Most Popular Baby Names in 1976

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
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

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
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