Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1976
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,917 |
| 2 | Christopher | 3,252 |
| 3 | Jason | 3,209 |
| 4 | David | 3,165 |
| 5 | John | 2,897 |
| 6 | Robert | 2,721 |
| 7 | Joseph | 2,594 |
| 8 | James | 2,553 |
| 9 | Brian | 2,307 |
| 10 | Daniel | 2,170 |
| 11 | Matthew | 1,967 |
| 12 | William | 1,765 |
| 13 | Anthony | 1,755 |
| 14 | Thomas | 1,637 |
| 15 | Eric | 1,536 |
| 16 | Richard | 1,509 |
| 17 | Kevin | 1,444 |
| 18 | Steven | 1,305 |
| 19 | Scott | 1,242 |
| 20 | Jeffrey | 1,193 |
| 21 | Mark | 1,155 |
| 22 | Andrew | 1,094 |
| 23 | Paul | 1,048 |
| 23 | Timothy | 1,048 |
| 25 | Peter | 922 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Jose | 877 |
| 27 | Adam | 871 |
| 28 | Gregory | 856 |
| 29 | Charles | 807 |
| 30 | Edward | 794 |
| 31 | Joshua | 786 |
| 32 | Jonathan | 764 |
| 33 | Sean | 761 |
| 33 | Stephen | 761 |
| 35 | Jeremy | 721 |
| 36 | Keith | 696 |
| 37 | Kenneth | 688 |
| 38 | Patrick | 659 |
| 39 | Shawn | 629 |
| 40 | George | 580 |
| 40 | Ryan | 580 |
| 42 | Benjamin | 577 |
| 43 | Frank | 576 |
| 44 | Justin | 532 |
| 45 | Todd | 499 |
| 46 | Aaron | 492 |
| 47 | Luis | 490 |
| 48 | Ronald | 486 |
| 49 | Carlos | 457 |
| 49 | Raymond | 457 |
| 51 | Vincent | 453 |
| 52 | Craig | 440 |
| 53 | Alexander | 414 |
| 53 | Dennis | 414 |
| 55 | Juan | 403 |
| 56 | Donald | 399 |
| 57 | Nicholas | 387 |
| 58 | Douglas | 386 |
| 59 | Bryan | 382 |
| 59 | Chad | 382 |
| 61 | Marc | 356 |
| 62 | Philip | 354 |
| 63 | Samuel | 350 |
| 64 | Angel | 345 |
| 65 | Gary | 334 |
| 66 | Victor | 330 |
| 67 | Christian | 303 |
| 68 | Edwin | 290 |
| 69 | Jamie | 288 |
| 70 | Louis | 287 |
| 71 | Jesse | 280 |
| 72 | Erik | 272 |
| 73 | Lawrence | 256 |
| 74 | Nathan | 252 |
| 75 | Andre | 246 |
| 76 | Corey | 229 |
| 77 | Omar | 225 |
| 78 | Miguel | 224 |
| 79 | Jacob | 221 |
| 79 | Joel | 221 |
| 81 | Frederick | 218 |
| 82 | Brandon | 215 |
| 83 | Antonio | 214 |
| 84 | Henry | 212 |
| 85 | Carl | 211 |
| 86 | Rafael | 210 |
| 87 | Hector | 203 |
| 87 | Martin | 203 |
| 89 | Ian | 199 |
| 90 | Alan | 195 |
| 91 | Derek | 191 |
| 92 | Damon | 186 |
| 93 | Bradley | 184 |
| 93 | Tyrone | 184 |
| 95 | Kyle | 182 |
| 96 | Jermaine | 181 |
| 97 | Jorge | 179 |
| 97 | Roberto | 179 |
| 99 | Seth | 177 |
| 99 | Shane | 177 |