Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1986

Michael and Jessica topped the list in 1986. The 10 most popular names went to 22% of boys and 18% of girls, from 7,824 boy names and 12,831 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1986

  1. Michael 64,235
  2. Christopher 56,693
  3. Matthew 46,929
  4. Joshua 37,542
  5. David 37,150
  6. Daniel 36,573
  7. James 34,057
  8. Andrew 33,858
  9. Robert 31,350
  10. John 30,209
  11. Ryan 29,524
  12. Joseph 28,834
  13. Brandon 27,254
  14. Justin 26,638
  15. William 24,333
  16. Jonathan 23,973
  17. Nicholas 22,800
  18. Jason 22,415
  19. Anthony 21,956
  20. Brian 21,027
  21. Kevin 19,935
  22. Eric 19,528
  23. Kyle 19,315
  24. Adam 18,157
  25. Steven 18,099
  26. Thomas 17,362
  27. Timothy 16,875
  28. Jeremy 16,269
  29. Richard 15,014
  30. Benjamin 13,793
  31. Jacob 13,652
  32. Jeffrey 13,651
  33. Aaron 12,692
  34. Charles 12,625
  35. Mark 12,615
  36. Stephen 11,877
  37. Sean 11,784
  38. Zachary 11,725
  39. Patrick 11,410
  40. Tyler 10,912
  41. Alexander 10,609
  42. Dustin 10,317
  43. Nathan 9,996
  44. Scott 9,965
  45. Paul 9,715
  46. Gregory 9,529
  47. Bryan 8,651
  48. Jesse 8,542
  49. Travis 8,480
  50. Kenneth 8,453
  51. Jose 8,363
  52. Samuel 7,579
  53. Jordan 7,302
  54. Bradley 7,044
  55. Shawn 7,018
  56. Cody 6,934
  57. Derek 6,900
  58. Jared 6,119
  59. Chad 6,026
  60. Peter 5,797
  61. Edward 5,777
  62. Corey 5,762
  63. Marcus 5,278
  64. Alex 5,111
  65. Juan 5,076
  66. Keith 5,040
  67. Shane 4,929
  68. Cory 4,871
  69. Brett 4,729
  70. Phillip 4,705
  71. Donald 4,661
  72. Joel 4,507
  73. Antonio 4,406
  74. George 4,348
  75. Ronald 4,224
  76. Carlos 4,090
  77. Raymond 4,055
  78. Nathaniel 4,032
  79. Luis 4,028
  80. Craig 3,926
  81. Evan 3,887
  82. Douglas 3,763
  83. Casey 3,762
  84. Gary 3,719
  85. Ian 3,713
  86. Philip 3,665
  87. Derrick 3,326
  88. Victor 3,293
  89. Christian 3,214
  90. Austin 3,202
  91. Frank 3,178
  92. Erik 3,110
  93. Vincent 3,092
  94. Brent 3,061
  95. Gabriel 3,046
  96. Wesley 3,043
  97. Seth 2,980
  98. Trevor 2,978
  99. Adrian 2,943
  100. Curtis 2,910

Top girl names of 1986

  1. Jessica 52,682
  2. Ashley 49,671
  3. Amanda 40,532
  4. Jennifer 36,187
  5. Sarah 28,163
  6. Stephanie 22,651
  7. Nicole 21,292
  8. Brittany 20,313
  9. Heather 19,790
  10. Elizabeth 19,074
  11. Megan 18,590
  12. Melissa 17,667
  13. Amber 16,954
  14. Lauren 16,684
  15. Rachel 15,455
  16. Danielle 14,942
  17. Tiffany 14,483
  18. Kimberly 14,420
  19. Christina 14,384
  20. Laura 14,172
  21. Samantha 14,092
  22. Amy 13,452
  23. Michelle 13,303
  24. Emily 13,236
  25. Crystal 12,689
  26. Rebecca 11,793
  27. Sara 11,052
  28. Katherine 10,570
  29. Kelly 10,411
  30. Erin 10,068
  31. Erica 9,973
  32. Whitney 9,536
  33. Angela 9,267
  34. Jamie 9,234
  35. Courtney 9,122
  36. Andrea 8,639
  37. Mary 8,507
  38. Katie 8,333
  39. Lindsey 8,051
  40. Lisa 7,907
  41. Kristen 7,844
  42. Allison 7,575
  43. Vanessa 7,469
  44. Shannon 7,403
  45. Alicia 7,017
  46. Lindsay 6,952
  47. Christine 6,917
  48. Kathryn 6,393
  49. Maria 6,142
  50. Kristin 6,000
  51. Anna 5,908
  52. Natalie 5,707
  53. April 5,677
  54. Victoria 5,676
  55. Jenna 5,416
  56. Tara 5,085
  57. Jacqueline 5,036
  58. Julie 5,016
  59. Monica 5,013
  60. Cassandra 4,989
  61. Krystal 4,929
  62. Kristina 4,840
  63. Holly 4,838
  64. Kayla 4,657
  65. Brittney 4,593
  66. Patricia 4,246
  67. Catherine 4,242
  68. Kathleen 4,129
  69. Caitlin 3,881
  70. Natasha 3,872
  71. Meghan 3,869
  72. Alexandra 3,808
  73. Chelsea 3,753
  74. Erika 3,678
  75. Diana 3,669
  76. Valerie 3,618
  77. Veronica 3,580
  78. Leah 3,457
  79. Brandi 3,432
  80. Casey 3,423
  81. Cynthia 3,422
  82. Hannah 3,388
  83. Mallory 3,325
  84. Brandy 3,295
  85. Alyssa 3,225
  86. Leslie 3,224
  87. Stacy 3,220
  88. Julia 3,109
  89. Felicia 3,084
  90. Margaret 3,084
  91. Bethany 3,082
  92. Dana 3,076
  93. Krista 3,054
  94. Stacey 3,043
  95. Jasmine 2,993
  96. Alison 2,975
  97. Melanie 2,973
  98. Dominique 2,944
  99. Katrina 2,828
  100. Karen 2,801

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1986?
Michael was the #1 boy name in 1986 (64,235 babies) and Jessica was the #1 girl name (52,682 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1986?
Social Security records list 3,557,062 babies born in 1986 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,841,515 boys and 1,715,547 girls.