Popular baby names in New York, 1976

The most popular baby names in New York in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (4,255 babies) and Michael for boys (5,917). Social Security records list 212,551 babies born in New York in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1976

Names given at least 15 times in New York that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Rivka: 62 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Chaya: 62 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Chana: 100 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Milagros: 68 babies, 8× the national rate
Jasmin: 73 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lissette: 63 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Alexa: 61 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maritza: 89 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ayana: 54 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Doreen: 60 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Chaim: 68 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Moshe: 67 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Jamel: 139 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Salvatore: 161 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Wilfredo: 89 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Giovanni: 63 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Alexis: 80 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dominick: 90 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kareem: 120 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jean: 66 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	4,255	–	1
2	Melissa	1,880	↑1	3
3	Jessica	1,739	↑4	8
4	Michelle	1,621	↓2	6
5	Nicole	1,592	↑1	13
6	Amy	1,554	↓1	2
7	Lisa	1,473	↓3	9
8	Heather	1,354	–	4
9	Elizabeth	1,193	↑2	16
10	Kimberly	1,171	↓1	7
11	Danielle	1,082	↑2	33
12	Christine	1,061	↓2	26
13	Kelly	870	↓1	19
14	Christina	866	↑3	14
15	Sarah	828	↑7	15
16	Rebecca	820	↑3	12
17	Stephanie	802	↓2	11
18	Maria	794	↓4	34
19	Laura	772	↑1	20
20	Karen	761	↓4	31
21	Shannon	680	new	17
22	Mary	671	↑1	22
23	Angela	655	↑3	5
24	Tara	624	↓3	42
25	Rachel	604	↑5	23
26	Jaime	603	new	29
27	Dawn	590	↓9	35
28	Michele	588	↓4	63
29	Erin	586	↑5	24
30	Julie	585	↓3	21
31	Amanda	562	↑8	10
32	Andrea	556	–	25
33	Jamie	552	new	18
34	Patricia	540	↓6	43
35	Susan	519	↓10	40
36	Denise	511	↓5	69
37	Sara	492	new	27
38	Tracy	461	↓9	37
39	Erica	457	new	54
40	Carrie	443	↑1	28
41	Stacey	441	↓4	51
42	Catherine	439	↑7	72
43	Kathleen	431	↓5	82
44	Katherine	428	↑6	57
45	Kristen	418	↓10	73
46	Cynthia	415	↓3	44
47	Jill	408	↓11	52
48	Tanya	408	↓15	61
49	Allison	395	new	67
50	Lauren	388	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	5,917	–	1
2	Christopher	3,252	–	3
3	Jason	3,209	–	2
4	David	3,165	–	4
5	John	2,897	–	6
6	Robert	2,721	–	7
7	Joseph	2,594	↑1	12
8	James	2,553	↓1	5
9	Brian	2,307	–	8
10	Daniel	2,170	–	10
11	Matthew	1,967	–	9
12	William	1,765	–	11
13	Anthony	1,755	–	22
14	Thomas	1,637	–	23
15	Eric	1,536	↑2	13
16	Richard	1,509	↓1	19
17	Kevin	1,444	↓1	15
18	Steven	1,305	↑1	20
19	Scott	1,242	↓1	24
20	Jeffrey	1,193	–	17
21	Mark	1,155	↑1	25
22	Andrew	1,094	↑1	27
23	Paul	1,048	↓2	28
24	Timothy	1,048	↑1	21
25	Peter	922	↓1	54
26	Jose	877	–	44
27	Adam	871	↑4	36
28	Gregory	856	↓1	35
29	Charles	807	↓1	26
30	Edward	794	↓1	45
31	Joshua	786	↑5	18
32	Jonathan	764	↑1	31
33	Sean	761	↓3	42
34	Stephen	761	↓2	37
35	Jeremy	721	↑6	14
36	Keith	696	↓1	48
37	Kenneth	688	↓3	38
38	Patrick	659	↓1	41
39	Shawn	629	↓1	34
40	George	580	–	53
41	Ryan	580	↑4	16
42	Benjamin	577	↑4	32
43	Frank	576	↓4	68
44	Justin	532	new	33
45	Todd	499	↓2	50
46	Aaron	492	↑2	30
47	Luis	490	↓5	>100
48	Ronald	486	↓4	49
49	Carlos	457	new	70
50	Raymond	457	↓3	65

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