100 Most popular boy names of 1976, USA

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Updated: May 22nd, 2024

The list of most popular male names in US prevalent in 1976 with their respective percentage. View boy name from popular names trending in America in 1976.

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Boy
Girl
Rank
Name
Occ.
Perc.
Change
1
Michael
66940
4.26
-
2
Jason
52678
3.35
-
3
Christopher
45209
2.88
-
4
David
39288
2.5
+1
5
James
38310
2.44
-1
6
John
34002
2.16
+1
7
Robert
33807
2.15
-1
8
Brian
30528
1.94
-
9
Matthew
29968
1.91
-
10
Daniel
24719
1.57
+1
11
William
24445
1.56
-1
12
Joseph
24067
1.53
-
13
Eric
21369
1.36
-
14
Jeremy
20138
1.28
+10
15
Kevin
18483
1.18
-
16
Ryan
17498
1.11
+7
17
Jeffrey
17018
1.08
-3
18
Joshua
16866
1.07
+8
19
Richard
16760
1.07
-3
20
Steven
16658
1.06
-2
21
Timothy
16626
1.06
+1
22
Anthony
16605
1.06
-1
23
Thomas
16128
1.03
-3
24
Scott
15721
1
-7
25
Mark
15515
0.99
-6
26
Charles
13931
0.89
-1
27
Andrew
13310
0.85
+1
28
Paul
11784
0.75
+1
29
Chad
11773
0.75
-2
30
Aaron
11349
0.72
+2
31
Jonathan
11320
0.72
-1
32
Benjamin
10680
0.68
+4
33
Justin
10153
0.65
+4
34
Shawn
10106
0.64
-3
35
Gregory
10060
0.64
-2
36
Adam
9946
0.63
+2
37
Stephen
9728
0.62
-3
38
Kenneth
9133
0.58
-3
39
Nathan
8614
0.55
+6
40
Brandon
7792
0.5
+4
41
Patrick
7644
0.49
-2
42
Sean
7575
0.48
-2
43
Bryan
7297
0.46
+4
44
Jose
7057
0.45
+4
45
Edward
7054
0.45
-4
46
Travis
6836
0.43
+5
47
Donald
6798
0.43
-5
48
Keith
6748
0.43
+1
49
Ronald
6460
0.41
-3
50
Todd
6441
0.41
-7
51
Bradley
5981
0.38
+1
52
Gary
5595
0.36
-2
53
George
5561
0.35
-
54
Peter
5446
0.35
-
55
Jesse
5304
0.34
+9
56
Douglas
5232
0.33
-1
57
Shane
5099
0.32
-
58
Juan
5051
0.32
+2
59
Samuel
5029
0.32
+2
60
Larry
4842
0.31
-4
61
Craig
4738
0.3
-3
62
Jamie
4620
0.29
-
63
Jacob
4513
0.29
+12
64
Corey
4438
0.28
+7
65
Raymond
4222
0.27
-2
66
Dennis
4171
0.27
-7
67
Jerry
4071
0.26
-2
68
Frank
3902
0.25
-2
69
Carlos
3788
0.24
+4
69
Phillip
3788
0.24
+3
71
Antonio
3774
0.24
+6
72
Joel
3726
0.24
+2
73
Troy
3716
0.24
-4
74
Marcus
3687
0.23
-7
75
Terry
3669
0.23
-7
76
Jeffery
3565
0.23
-6
77
Nicholas
3472
0.22
+4
78
Brent
3406
0.22
+1
79
Randy
3318
0.21
-1
80
Kyle
3309
0.21
+8
81
Gabriel
3303
0.21
+25
82
Dustin
3214
0.2
+14
83
Cory
3184
0.2
+16
84
Derek
3169
0.2
-1
85
Billy
3157
0.2
-1
86
Tony
3065
0.19
-6
87
Russell
2997
0.19
-5
88
Rodney
2989
0.19
-12
89
Philip
2947
0.19
-4
90
Jared
2930
0.19
+10
91
Derrick
2921
0.19
-1
92
Johnny
2875
0.18
-6
93
Jeremiah
2874
0.18
+56
94
Erik
2756
0.18
-7
95
Carl
2672
0.17
-4
96
Zachary
2646
0.17
+49
97
Bobby
2644
0.17
-4
98
Shannon
2612
0.17
+3
99
Marc
2598
0.17
-10
100
Victor
2529
0.16
-5
101
Jimmy
2499
0.16
+10
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See also

100 Most Popular Girl Names in USA (1976)

Sources

  1. Social Security, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html