100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1986

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Michael 0 64,205
2 Christopher 0 56,682
3 Matthew 0 46,923
4 Joshua 0 37,538
5 David +1 37,139
6 Daniel -1 36,571
7 James 0 34,034
8 Andrew +3 33,856
9 Robert -1 31,341
10 John -1 30,203
11 Ryan +1 29,509
12 Joseph -2 28,833
13 Brandon 0 27,253
14 Justin +1 26,627
15 William +1 24,328
16 Jonathan +1 23,969
17 Nicholas +2 22,798
18 Jason -4 22,395
19 Anthony +1 21,949
20 Brian -2 21,023
21 Kevin +2 19,931
22 Eric -1 19,525
23 Kyle +4 19,308
24 Adam -2 18,157
25 Steven -1 18,098
26 Thomas -1 17,350
27 Timothy -1 16,873
28 Jeremy +2 16,264
29 Richard -1 15,007
30 Benjamin +1 13,789
31 Jacob +4 13,649
32 Jeffrey -3 13,646
33 Aaron 0 12,690
34 Charles 0 12,620
35 Mark -3 12,605
36 Stephen 0 11,875
37 Sean +1 11,777
38 Zachary +1 11,723
39 Patrick -2 11,403
40 Tyler +3 10,910
41 Alexander +9 10,600
42 Dustin -1 10,316
43 Nathan -3 9,995
44 Scott 0 9,962
45 Paul -3 9,709
46 Gregory -1 9,534
47 Bryan +1 8,648
48 Jesse +3 8,541
49 Travis -3 8,476
50 Kenneth -3 8,451
51 Jose -2 8,361
52 Samuel +2 7,573
53 Jordan +9 7,300
54 Bradley -1 7,038
55 Shawn 0 7,013
56 Cody -4 6,930
57 Derek -1 6,900
58 Jared 0 6,116
59 Chad -2 6,024
60 Peter 0 5,798
61 Edward -2 5,775
62 Corey +1 5,767
63 Marcus -2 5,273
64 Alex +16 5,108
65 Juan 0 5,075
66 Keith -2 5,036
67 Shane +1 4,929
68 Cory +13 4,869
69 Brett +1 4,727
70 Phillip -1 4,706
71 Donald -5 4,660
72 Joel -5 4,507
73 Antonio 0 4,405
74 George -2 4,344
75 Ronald -4 4,222
76 Carlos -1 4,088
77 Raymond -3 4,055
78 Nathaniel -1 4,030
79 Luis +6 4,024
80 Craig -1 3,924
81 Evan +10 3,885
82 Casey +4 3,763
83 Douglas -7 3,761
84 Gary -2 3,719
85 Ian -7 3,713
86 Philip -2 3,662
87 Derrick -4 3,326
88 Victor 0 3,292
89 Christian +12 3,207
90 Austin +17 3,200
91 Frank -1 3,177
92 Erik -5 3,105
93 Vincent +2 3,091
94 Brent -5 3,060
95 Gabriel -3 3,045
96 Wesley -2 3,041
97 Trevor +7 2,979
98 Seth +7 2,978
99 Adrian -6 2,943
100 Curtis -2 2,908
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Jessica 0 52,674
2 Ashley 0 49,675
3 Amanda +1 40,527
4 Jennifer -1 36,184
5 Sarah 0 28,154
6 Stephanie 0 22,646
7 Nicole 0 21,286
8 Brittany +9 20,311
9 Heather -1 19,792
10 Elizabeth -1 19,069
11 Megan -1 18,593
12 Melissa -1 17,664
13 Amber +3 16,951
14 Lauren +1 16,675
15 Rachel -2 15,452
16 Danielle +2 14,941
17 Tiffany +6 14,481
18 Kimberly +1 14,417
19 Christina -7 14,378
20 Laura -6 14,175
21 Samantha +8 14,092
22 Amy -2 13,458
23 Michelle -1 13,300
24 Emily 0 13,234
25 Crystal -4 12,689
26 Rebecca -1 11,788
27 Sara +3 11,049
28 Katherine +4 10,571
29 Kelly -1 10,414
30 Erin -4 10,068
31 Erica +3 9,974
32 Whitney +41 9,533
33 Angela -2 9,268
34 Jamie -7 9,231
35 Courtney +8 9,119
36 Andrea -3 8,635
37 Mary -2 8,506
38 Katie +1 8,332
39 Lindsey -2 8,054
40 Lisa -4 7,902
41 Kristen -3 7,844
42 Allison +4 7,576
43 Vanessa -1 7,467
44 Shannon -3 7,404
45 Alicia 0 7,016
46 Lindsay -6 6,950
47 Christine -3 6,918
48 Kathryn 0 6,392
49 Maria +3 6,131
50 Kristin -1 6,000
51 Anna +3 5,905
52 Natalie +6 5,704
53 April -6 5,674
54 Victoria +5 5,672
55 Jenna -5 5,417
56 Tara -5 5,084
57 Jacqueline +3 5,038
58 Julie -3 5,017
59 Monica +2 5,012
60 Cassandra +2 4,988
61 Krystal -8 4,927
62 Kristina -5 4,839
63 Holly -7 4,837
64 Kayla +44 4,657
65 Brittney +19 4,593
66 Patricia -2 4,246
67 Catherine -2 4,242
68 Kathleen 0 4,130
69 Caitlin +7 3,880
70 Natasha +9 3,871
71 Meghan -8 3,869
72 Alexandra +20 3,803
73 Chelsea +2 3,753
74 Erika +6 3,678
75 Diana -1 3,665
76 Valerie -5 3,617
77 Veronica -5 3,578
78 Leah 0 3,455
79 Brandi -10 3,431
80 Casey +33 3,423
81 Cynthia -15 3,423
82 Hannah +35 3,385
83 Mallory +61 3,323
84 Brandy -14 3,296
85 Alyssa +45 3,223
86 Leslie -9 3,221
87 Stacy -20 3,220
88 Julia -3 3,106
89 Margaret +1 3,082
90 Bethany +4 3,081
91 Felicia +10 3,081
92 Dana -10 3,075
93 Krista +41 3,054
94 Stacey -5 3,040
95 Jasmine +8 2,991
96 Alison +1 2,974
97 Melanie -9 2,972
98 Dominique -15 2,943
99 Katrina -6 2,829
100 Karen -13 2,801