Top Names of 1976
The most popular names recorded in 1976 were Michelle for girls and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 2,127 |
| 2 | David | 1,848 |
| 3 | Matthew | 1,781 |
| 4 | Daniel | 1,597 |
| 5 | Andrew | 1,483 |
| 6 | Jason | 1,432 |
| 7 | Benjamin | 1,260 |
| 8 | Christopher | 1,259 |
| 9 | Mark | 1,225 |
| 10 | Paul | 1,149 |
| 11 | Adam | 1,086 |
| 12 | Scott | 1,052 |
| 13 | Peter | 983 |
| 14 | Robert | 920 |
| 15 | Steven | 886 |
| 16 | Anthony | 823 |
| 17 | Bradley | 757 |
| 18 | Shane | 753 |
| 19 | John | 751 |
| 20 | Nathan | 735 |
| 21 | Craig | 711 |
| 22 | Stephen | 704 |
| 23 | James | 670 |
| 24 | Brett | 655 |
| 25 | Timothy | 627 |
| 26 | Simon | 575 |
| 27 | Troy | 572 |
| 28 | Justin | 519 |
| 29 | Darren | 512 |
| 30 | Luke | 479 |
| 31 | Gregory | 467 |
| 32 | Richard | 448 |
| 33 | Aaron | 438 |
| 34 | Jamie | 364 |
| 35 | Mathew | 342 |
| 36 | Dean | 327 |
| 37 | Damien | 315 |
| 38 | Brendan | 313 |
| 39 | Nicholas | 311 |
| 40 | Wayne | 309 |
| 41 | Adrian | 303 |
| 42 | Cameron | 289 |
| 43 | Trent | 279 |
| 44 | Rodney | 278 |
| 45 | Ian | 276 |
| 46 | Glen | 275 |
| 47 | Joshua | 273 |
| 48 | Grant | 270 |
| 49 | Phillip | 270 |
| 50 | Glenn | 260 |