Welcome to our dedicated page featuring the top 500 boy and girl baby names of 1976. This year holds a special place in the annals of naming history, reflecting a blend of timeless classics and unique choices that captured the hearts of parents during this era. As you explore our comprehensive list, you’ll discover the names that defined a generation, from the traditional to the trendsetting. Whether you’re seeking inspiration for a new arrival, researching historical naming trends, or simply curious about the names that resonated with families in 1976, our curated selection offers a fascinating glimpse into the past. Join us on a nostalgic journey through the most popular names of the year, and see how trends in baby naming have evolved over time.
| Rank | Boy Name | Boy Births | Girl Name | Girl Births |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 57560 | Jennifer | 54080 |
| 2 | Jason | 49458 | Amy | 29320 |
| 3 | Christopher | 39750 | Heather | 22648 |
| 4 | David | 34425 | Melissa | 21230 |
| 5 | James | 33162 | Angela | 21227 |
| 6 | Robert | 29626 | Michelle | 18000 |
| 7 | John | 28647 | Kimberly | 16896 |
| 8 | Matthew | 28341 | Jessica | 15981 |
| 9 | Brian | 27787 | Lisa | 15577 |
| 10 | Daniel | 22647 | Amanda | 14683 |
| 11 | William | 20890 | Stephanie | 14010 |
| 12 | Jeremy | 20568 | Sarah | 13604 |
| 13 | Joseph | 20345 | Rebecca | 13516 |
| 14 | Eric | 19878 | Christina | 12992 |
| 15 | Ryan | 18967 | Nicole | 12980 |
| 16 | Joshua | 17806 | Shannon | 12727 |
| 17 | Kevin | 16213 | Jamie | 12611 |
| 18 | Jeffrey | 15783 | Elizabeth | 11864 |
| 19 | Timothy | 15155 | Julie | 10571 |
| 20 | Scott | 14966 | Kelly | 10505 |
| 21 | Richard | 14836 | Laura | 9886 |
| 22 | Steven | 14775 | Mary | 9079 |
| 23 | Anthony | 14764 | Andrea | 8218 |
| 24 | Mark | 13886 | Rachel | 7803 |
| 25 | Thomas | 13560 | Erin | 7754 |
| 26 | Andrew | 12663 | Carrie | 7618 |
| 27 | Charles | 12157 | Sara | 7532 |
| 28 | Aaron | 11682 | April | 7410 |
| 29 | Chad | 11643 | Jaime | 7399 |
| 30 | Benjamin | 10611 | Tiffany | 6967 |
| 31 | Justin | 10338 | Wendy | 6473 |
| 32 | Paul | 10305 | Christine | 6426 |
| 33 | Jonathan | 10203 | Karen | 6330 |
| 34 | Adam | 9452 | Amber | 6213 |
| 35 | Shawn | 9413 | Tracy | 6148 |
| 36 | Gregory | 8909 | Maria | 6049 |
| 37 | Nathan | 8656 | Stacy | 6010 |
| 38 | Kenneth | 8165 | Crystal | 5984 |
| 39 | Stephen | 8006 | Dawn | 5898 |
| 40 | Brandon | 7807 | Danielle | 5807 |
| 41 | Travis | 7373 | Misty | 5491 |
