Top Baby Names of 1976
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1976, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1976)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 51 | Bradley | 5,978 |
| 52 | Gary | 5,592 |
| 53 | George | 5,558 |
| 54 | Peter | 5,445 |
| 55 | Jesse | 5,301 |
| 56 | Douglas | 5,228 |
| 57 | Shane | 5,095 |
| 58 | Juan | 5,053 |
| 59 | Samuel | 5,026 |
| 60 | Larry | 4,841 |
| 61 | Craig | 4,732 |
| 62 | Jamie | 4,621 |
| 63 | Jacob | 4,509 |
| 64 | Corey | 4,433 |
| 65 | Raymond | 4,218 |
| 66 | Dennis | 4,169 |
| 67 | Jerry | 4,070 |
| 68 | Frank | 3,899 |
| 69 | Phillip | 3,790 |
| 70 | Carlos | 3,787 |
| 71 | Antonio | 3,774 |
| 72 | Joel | 3,725 |
| 73 | Troy | 3,715 |
| 74 | Marcus | 3,680 |
| 75 | Terry | 3,668 |
| 76 | Jeffery | 3,564 |
| 77 | Nicholas | 3,465 |
| 78 | Brent | 3,405 |
| 79 | Randy | 3,320 |
| 80 | Kyle | 3,309 |
| 81 | Gabriel | 3,303 |
| 82 | Dustin | 3,212 |
| 83 | Cory | 3,183 |
| 84 | Derek | 3,168 |
| 85 | Billy | 3,158 |
| 86 | Tony | 3,067 |
| 87 | Russell | 2,999 |
| 88 | Rodney | 2,984 |
| 89 | Philip | 2,943 |
| 90 | Jared | 2,930 |
| 91 | Derrick | 2,921 |
| 92 | Johnny | 2,874 |
| 93 | Jeremiah | 2,873 |
| 94 | Erik | 2,755 |
| 95 | Carl | 2,670 |
| 96 | Zachary | 2,646 |
| 97 | Bobby | 2,644 |
| 98 | Shannon | 2,611 |
| 99 | Marc | 2,598 |
| 100 | Victor | 2,527 |