The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1976

6,495 different boys’ names were recorded in 1976, covering 1,569,007 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
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
101	Jimmy	2,495
102	Danny	2,494
103	Roger	2,465
104	Damon	2,453
105	Curtis	2,451
105	Vincent	2,451
107	Alexander	2,443
108	Brad	2,438
109	Brett	2,415
110	Luis	2,390
111	Jon	2,323
112	Christian	2,268
113	Lawrence	2,250
114	Nathaniel	2,209
115	Alan	2,186
116	Micheal	2,181
117	Joe	2,170
118	Martin	2,168
119	Wesley	2,147
120	Gerald	2,139
121	Willie	2,132
122	Henry	2,127
123	Casey	2,126
124	Adrian	2,119
125	Andre	2,115
126	Jay	2,105
127	Walter	2,101
128	Seth	2,097
129	Jesus	2,040
130	Mario	2,028
131	Wayne	2,020
132	Ricky	1,993
133	Randall	1,982
134	Allen	1,968
135	Ian	1,936
136	Albert	1,916
137	Arthur	1,904
138	Lee	1,873
139	Roy	1,871
140	Manuel	1,837
141	Ricardo	1,784
142	Louis	1,781
143	Miguel	1,758
144	Lance	1,734
145	Frederick	1,731
145	Tyrone	1,731
147	Darren	1,693
148	Bruce	1,689
149	Jack	1,662
150	Darrell	1,659
151	Clinton	1,658
152	Jorge	1,654
153	Kristopher	1,606
154	Chris	1,597
155	Ronnie	1,596
156	Roberto	1,588
157	Francisco	1,575
158	Kelly	1,540
159	Eugene	1,513
160	Ernest	1,482
161	Dale	1,480
162	Harold	1,440
163	Reginald	1,427
164	Jermaine	1,425
165	Barry	1,421
166	Jerome	1,412
167	Steve	1,407
168	Jaime	1,402
169	Eddie	1,399
170	Tommy	1,393
171	Ruben	1,360
172	Alex	1,359
173	Neil	1,354
174	Maurice	1,347
175	Dwayne	1,326
176	Glenn	1,317
177	Leonard	1,311
178	Geoffrey	1,297
179	Tyler	1,260
180	Hector	1,254
181	Marvin	1,253
181	Trevor	1,253
183	Oscar	1,231
184	Calvin	1,229
185	Terrance	1,199
186	Mitchell	1,188
187	Clayton	1,185
188	Edwin	1,183
189	Theodore	1,174
190	Melvin	1,165
191	Terrence	1,164
192	Mathew	1,162
193	Ralph	1,161
194	Joey	1,160
195	Stanley	1,151
195	Heath	1,151
197	Angel	1,139
198	Omar	1,137
199	Raul	1,111
200	Cody	1,098

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1976 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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