| 42 | Patrick | 6832 | Tammy | 5459 |
| 43 | Bryan | 6788 | Monica | 5395 |
| 44 | Sean | 6555 | Lori | 5272 |
| 45 | Donald | 6084 | Cynthia | 5239 |
| 46 | Edward | 5887 | Tina | 5236 |
| 47 | Jose | 5877 | Brandy | 5229 |
| 48 | Todd | 5778 | Emily | 5222 |
| 49 | Ronald | 5720 | Susan | 5183 |
| 50 | Shane | 5414 | Patricia | 5093 |
| 51 | Keith | 5393 | Tara | 4931 |
| 52 | Bradley | 5215 | Holly | 4879 |
| 53 | Jesse | 4979 | Stacey | 4860 |
| 54 | Gary | 4867 | Erica | 4842 |
| 55 | Douglas | 4764 | Melanie | 4735 |
| 56 | Samuel | 4708 | Katherine | 4441 |
| 57 | George | 4313 | Christy | 4410 |
| 58 | Larry | 4226 | Tanya | 4159 |
| 59 | Jacob | 4113 | Sandra | 4143 |
| 60 | Craig | 3912 | Jill | 4123 |
| 61 | Juan | 3828 | Tonya | 4123 |
| 62 | Peter | 3790 | Megan | 3856 |
| 63 | Jamie | 3680 | Heidi | 3837 |
| 64 | Corey | 3590 | Dana | 3707 |
| 65 | Dennis | 3461 | Leslie | 3679 |
| 66 | Raymond | 3432 | Teresa | 3628 |
| 67 | Phillip | 3293 | Michele | 3277 |
| 68 | Joel | 3240 | Alicia | 3266 |
| 69 | Dustin | 3072 | Brandi | 3232 |
| 70 | Antonio | 3069 | Allison | 3220 |
| 71 | Carlos | 3003 | Natalie | 3050 |
| 72 | Jeffery | 2920 | Brenda | 2994 |
| 73 | Troy | 2880 | Valerie | 2964 |
| 74 | Terry | 2840 | Veronica | 2949 |
| 75 | Marcus | 2771 | Kristin | 2920 |
| 76 | Jerry | 2732 | Anna | 2899 |
| 77 | Jeremiah | 2664 | Denise | 2851 |
| 78 | Gabriel | 2653 | Courtney | 2778 |
| 79 | Brent | 2605 | Renee | 2713 |
| 80 | Nicholas | 2591 | Robin | 2706 |
| 81 | Frank | 2563 | Catherine | 2657 |
| 82 | Kyle | 2441 | Tamara | 2626 |
| 83 | Tony | 2299 | Kristen | 2516 |
| 84 | Cory | 2124 | Kristina | 2489 |
| 85 | Erik | 2060 | Theresa | 2319 |
| 86 | Randy | 2047 | Kathleen | 2203 |
| 87 | Jared | 1903 | Gina | 2081 |
| 88 | Russell | 1875 | Mandy | 2041 |
| 89 | Derek | 1838 | Victoria | 2007 |
| 90 | Rodney | 1721 | Linda | 1909 |
| 91 | Derrick | 1685 | Samantha | 1898 |
| 92 | Brad | 1667 | Pamela | 1856 |
| 93 | Billy | 1649 | Kathryn | 1834 |
| 94 | Jesus | 1592 | Jacqueline | 1827 |
| 95 | Shannon | 1583 | Nancy | 1803 |
| 96 | Luis | 1567 | Jodi | 1714 |
| 97 | Manuel | 1463 | Sharon | 1587 |
| 98 | Mario | 1445 | Ashley | 1541 |
| 99 | Brett | 1440 | Melinda | 1433 |
| 100 | Zachary | 1402 | Beth | 1404 |
| 101 | Curtis | 1402 | Kristi | 1400 |
| 102 | Johnny | 1397 | Donna | 1355 |
| 103 | Victor | 1374 | Ann | 1348 |
| 104 | Philip | 1367 | Yolanda | 1328 |
| 105 | Jorge | 1358 | Diana | 1304 |
| 106 | Bobby | 1334 | Erika | 1163 |
