Name.Baby Names by year 1970s 1976 Most Popular Baby Names of 1976 Social Security has card records for 3,204,800 people born in the U.S. in 1976. Jennifer was the top girl name (59,473 babies) and Michael the top boy name (66,915).
Top 100 names of 1976 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1976, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Jennifer 59,473 #586 2 Amy 31,339 #257 3 Melissa 25,094 #419 4 Heather 24,192 #1,261 5 Angela 22,038 #408 6 Michelle 19,550 #465 7 Kimberly 18,962 #302 8 Jessica 18,368 #665 9 Lisa 17,346 #987 10 Amanda 15,588 #493 11 Stephanie 15,180 #557 12 Rebecca 14,491 #349 13 Nicole 14,453 #382 14 Christina 14,033 #770 15 Sarah 13,993 #90 16 Elizabeth 13,547 #17 17 Shannon 13,368 #2,387 18 Jamie 12,539 #857 19 Kelly 11,791 #851 20 Laura 11,252 #379 21 Julie 10,839 #872 22 Mary 10,315 #125 23 Rachel 8,453 #250 24 Erin 8,381 #833 25 Andrea 8,352 #235 26 Christine 8,111 #1,272 27 Sara 8,020 #198 28 Carrie 7,991 #2,719 29 Jaime 7,838 #4,067 30 April 7,761 #542 31 Karen 7,505 #1,279 32 Tiffany 7,482 #878 33 Danielle 7,364 #549 34 Maria 7,358 #87 35 Dawn 7,048 #2,173 36 Crystal 6,946 #1,144 37 Tracy 6,822 #2,153 38 Stacy 6,523 #1,652 39 Wendy 6,464 #1,341 40 Susan 6,402 #1,085 41 Tammy 6,228 #3,645 42 Tara 6,020 #844 43 Patricia 6,017 #1,334 44 Cynthia 6,012 #1,013 45 Monica 5,978 #736 46 Misty 5,906 #4,067 47 Lori 5,849 #1,721 48 Tina 5,747 #2,778 49 Amber 5,646 #520 50 Emily 5,547 #34
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1976, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Stacey 5,390 #3,067 52 Jill 5,283 #5,722 53 Melanie 5,241 #142 54 Erica 5,236 #1,396 55 Brandy 5,232 #3,067 56 Holly 5,173 #416 57 Katherine 5,051 #186 58 Tonya 4,966 #8,860 59 Sandra 4,861 #1,207 60 Christy 4,853 #4,172 61 Tanya 4,819 #3,712 62 Megan 4,463 #887 63 Michele 4,443 #4,758 64 Dana 4,408 #1,027 65 Leslie 4,311 #712 66 Teresa 4,056 #908 67 Allison 4,028 #103 68 Veronica 4,022 #427 69 Denise 3,986 #1,673 70 Heidi 3,890 #340 71 Alicia 3,791 #460 72 Catherine 3,780 #313 73 Kristen 3,653 #1,990 74 Kristin 3,627 #4,661 75 Robin 3,623 #704 76 Courtney 3,619 #2,326 77 Brenda 3,587 #1,525 78 Anna 3,584 #107 79 Brandi 3,537 #4,758 80 Natalie 3,499 #89 81 Sharon 3,453 #1,250 82 Kathleen 3,405 #1,150 83 Valerie 3,386 #127 84 Pamela 3,364 #2,239 85 Samantha 3,347 #151 86 Renee 3,314 #1,098 87 Nancy 3,281 #965 88 Kathryn 3,262 #729 89 Theresa 3,173 #1,548 90 Linda 3,138 #902 91 Tamara 3,086 #1,808 92 Victoria 3,036 #54 93 Donna 3,032 #1,962 94 Gina 3,010 #2,076 95 Melinda 2,995 #1,981 96 Deborah 2,992 #862 97 Kristina 2,972 #1,721 98 Barbara 2,968 #968 99 Jacqueline 2,948 #558 100 Mandy 2,924 #4,460
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1976, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 66,915 #21 2 Jason 52,643 #165 3 Christopher 45,190 #68 4 David 39,265 #35 5 James 38,294 #6 6 John 33,976 #23 7 Robert 33,789 #92 8 Brian 30,517 #339 9 Matthew 29,951 #32 10 Daniel 24,702 #22 11 William 24,428 #9 12 Joseph 24,055 #29 13 Eric 21,359 #273 14 Jeremy 20,126 #292 15 Kevin 18,474 #221 16 Ryan 17,484 #99 17 Jeffrey 17,013 #552 18 Joshua 16,845 #66 19 Richard 16,752 #234 20 Steven 16,650 #271 21 Timothy 16,620 #203 22 Anthony 16,601 #46 23 Thomas 16,122 #34 24 Scott 15,717 #534 25 Mark 15,508 #244 26 Charles 13,921 #48 27 Andrew 13,301 #73 28 Paul 11,781 #262 29 Chad 11,766 #1,699 30 Aaron 11,344 #80 31 Jonathan 11,314 #89 32 Benjamin 10,672 #11 33 Justin 10,144 #233 34 Shawn 10,108 #681 35 Gregory 10,060 #593 36 Adam 9,937 #101 37 Stephen 9,727 #383 38 Kenneth 9,127 #294 39 Nathan 8,611 #63 40 Brandon 7,786 #261 41 Patrick 7,642 #235 42 Sean 7,565 #489 43 Bryan 7,288 #336 44 Jose 7,061 #95 45 Edward 7,048 #224 46 Travis 6,832 #434 47 Donald 6,792 #690 48 Keith 6,745 #800 49 Ronald 6,457 #637 50 Todd 6,440 #1,609
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1976, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Bradley 5,976 #403 52 Gary 5,592 #1,073 53 George 5,556 #126 54 Peter 5,445 #187 55 Jesse 5,300 #184 56 Douglas 5,224 #807 57 Shane 5,095 #635 58 Juan 5,053 #159 59 Samuel 5,025 #18 60 Larry 4,842 #1,084 61 Craig 4,732 #1,644 62 Jamie 4,621 #577 63 Jacob 4,509 #43 64 Corey 4,432 #778 65 Raymond 4,218 #394 66 Dennis 4,169 #707 67 Jerry 4,070 #906 68 Frank 3,899 #513 69 Phillip 3,789 #651 70 Carlos 3,787 #150 71 Antonio 3,774 #176 72 Joel 3,722 #219 73 Troy 3,715 #532 74 Marcus 3,681 #258 75 Terry 3,668 #1,115 76 Jeffery 3,564 #1,554 77 Nicholas 3,466 #112 78 Brent 3,405 #1,509 79 Randy 3,320 #1,084 80 Kyle 3,308 #508 81 Gabriel 3,303 #37 82 Dustin 3,212 #728 83 Cory 3,182 #1,244 84 Derek 3,168 #284 85 Billy 3,158 #1,068 86 Tony 3,067 #783 87 Russell 2,999 #345 88 Rodney 2,984 #1,091 89 Philip 2,943 #527 90 Jared 2,929 #396 91 Derrick 2,921 #850 92 Johnny 2,874 #457 93 Jeremiah 2,872 #88 94 Erik 2,754 #545 95 Carl 2,670 #1,132 96 Bobby 2,644 #1,097 96 Zachary 2,644 #216 98 Shannon 2,611 #2,991 99 Marc 2,598 #1,235 100 Victor 2,528 #209
Entered the top 100 in 1976
