1976
Top Baby Names of 1976
US Bicentennial
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1976
1
Jennifer 59,472 2
Amy 31,339 3
Melissa 25,094 4
Heather 24,192 5
Angela 22,039 6
Michelle 19,551 7
Kimberly 18,962 8
Jessica 18,369 9
Lisa 17,348 10
Amanda 15,589 11
Stephanie 15,180 12
Rebecca 14,490 13
Nicole 14,452 14
Christina 14,035 15
Sarah 13,996 16
Elizabeth 13,546 17
Shannon 13,369 18
Jamie 12,538 19
Kelly 11,791 20
Laura 11,251 21
Julie 10,840 22
Mary 10,319 23
Rachel 8,454 24
Erin 8,383 25
Andrea 8,352 26
Christine 8,111 27
Sara 8,020 28
Carrie 7,991 29
Jaime 7,838 30
April 7,761 31
Karen 7,505 32
Tiffany 7,483 33
Danielle 7,364 34
Maria 7,358 35
Dawn 7,048 36
Crystal 6,947 37
Tracy 6,823 38
Stacy 6,524 39
Wendy 6,464 40
Susan 6,403 41
Tammy 6,228 42
Tara 6,020 43
Patricia 6,017 44
Cynthia 6,012 45
Monica 5,979 46
Misty 5,906 47
Lori 5,849 48
Tina 5,746 49
Amber 5,646 50
Emily 5,549 51
Stacey 5,391 52
Jill 5,283 53
Melanie 5,241 54
Erica 5,236 55
Brandy 5,232 56
Holly 5,173 57
Katherine 5,053 58
Tonya 4,965 59
Sandra 4,861 60
Christy 4,853 61
Tanya 4,819 62
Megan 4,464 63
Michele 4,443 64
Dana 4,408 65
Leslie 4,311 66
Teresa 4,056 67
Allison 4,028 68
Veronica 4,022 69
Denise 3,986 70
Heidi 3,890 71
Alicia 3,791 72
Catherine 3,779 73
Kristen 3,653 74
Kristin 3,627 75
Robin 3,623 76
Courtney 3,619 77
Brenda 3,587 78
Anna 3,585 79
Brandi 3,537 80
Natalie 3,500 81
Sharon 3,454 82
Kathleen 3,406 83
Valerie 3,386 84
Pamela 3,364 85
Samantha 3,348 86
Renee 3,314 87
Nancy 3,281 88
Kathryn 3,263 89
Theresa 3,174 90
Linda 3,138 91
Tamara 3,086 92
Victoria 3,038 93
Donna 3,032 94
Gina 3,010 95
Melinda 2,995 96
Deborah 2,992 97
Kristina 2,972 98
Barbara 2,968 99
Jacqueline 2,948 100
Mandy 2,924 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1976
1
Michael 66,917 2
Jason 52,650 3
Christopher 45,194 4
David 39,273 5
James 38,298 6
John 33,979 7
Robert 33,791 8
Brian 30,524 9
Matthew 29,952 10
Daniel 24,704 11
William 24,433 12
Joseph 24,056 13
Eric 21,363 14
Jeremy 20,128 15
Kevin 18,476 16
Ryan 17,486 17
Jeffrey 17,014 18
Joshua 16,846 19
Richard 16,753 20
Steven 16,652 21
Timothy 16,621 22
Anthony 16,603 23
Thomas 16,122 24
Scott 15,719 25
Mark 15,511 26
Charles 13,923 27
Andrew 13,303 28
Paul 11,783 29
Chad 11,766 30
Aaron 11,345 31
Jonathan 11,315 32
Benjamin 10,672 33
Justin 10,146 34
Shawn 10,110 35
Gregory 10,061 36
Adam 9,939 37
Stephen 9,726 38
Kenneth 9,128 39
Nathan 8,609 40
Brandon 7,790 41
Patrick 7,642 42
Sean 7,565 43
Bryan 7,289 44
Jose 7,061 45
Edward 7,048 46
Travis 6,833 47
Donald 6,795 48
Keith 6,744 49
Ronald 6,459 50
Todd 6,441 51
Bradley 5,978 52
Gary 5,592 53
George 5,558 54
Peter 5,445 55
Jesse 5,301 56
Douglas 5,228 57
Shane 5,095 58
Juan 5,053 59
Samuel 5,026 60
Larry 4,841 61
Craig 4,732 62
Jamie 4,621 63
Jacob 4,509 64
Corey 4,433 65
Raymond 4,218 66
Dennis 4,169 67
Jerry 4,070 68
Frank 3,899 69
Phillip 3,790 70
Carlos 3,787 71
Antonio 3,774 72
Joel 3,725 73
Troy 3,715 74
Marcus 3,680 75
Terry 3,668 76
Jeffery 3,564 77
Nicholas 3,465 78
Brent 3,405 79
Randy 3,320 80
Kyle 3,309 81
Gabriel 3,303 82
Dustin 3,212 83
Cory 3,183 84
Derek 3,168 85
Billy 3,158 86
Tony 3,067 87
Russell 2,999 88
Rodney 2,984 89
Philip 2,943 90
Jared 2,930 91
Derrick 2,921 92
Johnny 2,874 93
Jeremiah 2,873 94
Erik 2,755 95
Carl 2,670 96
Zachary 2,646 97
Bobby 2,644 98
Shannon 2,611 99
Marc 2,598 100
Victor 2,527 About 1976 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1976, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.