| 107 | Francisco | 1329 | Barbara | 1146 |
| 108 | Willie | 1282 | Latoya | 1134 |
| 109 | Miguel | 1262 | Vanessa | 1084 |
| 110 | Ricardo | 1194 | Rhonda | 1074 |
| 111 | Roger | 1186 | Claudia | 1043 |
| 112 | Carl | 1181 | Sherry | 1008 |
| 113 | Seth | 1149 | Katrina | 1000 |
| 114 | Alexander | 1072 | Sonia | 950 |
| 115 | Jon | 1046 | Angelica | 941 |
| 116 | Jimmy | 1043 | Kari | 936 |
| 117 | Ruben | 1004 | Felicia | 926 |
| 118 | Jay | 994 | Kristy | 918 |
| 119 | Alejandro | 994 | Deborah | 882 |
| 120 | Roberto | 994 | Leticia | 864 |
| 121 | Marc | 976 | Ana | 820 |
| 122 | Danny | 957 | Tamika | 818 |
| 123 | Martin | 912 | Jenny | 797 |
| 124 | Jaime | 912 | Nichole | 794 |
| 125 | Casey | 859 | Regina | 791 |
| 126 | Oscar | 850 | Anne | 760 |
| 127 | Walter | 831 | Christie | 758 |
| 128 | Adrian | 822 | Martha | 734 |
| 129 | Tyler | 819 | Rosa | 732 |
| 130 | Armando | 804 | Margaret | 692 |
| 131 | Hector | 803 | Natasha | 692 |
| 132 | Nathaniel | 800 | Norma | 674 |
| 133 | Damon | 797 | Kelli | 634 |
| 134 | Eduardo | 790 | Guadalupe | 624 |
| 135 | Raul | 758 | Aimee | 619 |
| 136 | Sergio | 752 | Kara | 615 |
| 137 | Javier | 740 | Colleen | 547 |
| 138 | Wesley | 729 | Katie | 546 |
| 139 | Micheal | 722 | Sonya | 513 |
| 140 | Randall | 719 | Lindsay | 495 |
| 141 | Lance | 703 | Latonya | 480 |
| 142 | Gerald | 684 | Carla | 469 |
| 143 | Fernando | 683 | Deanna | 461 |
| 144 | Salvador | 682 | Shawna | 425 |
| 145 | Andre | 679 | Leah | 421 |
| 146 | Cesar | 672 | Latasha | 420 |
| 147 | Gerardo | 662 | Trisha | 401 |
| 148 | Henry | 634 | Molly | 385 |
| 149 | Lawrence | 613 | Shelly | 377 |
| 150 | Ronnie | 559 | Jody | 374 |
| 151 | Ian | 553 | Stacie | 363 |
| 152 | Alan | 549 | Sabrina | 357 |
| 153 | Reginald | 549 | Paula | 324 |
| 154 | Kelly | 545 | Kristie | 323 |
| 155 | Clinton | 530 | Ginger | 323 |
| 156 | Christian | 507 | Jami | 310 |
| 157 | Tommy | 504 | Cheryl | 304 |
| 158 | Trevor | 490 | Mindy | 289 |
| 159 | Cody | 462 | Cindy | 289 |
| 160 | Kelvin | 455 | Angel | 285 |
| 161 | Tyrone | 443 | Chasity | 279 |
| 162 | Allen | 425 | Lauren | 259 |
| 163 | Wayne | 403 | Keri | 254 |
| 164 | Ricky | 398 | Laurie | 234 |
| 165 | Joe | 391 | Lynn | 232 |
| 166 | Toby | 367 | Angie | 228 |
| 167 | Jermaine | 358 | Suzanne | 218 |
| 168 | Calvin | 348 | Tracey | 208 |
| 169 | Bruce | 342 | Alison | 197 |
| 170 | Terrance | 338 | Janelle | 192 |
| 171 | Heath | 335 | Sheila | 178 |
| 172 | Cedric | 334 | Krista | 174 |
