100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1976

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 66,955
2 Jason 0 52,661
3 Christopher 0 45,215
4 David +1 39,269
5 James -1 38,316
6 John +1 33,988
7 Robert -1 33,803
8 Brian 0 30,520
9 Matthew 0 29,981
10 Daniel +1 24,721
11 William -1 24,438
12 Joseph 0 24,060
13 Eric 0 21,353
14 Jeremy +10 20,127
15 Kevin 0 18,480
16 Ryan +7 17,491
17 Jeffrey -3 17,025
18 Joshua +8 16,858
19 Richard -3 16,764
20 Steven -2 16,657
21 Timothy +1 16,631
22 Anthony -1 16,617
23 Thomas -3 16,113
24 Scott -7 15,746
25 Mark -6 15,511
26 Charles -1 13,927
27 Andrew +1 13,315
28 Paul +1 11,788
29 Chad -2 11,774
30 Aaron +2 11,344
31 Jonathan -1 11,309
32 Benjamin +4 10,670
33 Justin +4 10,151
34 Shawn -3 10,106
35 Gregory -2 10,065
36 Adam +2 9,945
37 Stephen -3 9,729
38 Kenneth -3 9,136
39 Nathan +6 8,615
40 Brandon +4 7,790
41 Patrick -2 7,636
42 Sean -2 7,569
43 Bryan +4 7,289
44 Edward -3 7,055
45 Jose +3 7,048
46 Travis +5 6,836
47 Donald -5 6,796
48 Keith +1 6,748
49 Ronald -3 6,457
50 Todd -7 6,440
51 Bradley +1 5,981
52 Gary -2 5,588
53 George 0 5,554
54 Peter 0 5,443
55 Jesse +9 5,301
56 Douglas -1 5,231
57 Shane 0 5,098
58 Juan +2 5,039
59 Samuel +2 5,019
60 Larry -4 4,843
61 Craig -3 4,738
62 Jamie 0 4,621
63 Jacob +12 4,506
64 Corey +7 4,434
65 Raymond -2 4,217
66 Dennis -7 4,169
67 Jerry -2 4,063
68 Frank -2 3,894
69 Phillip +3 3,790
70 Carlos +3 3,786
71 Antonio +6 3,773
72 Joel +2 3,727
73 Troy -4 3,716
74 Marcus -6 3,684
75 Terry -8 3,667
76 Jeffery -6 3,566
77 Nicholas +4 3,469
78 Brent +1 3,406
79 Randy -1 3,319
80 Kyle +8 3,310
81 Gabriel +25 3,301
82 Dustin +13 3,213
83 Cory +16 3,188
84 Derek -1 3,166
85 Billy -1 3,156
86 Tony -6 3,065
87 Russell -5 2,994
88 Rodney -12 2,993
89 Philip -4 2,950
90 Jared +10 2,933
91 Derrick -1 2,917
92 Johnny -6 2,870
93 Jeremiah +56 2,869
94 Erik -7 2,756
95 Carl -4 2,671
96 Zachary +50 2,647
97 Bobby -4 2,641
98 Shannon +3 2,613
99 Marc -10 2,594
100 Victor -4 2,528
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Jennifer 0 59,468
2 Amy 0 31,341
3 Melissa +1 25,092
4 Heather -1 24,198
5 Angela 0 22,046
6 Michelle 0 19,546
7 Kimberly 0 18,963
8 Jessica +5 18,374
9 Lisa -1 17,344
10 Amanda +4 15,590
11 Stephanie -2 15,172
12 Rebecca -1 14,492
13 Nicole -3 14,456
14 Christina -2 14,033
15 Sarah +2 13,989
16 Elizabeth -1 13,549
17 Shannon +4 13,366
18 Jamie +50 12,539
19 Kelly -3 11,791
20 Laura 0 11,246
21 Julie -3 10,842
22 Mary -3 10,325
23 Rachel +3 8,457
24 Erin +14 8,382
25 Andrea +3 8,357
26 Christine -4 8,113
27 Sara +27 8,022
28 Carrie +1 7,996
29 Jaime +234 7,838
30 April -5 7,765
31 Karen -4 7,503
32 Tiffany +5 7,483
33 Danielle +9 7,364
34 Maria -3 7,335
35 Dawn -12 7,050
36 Crystal +7 6,947
37 Tracy -13 6,826
38 Stacy -4 6,523
39 Wendy -6 6,471
40 Susan -8 6,407
41 Tammy -11 6,227
42 Tara -1 6,021
43 Patricia -7 6,020
44 Cynthia -4 6,008
45 Monica +4 5,978
46 Misty +1 5,908
47 Lori -8 5,846
48 Tina -13 5,751
49 Amber +10 5,647
50 Emily -2 5,546
51 Stacey -7 5,390
52 Jill -6 5,280
53 Melanie -1 5,242
54 Brandy +3 5,233
55 Erica +8 5,232
56 Holly -1 5,175
57 Katherine +1 5,053
58 Tonya -13 4,965
59 Sandra -8 4,858
60 Christy -7 4,850
61 Tanya -11 4,819
62 Megan +7 4,463
63 Michele -7 4,443
64 Dana -2 4,409
65 Leslie +6 4,309
66 Teresa -5 4,057
67 Allison +22 4,029
68 Veronica +4 4,019
69 Denise -5 3,990
70 Heidi -4 3,890
71 Alicia +5 3,791
72 Catherine +1 3,780
73 Kristen -13 3,655
74 Kristin 0 3,626
75 Robin -10 3,623
76 Courtney +26 3,619
77 Brenda -10 3,586
78 Anna +1 3,579
79 Brandi +9 3,537
80 Natalie +30 3,502
81 Sharon -6 3,454
82 Kathleen -2 3,408
83 Valerie +9 3,383
84 Pamela -14 3,366
85 Samantha +16 3,347
86 Renee +1 3,316
87 Nancy -5 3,283
88 Kathryn +11 3,263
89 Theresa -11 3,173
90 Linda -9 3,142
91 Tamara -14 3,089
92 Donna -7 3,035
93 Victoria +13 3,035
94 Gina -10 3,010
95 Melinda -4 2,994
96 Deborah -10 2,993
97 Barbara -14 2,975
98 Kristina +5 2,972
99 Jacqueline -9 2,948
100 Mandy +5 2,925