100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1986

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 64,164
2 Christopher 0 56,661
3 Matthew 0 46,897
4 Joshua 0 37,524
5 David +1 37,114
6 Daniel -1 36,531
7 James 0 34,026
8 Andrew +3 33,829
9 Robert -1 31,328
10 John -1 30,173
11 Ryan +1 29,494
12 Joseph -2 28,804
13 Brandon 0 27,244
14 Justin +1 26,611
15 William +1 24,311
16 Jonathan +1 23,956
17 Nicholas +2 22,789
18 Jason -4 22,387
19 Anthony +1 21,940
20 Brian -2 21,007
21 Kevin +2 19,921
22 Eric -1 19,516
23 Kyle +4 19,301
24 Adam -2 18,134
25 Steven -1 18,080
26 Thomas -1 17,341
27 Timothy -1 16,859
28 Jeremy +2 16,264
29 Richard -1 15,002
30 Benjamin +1 13,779
31 Jeffrey -2 13,640
32 Jacob +3 13,638
33 Aaron 0 12,685
34 Charles 0 12,620
35 Mark -3 12,593
36 Stephen 0 11,863
37 Sean +1 11,771
38 Zachary +1 11,716
39 Patrick -2 11,394
40 Tyler +3 10,905
41 Alexander +9 10,590
42 Dustin -1 10,314
43 Nathan -3 9,986
44 Scott 0 9,962
45 Paul -3 9,704
46 Gregory -1 9,525
47 Bryan +1 8,644
48 Jesse +3 8,536
49 Travis -3 8,477
50 Kenneth -3 8,449
51 Jose -2 8,346
52 Samuel +2 7,563
53 Jordan +9 7,297
54 Bradley -1 7,038
55 Shawn 0 7,004
56 Cody -4 6,927
57 Derek -1 6,899
58 Jared 0 6,113
59 Chad -2 6,023
60 Peter 0 5,781
61 Edward -2 5,771
62 Corey +1 5,758
63 Marcus -2 5,268
64 Alex +16 5,104
65 Juan 0 5,069
66 Keith -2 5,037
67 Shane +1 4,926
68 Cory +13 4,868
69 Brett +1 4,723
70 Phillip -1 4,707
71 Donald -5 4,658
72 Joel -5 4,505
73 Antonio 0 4,402
74 George -2 4,344
75 Ronald -4 4,221
76 Carlos -1 4,083
77 Raymond -3 4,053
78 Nathaniel -1 4,031
79 Luis +6 4,016
80 Craig -1 3,927
81 Evan +10 3,877
82 Casey +4 3,762
83 Douglas -7 3,759
84 Gary -2 3,721
85 Ian -7 3,711
86 Philip -2 3,656
87 Derrick -4 3,328
88 Victor 0 3,289
89 Christian +12 3,203
90 Austin +17 3,199
91 Frank -1 3,173
92 Erik -5 3,107
93 Vincent +2 3,092
94 Brent -5 3,058
95 Wesley -1 3,041
96 Gabriel -4 3,036
97 Seth +8 2,978
98 Trevor +6 2,975
99 Adrian -6 2,943
100 Curtis -2 2,907
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Jessica 0 52,643
2 Ashley 0 49,672
3 Amanda +1 40,513
4 Jennifer -1 36,172
5 Sarah 0 28,122
6 Stephanie 0 22,632
7 Nicole 0 21,284
8 Brittany +9 20,307
9 Heather -1 19,786
10 Elizabeth -1 19,058
11 Megan -1 18,585
12 Melissa -1 17,659
13 Amber +3 16,946
14 Lauren +1 16,666
15 Rachel -2 15,443
16 Danielle +2 14,942
17 Tiffany +6 14,479
18 Kimberly +1 14,412
19 Christina -7 14,373
20 Laura -6 14,168
21 Samantha +8 14,081
22 Amy -2 13,448
23 Michelle -1 13,290
24 Emily 0 13,232
25 Crystal -4 12,690
26 Rebecca -1 11,783
27 Sara +3 11,042
28 Katherine +4 10,562
29 Kelly -1 10,411
30 Erin -4 10,061
31 Erica +3 9,966
32 Whitney +41 9,528
33 Angela -2 9,263
34 Jamie -7 9,228
35 Courtney +8 9,117
36 Andrea -3 8,632
37 Mary -2 8,499
38 Katie +1 8,327
39 Lindsey -2 8,051
40 Lisa -4 7,899
41 Kristen -3 7,840
42 Allison +4 7,572
43 Vanessa -1 7,465
44 Shannon -3 7,400
45 Alicia 0 7,013
46 Lindsay -6 6,949
47 Christine -3 6,911
48 Kathryn 0 6,393
49 Maria +3 6,120
50 Kristin -1 5,999
51 Anna +3 5,894
52 Natalie +6 5,699
53 April -6 5,671
54 Victoria +5 5,668
55 Jenna -5 5,410
56 Tara -5 5,083
57 Jacqueline +3 5,035
58 Julie -3 5,012
59 Monica +2 5,007
60 Cassandra +2 4,988
61 Krystal -8 4,926
62 Kristina -5 4,840
63 Holly -7 4,838
64 Kayla +44 4,658
65 Brittney +19 4,591
66 Patricia -2 4,244
67 Catherine -2 4,241
68 Kathleen 0 4,128
69 Caitlin +8 3,880
70 Natasha +9 3,870
71 Meghan -8 3,868
72 Alexandra +20 3,801
73 Chelsea +2 3,753
74 Erika +6 3,675
75 Diana -1 3,663
76 Valerie -5 3,618
77 Veronica -5 3,570
78 Leah 0 3,450
79 Brandi -10 3,431
80 Casey +34 3,421
81 Cynthia -15 3,421
82 Hannah +35 3,385
83 Mallory +61 3,323
84 Brandy -14 3,294
85 Alyssa +45 3,223
86 Leslie -10 3,221
87 Stacy -20 3,220
88 Julia -3 3,107
89 Bethany +5 3,081
90 Felicia +11 3,079
91 Margaret -1 3,076
92 Dana -10 3,073
93 Krista +41 3,054
94 Stacey -5 3,034
95 Jasmine +9 2,989
96 Alison +1 2,973
97 Melanie -9 2,971
98 Dominique -15 2,942
99 Katrina -6 2,827
100 Karen -13 2,798