| 173 | Frederick | 320 | Cassandra | 171 |
| 174 | Maurice | 311 | Diane | 166 |
| 175 | Darrell | 295 | Bethany | 160 |
| 176 | Wade | 264 | Leigh | 150 |
| 177 | Roderick | 262 | Lakisha | 150 |
| 178 | Louis | 247 | Brooke | 134 |
| 179 | Albert | 244 | Robyn | 131 |
| 180 | Arthur | 242 | Kendra | 131 |
| 181 | Eddie | 239 | Becky | 111 |
| 182 | Chris | 232 | Wanda | 104 |
| 183 | Vincent | 222 | Jolene | 99 |
| 184 | Cameron | 221 | Marie | 96 |
| 185 | Jeff | 214 | Monique | 96 |
| 186 | Dale | 214 | Hannah | 94 |
| 187 | Lee | 198 | Tricia | 94 |
| 188 | Dwayne | 190 | Kim | 91 |
| 189 | Barry | 181 | Frances | 88 |
| 190 | Darren | 167 | Charlene | 80 |
| 191 | Francis | 165 | Keisha | 79 |
| 192 | Demetrius | 165 | Janet | 78 |
| 193 | Eugene | 164 | Abigail | 78 |
| 194 | Mitchell | 152 | Bridget | 75 |
| 195 | Kirk | 152 | Joanna | 70 |
| 196 | Kristopher | 146 | Kristine | 69 |
| 197 | Dana | 142 | Tameka | 69 |
| 198 | Mathew | 140 | Traci | 58 |
| 199 | Harold | 130 | Summer | 51 |
| 200 | Jack | 130 | Yvonne | 47 |
| 201 | Roy | 127 | Amie | 47 |
| 202 | Lucas | 113 | Kerri | 43 |
| 203 | Joey | 112 | Malia | 42 |
| 204 | Harry | 110 | Camille | 38 |
| 205 | Norman | 96 | Charity | 37 |
| 206 | Kurt | 93 | Yvette | 36 |
| 207 | Marvin | 92 | Leilani | 35 |
| 208 | Luke | 88 | Rachael | 33 |
| 209 | Dean | 87 | Audrey | 31 |
| 210 | Franklin | 86 | Joy | 25 |
| 211 | Jody | 82 | Kerry | 24 |
| 212 | Spencer | 70 | Desiree | 24 |
| 213 | Geoffrey | 60 | Maile | 22 |
| 214 | Isaac | 47 | Janice | 21 |
| 215 | Bryce | 46 | Dorothy | 20 |
| 216 | Angel | 40 | Melody | 20 |
| 217 | Ramon | 38 | Gabrielle | 16 |
| 218 | Gilbert | 37 | Jana | 16 |
| 219 | Brady | 34 | Gwendolyn | 16 |
| 220 | Trent | 33 | Autumn | 15 |
| 221 | Tyson | 32 | Tracie | 15 |
| 222 | Glenn | 29 | Kate | 14 |
| 223 | Clifford | 28 | Sheri | 14 |
| 224 | Ernest | 27 | Meghan | 14 |
| 225 | Clayton | 22 | Naomi | 13 |
| 226 | Ethan | 22 | Meredith | 13 |
| 227 | Sheldon | 20 | Joyce | 13 |
| 228 | Levi | 18 | Grace | 13 |
| 229 | Reid | 17 | Jasmine | 13 |
| 230 | Grant | 17 | Eliza | 12 |
| 231 | Kawika | 16 | Toni | 12 |
| 232 | Gavin | 14 | Kelley | 12 |
| 233 | Kalani | 14 | Bobbi | 12 |
| 234 | Warren | 14 | Johanna | 12 |
| 235 | Carlton | 14 | Sherri | 12 |
| 236 | Micah | 14 | Tami | 11 |
| 237 | Darnell | 12 | Jane | 11 |
| 238 | Bernard | 12 | Annmarie | 10 |
| 239 | Ross | 11 | Candace | 9 |
| 240 | Neil | 11 | Rebekah | 7 |
| 241 | Nelson | 11 | Bonnie | 7 |
| 242 | Beau | 9 | Terri | 7 |