	Mary	10,315	↓3
23	Rachel	8,453	↑3
24	Erin	8,381	↑14
25	Andrea	8,352	↑3
26	Christine	8,111	↓4
27	Sara	8,020	↑27
28	Carrie	7,991	↑1
29	Jaime	7,838	new
30	April	7,761	↓5
31	Karen	7,505	↓4
32	Tiffany	7,482	↑5
33	Danielle	7,364	↑9
34	Maria	7,358	↓4
35	Dawn	7,048	↓12
36	Crystal	6,946	↑7
37	Tracy	6,822	↓13
38	Stacy	6,523	↓4
39	Wendy	6,464	↓6
40	Susan	6,402	↓8
41	Tammy	6,228	↓10
42	Tara	6,020	↓1
43	Patricia	6,017	↓7
44	Cynthia	6,012	↓4
45	Monica	5,978	↑4
46	Misty	5,906	↑1
47	Lori	5,849	↓8
48	Tina	5,747	↓13
49	Amber	5,646	↑10
50	Emily	5,547	↓2
51	Stacey	5,390	↓7
52	Jill	5,283	↓6
53	Melanie	5,241	↓1
54	Erica	5,236	↑9
55	Brandy	5,232	↑2
56	Holly	5,173	↓1
57	Katherine	5,051	↑1
58	Tonya	4,966	↓13
59	Sandra	4,861	↓8
60	Christy	4,853	↓7
61	Tanya	4,819	↓11
62	Megan	4,463	↑7
63	Michele	4,443	↓7
64	Dana	4,408	↓2
65	Leslie	4,311	↑6
66	Teresa	4,056	↓5
67	Allison	4,028	↑22
68	Veronica	4,022	↑4
69	Denise	3,986	↓5
70	Heidi	3,890	↓4
71	Alicia	3,791	↑5
72	Catherine	3,780	↑1
73	Kristen	3,653	↓13
74	Kristin	3,627	–
75	Robin	3,623	↓10
76	Courtney	3,619	new
77	Brenda	3,587	↓10
78	Anna	3,584	↑1
79	Brandi	3,537	↑9
80	Natalie	3,499	new
81	Sharon	3,453	↓6
82	Kathleen	3,405	↓2
83	Valerie	3,386	↑9
84	Pamela	3,364	↓14
85	Samantha	3,347	new
86	Renee	3,314	↑1
87	Nancy	3,281	↓5
88	Kathryn	3,262	↑11
89	Theresa	3,173	↓11
90	Linda	3,138	↓9
91	Tamara	3,086	↓14
92	Victoria	3,036	new
93	Donna	3,032	↓8
94	Gina	3,010	↓10
95	Melinda	2,995	↓4
96	Deborah	2,992	↓10
97	Kristina	2,972	new
98	Barbara	2,968	↓15
99	Jacqueline	2,948	↓9
100	Mandy	2,924	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975
1	Michael	66,915	–
2	Jason	52,643	–
3	Christopher	45,190	–
4	David	39,265	↑1
5	James	38,294	↓1
6	John	33,976	↑1
7	Robert	33,789	↓1
8	Brian	30,517	–
9	Matthew	29,951	–
10	Daniel	24,702	↑1
11	William	24,428	↓1
12	Joseph	24,055	–
13	Eric	21,359	–
14	Jeremy	20,126	↑10
15	Kevin	18,474	–
16	Ryan	17,484	↑7
17	Jeffrey	17,013	↓3
18	Joshua	16,845	↑8
19	Richard	16,752	↓3
20	Steven	16,650	↓2
21	Timothy	16,620	↑1
22	Anthony	16,601	↓1
23	Thomas	16,122	↓3
24	Scott	15,717	↓7
25	Mark	15,508	↓6
26	Charles	13,921	↓1
27	Andrew	13,301	↑1
28	Paul	11,781	↑1
29	Chad	11,766	↓2
30	Aaron	11,344	↑2
31	Jonathan	11,314	↓1
32	Benjamin	10,672	↑4
33	Justin	10,144	↑4
34	Shawn	10,108	↓3
35	Gregory	10,060	↓2
36	Adam	9,937	↑2
37	Stephen	9,727	↓3
38	Kenneth	9,127	↓3
39	Nathan	8,611	↑6
40	Brandon	7,786	↑4
41	Patrick	7,642	↓2
42	Sean	7,565	↓2
43	Bryan	7,288	↑4
44	Jose	7,061	↑4
45	Edward	7,048	↓4
46	Travis	6,832	↑5
47	Donald	6,792	↓5
48	Keith	6,745	↑1
49	Ronald	6,457	↓3
50	Todd	6,440	↓7
51	Bradley	5,976	↑1
52	Gary	5,592	↓2
53	George	5,556	–
54	Peter	5,445	–
55	Jesse	5,300	↑9
56	Douglas	5,224	↓1
57	Shane	5,095	–
58	Juan	5,053	↑2
59	Samuel	5,025	↑2
60	Larry	4,842	↓4
61	Craig	4,732	↓3
62	Jamie	4,621	–
63	Jacob	4,509	↑12
64	Corey	4,432	↑7
65	Raymond	4,218	↓2
66	Dennis	4,169	↓7
67	Jerry	4,070	↓2
68	Frank	3,899	↓2
69	Phillip	3,789	↑3
70	Carlos	3,787	↑3
71	Antonio	3,774	↑6
72	Joel	3,722	↑2
73	Troy	3,715	↓4
74	Marcus	3,681	↓6
75	Terry	3,668	↓8
76	Jeffery	3,564	↓6
77	Nicholas	3,466	↑4
78	Brent	3,405	↑1
79	Randy	3,320	↓1
80	Kyle	3,308	↑8
81	Gabriel	3,303	new
82	Dustin	3,212	↑14
83	Cory	3,182	↑16
84	Derek	3,168	↓1
85	Billy	3,158	↓1
86	Tony	3,067	↓6
87	Russell	2,999	↓5
88	Rodney	2,984	↓12
89	Philip	2,943	↓4
90	Jared	2,929	↑10
91	Derrick	2,921	↓1
92	Johnny	2,874	↓6
93	Jeremiah	2,872	new
94	Erik	2,754	↓7
95	Carl	2,670	↓4
96	Bobby	2,644	↓3
97	Zachary	2,644	new
98	Shannon	2,611	new
99	Marc	2,598	↓10
100	Victor	2,528	↓5

Every name given in 1976

All 17,408 names Social Security recorded for 1976, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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