Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1976

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	59,473
2	Amy	31,339
3	Melissa	25,094
4	Heather	24,192
5	Angela	22,038
6	Michelle	19,550
7	Kimberly	18,962
8	Jessica	18,368
9	Lisa	17,346
10	Amanda	15,588
11	Stephanie	15,180
12	Rebecca	14,491
13	Nicole	14,453
14	Christina	14,033
15	Sarah	13,993
16	Elizabeth	13,547
17	Shannon	13,368
18	Jamie	12,539
19	Kelly	11,791
20	Laura	11,252
21	Julie	10,839
22	Mary	10,315
23	Rachel	8,453
24	Erin	8,381
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	7,482
33	Danielle	7,364
34	Maria	7,358
35	Dawn	7,048
36	Crystal	6,946
37	Tracy	6,822
38	Stacy	6,523
39	Wendy	6,464
40	Susan	6,402
41	Tammy	6,228
42	Tara	6,020
43	Patricia	6,017
44	Cynthia	6,012
45	Monica	5,978
46	Misty	5,906
47	Lori	5,849
48	Tina	5,747
49	Amber	5,646
50	Emily	5,547
51	Stacey	5,390
52	Jill	5,283
53	Melanie	5,241
54	Erica	5,236
55	Brandy	5,232
56	Holly	5,173
57	Katherine	5,051
58	Tonya	4,966
59	Sandra	4,861
60	Christy	4,853
61	Tanya	4,819
62	Megan	4,463
63	Michele	4,443
64	Dana	4,408
65	Leslie	4,311
66	Teresa	4,056
67	Allison	4,028
68	Veronica	4,022
69	Denise	3,986
70	Heidi	3,890
71	Alicia	3,791
72	Catherine	3,780
73	Kristen	3,653
74	Kristin	3,627
75	Robin	3,623
76	Courtney	3,619
77	Brenda	3,587
78	Anna	3,584
79	Brandi	3,537
80	Natalie	3,499
81	Sharon	3,453
82	Kathleen	3,405
83	Valerie	3,386
84	Pamela	3,364
85	Samantha	3,347
86	Renee	3,314
87	Nancy	3,281
88	Kathryn	3,262
89	Theresa	3,173
90	Linda	3,138
91	Tamara	3,086
92	Victoria	3,036
93	Donna	3,032
94	Gina	3,010
95	Melinda	2,995
96	Deborah	2,992
97	Kristina	2,972
98	Barbara	2,968
99	Jacqueline	2,948
100	Mandy	2,924

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	66,915
2	Jason	52,643
3	Christopher	45,190
4	David	39,265
5	James	38,294
6	John	33,976
7	Robert	33,789
8	Brian	30,517
9	Matthew	29,951
10	Daniel	24,702
11	William	24,428
12	Joseph	24,055
13	Eric	21,359
14	Jeremy	20,126
15	Kevin	18,474
16	Ryan	17,484
17	Jeffrey	17,013
18	Joshua	16,845
19	Richard	16,752
20	Steven	16,650
21	Timothy	16,620
22	Anthony	16,601
23	Thomas	16,122
24	Scott	15,717
25	Mark	15,508
26	Charles	13,921
27	Andrew	13,301
28	Paul	11,781
29	Chad	11,766
30	Aaron	11,344
31	Jonathan	11,314
32	Benjamin	10,672
33	Justin	10,144
34	Shawn	10,108
35	Gregory	10,060
36	Adam	9,937
37	Stephen	9,727
38	Kenneth	9,127
39	Nathan	8,611
40	Brandon	7,786
41	Patrick	7,642
42	Sean	7,565
43	Bryan	7,288
44	Jose	7,061
45	Edward	7,048
46	Travis	6,832
47	Donald	6,792
48	Keith	6,745
49	Ronald	6,457
50	Todd	6,440
51	Bradley	5,976
52	Gary	5,592
53	George	5,556
54	Peter	5,445
55	Jesse	5,300
56	Douglas	5,224
57	Shane	5,095
58	Juan	5,053
59	Samuel	5,025
60	Larry	4,842
61	Craig	4,732
62	Jamie	4,621
63	Jacob	4,509
64	Corey	4,432
65	Raymond	4,218
66	Dennis	4,169
67	Jerry	4,070
68	Frank	3,899
69	Phillip	3,789
70	Carlos	3,787
71	Antonio	3,774
72	Joel	3,722
73	Troy	3,715
74	Marcus	3,681
75	Terry	3,668
76	Jeffery	3,564
77	Nicholas	3,466
78	Brent	3,405
79	Randy	3,320
80	Kyle	3,308
81	Gabriel	3,303
82	Dustin	3,212
83	Cory	3,182
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	2,929
91	Derrick	2,921
92	Johnny	2,874
93	Jeremiah	2,872
94	Erik	2,754
95	Carl	2,670
96	Bobby	2,644
96	Zachary	2,644
98	Shannon	2,611
99	Marc	2,598
100	Victor	2,528