EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1976

United States · 3,034,106 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Jennifer59,473—
#2Amy31,339—
#3Melissa25,094↑1
#4Heather24,192↓1
#5Angela22,038—
#6Michelle19,550—
#7Kimberly18,962—
#8Jessica18,368↑5
#9Lisa17,346↓1
#10Amanda15,588↑4
#11Stephanie15,180↓2
#12Rebecca14,491↓1
#13Nicole14,453↓3
#14Christina14,033↓2
#15Sarah13,993↑2
#16Elizabeth13,547↓1
#17Shannon13,368↑4
#18Jamie12,539↑50
#19Kelly11,791↓3
#20Laura11,252—
#21Julie10,839↓3
#22Mary10,315↓3
#23Rachel8,453↑3
#24Erin8,381↑14
#25Andrea8,352↑3
#26Christine8,111↓4
#27Sara8,020↑27
#28Carrie7,991↑1
#29Jaime7,838
#30April7,761↓5
#31Karen7,505↓4
#32Tiffany7,482↑5
#33Danielle7,364↑9
#34Maria7,358↓4
#35Dawn7,048↓12
#36Crystal6,946↑7
#37Tracy6,822↓13
#38Stacy6,523↓4
#39Wendy6,464↓6
#40Susan6,402↓8
#41Tammy6,228↓10
#42Tara6,020↓1
#43Patricia6,017↓7
#44Cynthia6,012↓4
#45Monica5,978↑4
#46Misty5,906↑1
#47Lori5,849↓8
#48Tina5,747↓13
#49Amber5,646↑10
#50Emily5,547↓2
#51Stacey5,390↓7
#52Jill5,283↓6
#53Melanie5,241↓1
#54Erica5,236↑9
#55Brandy5,232↑2
#56Holly5,173↓1
#57Katherine5,051↑1
#58Tonya4,966↓13
#59Sandra4,861↓8
#60Christy4,853↓7
#61Tanya4,819↓11
#62Megan4,463↑7
#63Michele4,443↓7
#64Dana4,408↓2
#65Leslie4,311↑6
#66Teresa4,056↓5
#67Allison4,028↑22
#68Veronica4,022↑4
#69Denise3,986↓5
#70Heidi3,890↓4
#71Alicia3,791↑5
#72Catherine3,780↑1
#73Kristen3,653↓13
#74Kristin3,627—
#75Robin3,623↓10
#76Courtney3,619
#77Brenda3,587↓10
#78Anna3,584↑1
#79Brandi3,537↑9
#80Natalie3,499
#81Sharon3,453↓6
#82Kathleen3,405↓2
#83Valerie3,386↑9
#84Pamela3,364↓14
#85Samantha3,347
#86Renee3,314↑1
#87Nancy3,281↓5
#88Kathryn3,262↑11
#89Theresa3,173↓11
#90Linda3,138↓9
#91Tamara3,086↓14
#92Victoria3,036
#93Donna3,032↓8
#94Gina3,010↓10
#95Melinda2,995↓4
#96Deborah2,992↓10
#97Kristina2,972
#98Barbara2,968↓15
#99Jacqueline2,948↓9
#100Mandy2,924

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Michael66,915—
#2Jason52,643—
#3Christopher45,190—
#4David39,265↑1
#5James38,294↓1
#6John33,976↑1
#7Robert33,789↓1
#8Brian30,517—
#9Matthew29,951—
#10Daniel24,702↑1
#11William24,428↓1
#12Joseph24,055—
#13Eric21,359—
#14Jeremy20,126↑10
#15Kevin18,474—
#16Ryan17,484↑7
#17Jeffrey17,013↓3
#18Joshua16,845↑8
#19Richard16,752↓3
#20Steven16,650↓2
#21Timothy16,620↑1
#22Anthony16,601↓1
#23Thomas16,122↓3
#24Scott15,717↓7
#25Mark15,508↓6
#26Charles13,921↓1
#27Andrew13,301↑1
#28Paul11,781↑1
#29Chad11,766↓2
#30Aaron11,344↑2
#31Jonathan11,314↓1
#32Benjamin10,672↑4
#33Justin10,144↑4
#34Shawn10,108↓3
#35Gregory10,060↓2
#36Adam9,937↑2
#37Stephen9,727↓3
#38Kenneth9,127↓3
#39Nathan8,611↑6
#40Brandon7,786↑4
#41Patrick7,642↓2
#42Sean7,565↓2
#43Bryan7,288↑4
#44Jose7,061↑4
#45Edward7,048↓4
#46Travis6,832↑5
#47Donald6,792↓5
#48Keith6,745↑1
#49Ronald6,457↓3
#50Todd6,440↓7
#51Bradley5,976↑1
#52Gary5,592↓2
#53George5,556—
#54Peter5,445—
#55Jesse5,300↑9
#56Douglas5,224↓1
#57Shane5,095—
#58Juan5,053↑2
#59Samuel5,025↑2
#60Larry4,842↓4
#61Craig4,732↓3
#62Jamie4,621—
#63Jacob4,509↑12
#64Corey4,432↑7
#65Raymond4,218↓2
#66Dennis4,169↓7
#67Jerry4,070↓2
#68Frank3,899↓2
#69Phillip3,789↑3
#70Carlos3,787↑3
#71Antonio3,774↑6
#72Joel3,722↑2
#73Troy3,715↓4
#74Marcus3,681↓6
#75Terry3,668↓8
#76Jeffery3,564↓6
#77Nicholas3,466↑4
#78Brent3,405↑1
#79Randy3,320↓1
#80Kyle3,308↑8
#81Gabriel3,303
#82Dustin3,212↑14
#83Cory3,182↑16
#84Derek3,168↓1
#85Billy3,158↓1
#86Tony3,067↓6
#87Russell2,999↓5
#88Rodney2,984↓12
#89Philip2,943↓4
#90Jared2,929↑10
#91Derrick2,921↓1
#92Johnny2,874↓6
#93Jeremiah2,872
#94Erik2,754↓7
#95Carl2,670↓4
#96Bobby2,644↓3
#96Zachary2,644
#98Shannon2,611
#99Marc2,598↓10
#100Victor2,528↓5