Top Baby Names of 1986
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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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 👦
Boy Names
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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 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 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.