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The most popular baby names of 1976

SSA recorded 3,034,106 births in 1976 across all reported names — 1,465,099 girls and 1,569,007 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1976

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1975.
#NameBirthsvs 1975
1 Jennifer 59,473 —
2 Amy 31,339 —
3 Melissa 25,094 +1
4 Heather 24,192 -1
5 Angela 22,038 —
6 Michelle 19,550 —
7 Kimberly 18,962 —
8 Jessica 18,368 +5
9 Lisa 17,346 -1
10 Amanda 15,588 +4
11 Stephanie 15,180 -2
12 Rebecca 14,491 -1
13 Nicole 14,453 -3
14 Christina 14,033 -2
15 Sarah 13,993 +2
16 Elizabeth 13,547 -1
17 Shannon 13,368 +4
18 Jamie 12,539 +50
19 Kelly 11,791 -3
20 Laura 11,252 —
21 Julie 10,839 -3
22 Mary 10,315 -3
23 Rachel 8,453 +3
24 Erin 8,381 +14
25 Andrea 8,352 +3
26 Christine 8,111 -4
27 Sara 8,020 +27
28 Carrie 7,991 +1
29 Jaime 7,838 +234
30 April 7,761 -5
31 Karen 7,505 -4
32 Tiffany 7,482 +5
33 Danielle 7,364 +9
34 Maria 7,358 -4
35 Dawn 7,048 -12
36 Crystal 6,946 +7
37 Tracy 6,822 -13
38 Stacy 6,523 -4
39 Wendy 6,464 -6
40 Susan 6,402 -8
41 Tammy 6,228 -10
42 Tara 6,020 -1
43 Patricia 6,017 -7
44 Cynthia 6,012 -4
45 Monica 5,978 +4
46 Misty 5,906 +1
47 Lori 5,849 -8
48 Tina 5,747 -13
49 Amber 5,646 +10
50 Emily 5,547 -2
51 Stacey 5,390 -7
52 Jill 5,283 -6
53 Melanie 5,241 -1
54 Erica 5,236 +9
55 Brandy 5,232 +2
56 Holly 5,173 -1
57 Katherine 5,051 +1
58 Tonya 4,966 -13
59 Sandra 4,861 -8
60 Christy 4,853 -7
61 Tanya 4,819 -11
62 Megan 4,463 +7
63 Michele 4,443 -7
64 Dana 4,408 -2
65 Leslie 4,311 +6
66 Teresa 4,056 -5
67 Allison 4,028 +22
68 Veronica 4,022 +4
69 Denise 3,986 -5
70 Heidi 3,890 -4
71 Alicia 3,791 +5
72 Catherine 3,780 +1
73 Kristen 3,653 -13
74 Kristin 3,627 —
75 Robin 3,623 -10
76 Courtney 3,619 +26
77 Brenda 3,587 -10
78 Anna 3,584 +1
79 Brandi 3,537 +9
80 Natalie 3,499 +30
81 Sharon 3,453 -6
82 Kathleen 3,405 -2
83 Valerie 3,386 +9
84 Pamela 3,364 -14
85 Samantha 3,347 +16
86 Renee 3,314 +1
87 Nancy 3,281 -5
88 Kathryn 3,262 +11
89 Theresa 3,173 -11
90 Linda 3,138 -9
91 Tamara 3,086 -14
92 Victoria 3,036 +13
93 Donna 3,032 -8
94 Gina 3,010 -10
95 Melinda 2,995 -4
96 Deborah 2,992 -10
97 Kristina 2,972 +6
98 Barbara 2,968 -15
99 Jacqueline 2,948 -9
100 Mandy 2,924 +6

