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Baby Names from 1976

3,034,300 registered births | 1,569,164 boys | 1,465,136 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1976

Top 10 Boy Names

1 Michael
66,917 births
2 Jason
52,650 births
3 Christopher
45,194 births
4 David
39,273 births
5 James
38,298 births
6 John
33,979 births
7 Robert
33,791 births
8 Brian
30,524 births
9 Matthew
29,952 births
10 Daniel
24,704 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Jennifer
59,472 births
2 Amy
31,339 births
3 Melissa
25,094 births
4 Heather
24,192 births
5 Angela
22,039 births
6 Michelle
19,551 births
7 Kimberly
18,962 births
8 Jessica
18,369 births
9 Lisa
17,348 births
10 Amanda
15,589 births

Top Unisex Names of 1976

Jamie
4,621 boys 12,538 girls
Shannon
2,611 boys 13,369 girls
Kelly
1,540 boys 11,791 girls
Jaime
1,402 boys 7,838 girls
Tracy
784 boys 6,823 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1976

Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.

Biggest Risers

G Lindsay
#396 → #133 (+263)
G Jaime
#263 → #29 (+234)
G Latoya
#205 → #135 (+70)
B Jeremiah
#149 → #93 (+56)
B Joey
#249 → #194 (+55)
G Jamie
#68 → #18 (+50)
G Shana
#239 → #189 (+50)

New to the Top 200 in 1976

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Jaime #29 Lindsay #133 Latoya #135 Brooke #175 Tyler #179 Shana #189 Bethany #192 Olivia #196 Omar #198 Raul #199 Cody #200
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