EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1986

United States · 3,557,062 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Jessica52,682—
#2Ashley49,671—
#3Amanda40,532↑1
#4Jennifer36,187↓1
#5Sarah28,163—
#6Stephanie22,651—
#7Nicole21,292—
#8Brittany20,313↑9
#9Heather19,790↓1
#10Elizabeth19,074↓1
#11Megan18,590↓1
#12Melissa17,667↓1
#13Amber16,954↑3
#14Lauren16,684↑1
#15Rachel15,455↓2
#16Danielle14,942↑2
#17Tiffany14,483↑6
#18Kimberly14,420↑1
#19Christina14,384↓7
#20Laura14,172↓6
#21Samantha14,092↑8
#22Amy13,452↓2
#23Michelle13,303↓1
#24Emily13,236—
#25Crystal12,689↓4
#26Rebecca11,793↓1
#27Sara11,052↑3
#28Katherine10,570↑4
#29Kelly10,411↓1
#30Erin10,068↓4
#31Erica9,973↑3
#32Whitney9,536↑41
#33Angela9,267↓2
#34Jamie9,234↓7
#35Courtney9,122↑8
#36Andrea8,639↓3
#37Mary8,507↓2
#38Katie8,333↑1
#39Lindsey8,051↓2
#40Lisa7,907↓4
#41Kristen7,844↓3
#42Allison7,575↑4
#43Vanessa7,469↓1
#44Shannon7,403↓3
#45Alicia7,017—
#46Lindsay6,952↓6
#47Christine6,917↓3
#48Kathryn6,393—
#49Maria6,142↑3
#50Kristin6,000↓1
#51Anna5,908↑3
#52Natalie5,707↑6
#53April5,677↓6
#54Victoria5,676↑5
#55Jenna5,416↓5
#56Tara5,085↓5
#57Jacqueline5,036↑3
#58Julie5,016↓3
#59Monica5,013↑2
#60Cassandra4,989↑2
#61Krystal4,929↓8
#62Kristina4,840↓5
#63Holly4,838↓7
#64Kayla4,657
#65Brittney4,593↑19
#66Patricia4,246↓2
#67Catherine4,242↓2
#68Kathleen4,129—
#69Caitlin3,881↑8
#70Natasha3,872↑9
#71Meghan3,869↓8
#72Alexandra3,808↑20
#73Chelsea3,753↑2
#74Erika3,678↑6
#75Diana3,669↓1
#76Valerie3,618↓5
#77Veronica3,580↓5
#78Leah3,457—
#79Brandi3,432↓10
#80Casey3,423
#81Cynthia3,422↓15
#82Hannah3,388
#83Mallory3,325
#84Brandy3,295↓14
#85Alyssa3,225
#86Leslie3,224↓10
#87Stacy3,220↓20
#88Julia3,109↓3
#89Felicia3,084
#89Margaret3,084↑1
#91Bethany3,082↑3
#92Dana3,076↓10
#93Krista3,054
#94Stacey3,043↓5
#95Jasmine2,993
#96Alison2,975↑1
#97Melanie2,973↓9
#98Dominique2,944↓15
#99Katrina2,828↓6
#100Karen2,801↓13

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Michael64,235—
#2Christopher56,693—
#3Matthew46,929—
#4Joshua37,542—
#5David37,150↑1
#6Daniel36,573↓1
#7James34,057—
#8Andrew33,858↑3
#9Robert31,350↓1
#10John30,209↓1
#11Ryan29,524↑1
#12Joseph28,834↓2
#13Brandon27,254—
#14Justin26,638↑1
#15William24,333↑1
#16Jonathan23,973↑1
#17Nicholas22,800↑2
#18Jason22,415↓4
#19Anthony21,956↑1
#20Brian21,027↓2
#21Kevin19,935↑2
#22Eric19,528↓1
#23Kyle19,315↑4
#24Adam18,157↓2
#25Steven18,099↓1
#26Thomas17,362↓1
#27Timothy16,875↓1
#28Jeremy16,269↑2
#29Richard15,014↓1
#30Benjamin13,793↑1
#31Jacob13,652↑4
#32Jeffrey13,651↓3
#33Aaron12,692—
#34Charles12,625—
#35Mark12,615↓3
#36Stephen11,877—
#37Sean11,784↑1
#38Zachary11,725↑1
#39Patrick11,410↓2
#40Tyler10,912↑3
#41Alexander10,609↑9
#42Dustin10,317↓1
#43Nathan9,996↓3
#44Scott9,965—
#45Paul9,715↓3
#46Gregory9,529↓1
#47Bryan8,651↑1
#48Jesse8,542↑3
#49Travis8,480↓3
#50Kenneth8,453↓3
#51Jose8,363↓2
#52Samuel7,579↑2
#53Jordan7,302↑9
#54Bradley7,044↓1
#55Shawn7,018—
#56Cody6,934↓4
#57Derek6,900↓1
#58Jared6,119—
#59Chad6,026↓2
#60Peter5,797—
#61Edward5,777↓2
#62Corey5,762↑1
#63Marcus5,278↓2
#64Alex5,111↑16
#65Juan5,076—
#66Keith5,040↓2
#67Shane4,929↑1
#68Cory4,871↑13
#69Brett4,729↑1
#70Phillip4,705↓1
#71Donald4,661↓5
#72Joel4,507↓5
#73Antonio4,406—
#74George4,348↓2
#75Ronald4,224↓4
#76Carlos4,090↓2
#77Raymond4,055↓2
#78Nathaniel4,032↓1
#79Luis4,028↑6
#80Craig3,926↓1
#81Evan3,887↑10
#82Douglas3,763↓6
#83Casey3,762↑3
#84Gary3,719↓2
#85Ian3,713↓7
#86Philip3,665↓2
#87Derrick3,326↓4
#88Victor3,293—
#89Christian3,214
#90Austin3,202
#91Frank3,178↓1
#92Erik3,110↓5
#93Vincent3,092↑2
#94Brent3,061↓5
#95Gabriel3,046↓3
#96Wesley3,043↓2
#97Seth2,980
#98Trevor2,978
#99Adrian2,943↓6
#100Curtis2,910↓2