Top 100 boys' names in 1976

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1975.
#NameBirthsvs 1975
1 Michael 66,915 —
2 Jason 52,643 —
3 Christopher 45,190 —
4 David 39,265 +1
5 James 38,294 -1
6 John 33,976 +1
7 Robert 33,789 -1
8 Brian 30,517 —
9 Matthew 29,951 —
10 Daniel 24,702 +1
11 William 24,428 -1
12 Joseph 24,055 —
13 Eric 21,359 —
14 Jeremy 20,126 +10
15 Kevin 18,474 —
16 Ryan 17,484 +7
17 Jeffrey 17,013 -3
18 Joshua 16,845 +8
19 Richard 16,752 -3
20 Steven 16,650 -2
21 Timothy 16,620 +1
22 Anthony 16,601 -1
23 Thomas 16,122 -3
24 Scott 15,717 -7
25 Mark 15,508 -6
26 Charles 13,921 -1
27 Andrew 13,301 +1
28 Paul 11,781 +1
29 Chad 11,766 -2
30 Aaron 11,344 +2
31 Jonathan 11,314 -1
32 Benjamin 10,672 +4
33 Justin 10,144 +4
34 Shawn 10,108 -3
35 Gregory 10,060 -2
36 Adam 9,937 +2
37 Stephen 9,727 -3
38 Kenneth 9,127 -3
39 Nathan 8,611 +6
40 Brandon 7,786 +4
41 Patrick 7,642 -2
42 Sean 7,565 -2
43 Bryan 7,288 +4
44 Jose 7,061 +4
45 Edward 7,048 -4
46 Travis 6,832 +5
47 Donald 6,792 -5
48 Keith 6,745 +1
49 Ronald 6,457 -3
50 Todd 6,440 -7
51 Bradley 5,976 +1
52 Gary 5,592 -2
53 George 5,556 —
54 Peter 5,445 —
55 Jesse 5,300 +9
56 Douglas 5,224 -1
57 Shane 5,095 —
58 Juan 5,053 +2
59 Samuel 5,025 +2
60 Larry 4,842 -4
61 Craig 4,732 -3
62 Jamie 4,621 —
63 Jacob 4,509 +12
64 Corey 4,432 +7
65 Raymond 4,218 -2
66 Dennis 4,169 -7
67 Jerry 4,070 -2
68 Frank 3,899 -2
69 Phillip 3,789 +3
70 Carlos 3,787 +3
71 Antonio 3,774 +6
72 Joel 3,722 +2
73 Troy 3,715 -4
74 Marcus 3,681 -6
75 Terry 3,668 -8
76 Jeffery 3,564 -6
77 Nicholas 3,466 +4
78 Brent 3,405 +1
79 Randy 3,320 -1
80 Kyle 3,308 +8
81 Gabriel 3,303 +25
82 Dustin 3,212 +14
83 Cory 3,182 +16
84 Derek 3,168 -1
85 Billy 3,158 -1
86 Tony 3,067 -6
87 Russell 2,999 -5
88 Rodney 2,984 -12
89 Philip 2,943 -4
90 Jared 2,929 +10
91 Derrick 2,921 -1
92 Johnny 2,874 -6
93 Jeremiah 2,872 +56
94 Erik 2,754 -7
95 Carl 2,670 -4
96 Bobby 2,644 -3
96 Zachary 2,644 +49
98 Shannon 2,611 +3
99 Marc 2,598 -10
100 Victor 2,528 -5

Names that climbed fastest in 1976

Ranked by places gained against 1975, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

NameRank 1976Rank 1975Change
Jayme girls 419 702 +283
Lindsay girls 133 396 +263
Jaime girls 29 263 +234
Lindsey girls 267 496 +229
Tori girls 354 543 +189
Bianca girls 473 630 +157
Larissa girls 505 655 +150
Marisa girls 222 370 +148
Corrie girls 528 672 +144
Dusty girls 583 717 +134
Marissa girls 349 482 +133
Carissa girls 425 555 +130
Joni girls 359 486 +127
Donny boys 378 503 +125
Jami girls 241 356 +115

Names that fell fastest in 1976

NameRank 1976Rank 1975Change
Tamiko girls 625 415 -210
Nakia girls 414 251 -163
Taryn girls 577 438 -139
Ivy girls 709 576 -133
Dionne girls 637 521 -116
Mitzi girls 684 569 -115
Lorrie girls 692 579 -113
Phyllis girls 642 531 -111
Gena girls 598 496 -102
Demetria girls 601 504 -97
Doreen girls 696 600 -96
Stella girls 723 628 -95
Scot boys 524 432 -92
Bridgett girls 546 459 -87
Sondra girls 672 585 -87

Names that first appear in 1976

1976 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.

Names that peaked in 1976

For these names, 1976 is the single biggest year in the whole 1880–2025 record.