1986
Top Baby Names of 1986
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1986
1
Jessica 52,684 2
Ashley 49,672 3
Amanda 40,532 4
Jennifer 36,189 5
Sarah 28,164 6
Stephanie 22,648 7
Nicole 21,292 8
Brittany 20,313 9
Heather 19,789 10
Elizabeth 19,074 11
Megan 18,591 12
Melissa 17,667 13
Amber 16,955 14
Lauren 16,683 15
Rachel 15,456 16
Danielle 14,943 17
Tiffany 14,483 18
Kimberly 14,418 19
Christina 14,386 20
Laura 14,173 21
Samantha 14,092 22
Amy 13,451 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 9,972 32
Whitney 9,536 33
Angela 9,269 34
Jamie 9,234 35
Courtney 9,122 36
Andrea 8,640 37
Mary 8,507 38
Katie 8,333 39
Lindsey 8,051 40
Lisa 7,906 41
Kristen 7,844 42
Allison 7,575 43
Vanessa 7,468 44
Shannon 7,403 45
Alicia 7,017 46
Lindsay 6,952 47
Christine 6,917 48
Kathryn 6,393 49
Maria 6,141 50
Kristin 6,000 51
Anna 5,906 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 5,014 60
Cassandra 4,989 61
Krystal 4,929 62
Holly 4,839 62
Kristina 4,839 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 3,809 73
Chelsea 3,753 74
Erika 3,678 75
Diana 3,669 76
Valerie 3,618 77
Veronica 3,579 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
Leslie 3,225 85
Alyssa 3,225 87
Stacy 3,220 88
Julia 3,109 89
Margaret 3,085 90
Felicia 3,084 91
Bethany 3,082 92
Dana 3,076 93
Krista 3,054 94
Stacey 3,041 95
Jasmine 2,992 96
Alison 2,975 97
Melanie 2,973 98
Dominique 2,944 99
Katrina 2,829 100
Karen 2,801 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1986
1
Michael 64,236 2
Christopher 56,697 3
Matthew 46,924 4
Joshua 37,541 5
David 37,149 6
Daniel 36,574 7
James 34,055 8
Andrew 33,859 9
Robert 31,351 10
John 30,208 11
Ryan 29,525 12
Joseph 28,832 13
Brandon 27,253 14
Justin 26,636 15
William 24,333 16
Jonathan 23,973 17
Nicholas 22,800 18
Jason 22,417 19
Anthony 21,959 20
Brian 21,029 21
Kevin 19,935 22
Eric 19,528 23
Kyle 19,315 24
Adam 18,155 25
Steven 18,099 26
Thomas 17,363 27
Timothy 16,875 28
Jeremy 16,268 29
Richard 15,012 30
Benjamin 13,793 31
Jacob 13,651 32
Jeffrey 13,650 33
Aaron 12,691 34
Charles 12,625 35
Mark 12,614 36
Stephen 11,875 37
Sean 11,784 38
Zachary 11,727 39
Patrick 11,409 40
Tyler 10,912 41
Alexander 10,610 42
Dustin 10,317 43
Nathan 9,996 44
Scott 9,966 45
Paul 9,716 46
Gregory 9,533 47
Bryan 8,651 48
Jesse 8,542 49
Travis 8,480 50
Kenneth 8,453 51
Jose 8,363 52
Samuel 7,580 53
Jordan 7,304 54
Bradley 7,043 55
Shawn 7,018 56
Cody 6,934 57
Derek 6,901 58
Jared 6,118 59
Chad 6,026 60
Peter 5,797 61
Edward 5,779 62
Corey 5,762 63
Marcus 5,279 64
Alex 5,112 65
Juan 5,076 66
Keith 5,040 67
Shane 4,929 68
Cory 4,871 69
Brett 4,731 70
Phillip 4,706 71
Donald 4,662 72
Joel 4,506 73
Antonio 4,406 74
George 4,346 75
Ronald 4,224 76
Carlos 4,089 77
Raymond 4,055 78
Nathaniel 4,031 79
Luis 4,027 80
Craig 3,926 81
Evan 3,888 82
Douglas 3,763 83
Casey 3,762 84
Gary 3,719 85
Ian 3,714 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 2,981 98
Trevor 2,979 99
Adrian 2,943 100
Curtis 2,909 About 1986 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1986, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.