Top Baby Names of 1976
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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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 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 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.