100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1976

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 66,964
2 Jason 0 52,681
3 Christopher 0 45,213
4 David +1 39,299
5 James -1 38,306
6 John +1 34,008
7 Robert -1 33,809
8 Brian 0 30,535
9 Matthew 0 29,982
10 Daniel +1 24,718
11 William -1 24,447
12 Joseph 0 24,072
13 Eric 0 21,375
14 Jeremy +10 20,138
15 Kevin 0 18,482
16 Ryan +7 17,501
17 Jeffrey -3 17,025
18 Joshua +8 16,867
19 Richard -3 16,764
20 Steven -2 16,661
21 Timothy +1 16,630
22 Anthony -1 16,612
23 Thomas -3 16,125
24 Scott -7 15,736
25 Mark -6 15,517
26 Charles -1 13,937
27 Andrew +1 13,317
28 Paul +1 11,787
29 Chad -2 11,776
30 Aaron +2 11,351
31 Jonathan -1 11,320
32 Benjamin +4 10,680
33 Justin +4 10,157
34 Shawn -3 10,107
35 Gregory -2 10,062
36 Adam +2 9,945
37 Stephen -3 9,730
38 Kenneth -3 9,134
39 Nathan +7 8,616
40 Brandon +4 7,792
41 Patrick -2 7,641
42 Sean -2 7,578
43 Bryan +4 7,292
44 Edward -3 7,054
45 Jose +3 7,053
46 Travis +5 6,835
47 Donald -5 6,799
48 Keith +1 6,750
49 Ronald -4 6,461
50 Todd -7 6,441
51 Bradley +1 5,982
52 Gary -2 5,593
53 George 0 5,562
54 Peter 0 5,447
55 Jesse +9 5,304
56 Douglas -1 5,234
57 Shane 0 5,098
58 Juan +2 5,052
59 Samuel +2 5,028
60 Larry -4 4,843
61 Craig -3 4,739
62 Jamie 0 4,621
63 Jacob +12 4,512
64 Corey +7 4,438
65 Raymond -2 4,219
66 Dennis -7 4,171
67 Jerry -2 4,070
68 Frank -2 3,900
69 Phillip +3 3,791
70 Carlos +3 3,786
71 Antonio +6 3,774
72 Joel +2 3,725
73 Troy -4 3,715
74 Marcus -6 3,686
75 Terry -8 3,668
76 Jeffery -6 3,567
77 Nicholas +4 3,476
78 Brent +1 3,407
79 Randy -1 3,318
80 Kyle +8 3,309
81 Gabriel +25 3,303
82 Dustin +14 3,214
83 Cory +16 3,186
84 Derek -1 3,170
85 Billy -1 3,157
86 Tony -6 3,063
87 Russell -5 2,996
88 Rodney -12 2,989
89 Philip -4 2,948
90 Jared +10 2,931
91 Derrick -1 2,920
92 Jeremiah +57 2,875
93 Johnny -7 2,875
94 Erik -7 2,757
95 Carl -4 2,670
96 Zachary +49 2,648
97 Bobby -4 2,642
98 Shannon +3 2,612
99 Marc -10 2,597
100 Victor -5 2,532
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Jennifer 0 59,474
2 Amy 0 31,341
3 Melissa +1 25,093
4 Heather -1 24,199
5 Angela 0 22,041
6 Michelle 0 19,555
7 Kimberly 0 18,967
8 Jessica +5 18,368
9 Lisa -1 17,350
10 Amanda +4 15,591
11 Stephanie -2 15,179
12 Rebecca -1 14,491
13 Nicole -3 14,452
14 Christina -2 14,034
15 Sarah +2 13,993
16 Elizabeth -1 13,548
17 Shannon +4 13,372
18 Jamie +50 12,539
19 Kelly -3 11,791
20 Laura 0 11,253
21 Julie -3 10,841
22 Mary -3 10,318
23 Rachel +3 8,456
24 Erin +14 8,384
25 Andrea +3 8,351
26 Christine -4 8,110
27 Sara +27 8,024
28 Carrie +1 7,992
29 Jaime +234 7,836
30 April -5 7,762
31 Karen -4 7,503
32 Tiffany +5 7,484
33 Danielle +9 7,363
34 Maria -3 7,348
35 Dawn -12 7,049
36 Crystal +7 6,945
37 Tracy -13 6,824
38 Stacy -4 6,524
39 Wendy -6 6,467
40 Susan -8 6,406
41 Tammy -11 6,227
42 Tara -1 6,024
43 Patricia -7 6,017
44 Cynthia -4 6,014
45 Monica +4 5,981
46 Misty +1 5,906
47 Lori -8 5,847
48 Tina -13 5,747
49 Amber +10 5,648
50 Emily -2 5,547
51 Stacey -7 5,389
52 Jill -6 5,284
53 Melanie -1 5,240
54 Erica +9 5,234
55 Brandy +2 5,233
56 Holly -1 5,176
57 Katherine +1 5,056
58 Tonya -13 4,965
59 Sandra -8 4,862
60 Christy -7 4,851
61 Tanya -11 4,820
62 Megan +7 4,465
63 Michele -7 4,443
64 Dana -2 4,408
65 Leslie +6 4,310
66 Teresa -5 4,055
67 Allison +22 4,032
68 Veronica +4 4,021
69 Denise -5 3,991
70 Heidi -4 3,891
71 Alicia +5 3,792
72 Catherine +1 3,782
73 Kristen -13 3,654
74 Kristin 0 3,628
75 Robin -10 3,623
76 Courtney +26 3,621
77 Brenda -10 3,585
78 Anna +1 3,583
79 Brandi +9 3,537
80 Natalie +30 3,502
81 Sharon -6 3,453
82 Kathleen -2 3,408
83 Valerie +9 3,387
84 Pamela -14 3,367
85 Samantha +16 3,353
86 Renee +1 3,316
87 Nancy -5 3,283
88 Kathryn +11 3,261
89 Theresa -11 3,175
90 Linda -9 3,140
91 Tamara -14 3,088
92 Victoria +13 3,036
93 Donna -8 3,033
94 Gina -10 3,010
95 Melinda -4 2,994
96 Deborah -10 2,992
97 Barbara -14 2,972
98 Kristina +5 2,972
99 Jacqueline -9 2,947
100 Mandy +6 2,923