Top Names of 1976
The most popular names recorded in 1976 were Jennifer for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 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 |