United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1986

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

  1. 1 Michael 64,235 babies =
  2. 2 Christopher 56,693 babies =
  3. 3 Matthew 46,929 babies =
  4. 4 Joshua 37,542 babies =
  5. 5 David 37,150 babies 1
  6. 6 Daniel 36,573 babies 1
  7. 7 James 34,057 babies =
  8. 8 Andrew 33,858 babies 3
  9. 9 Robert 31,350 babies 1
  10. 10 John 30,209 babies 1
  11. 11 Ryan 29,524 babies 1
  12. 12 Joseph 28,834 babies 2
  13. 13 Brandon 27,254 babies =
  14. 14 Justin 26,638 babies 1
  15. 15 William 24,333 babies 1
  16. 16 Jonathan 23,973 babies 1
  17. 17 Nicholas 22,800 babies 2
  18. 18 Jason 22,415 babies 4
  19. 19 Anthony 21,956 babies 1
  20. 20 Brian 21,027 babies 2
  21. 21 Kevin 19,935 babies 2
  22. 22 Eric 19,528 babies 1
  23. 23 Kyle 19,315 babies 4
  24. 24 Adam 18,157 babies 2
  25. 25 Steven 18,099 babies 1
  26. 26 Thomas 17,362 babies 1
  27. 27 Timothy 16,875 babies 1
  28. 28 Jeremy 16,269 babies 2
  29. 29 Richard 15,014 babies 1
  30. 30 Benjamin 13,793 babies 1
  31. 31 Jacob 13,652 babies 4
  32. 32 Jeffrey 13,651 babies 3
  33. 33 Aaron 12,692 babies =
  34. 34 Charles 12,625 babies =
  35. 35 Mark 12,615 babies 3
  36. 36 Stephen 11,877 babies =
  37. 37 Sean 11,784 babies 1
  38. 38 Zachary 11,725 babies 1
  39. 39 Patrick 11,410 babies 2
  40. 40 Tyler 10,912 babies 3
  41. 41 Alexander 10,609 babies 9
  42. 42 Dustin 10,317 babies 1
  43. 43 Nathan 9,996 babies 3
  44. 44 Scott 9,965 babies =
  45. 45 Paul 9,715 babies 3
  46. 46 Gregory 9,529 babies 1
  47. 47 Bryan 8,651 babies 1
  48. 48 Jesse 8,542 babies 3
  49. 49 Travis 8,480 babies 3
  50. 50 Kenneth 8,453 babies 3
  51. 51 Jose 8,363 babies 2
  52. 52 Samuel 7,579 babies 2
  53. 53 Jordan 7,302 babies 9
  54. 54 Bradley 7,044 babies 1
  55. 55 Shawn 7,018 babies =
  56. 56 Cody 6,934 babies 4
  57. 57 Derek 6,900 babies 1
  58. 58 Jared 6,119 babies =
  59. 59 Chad 6,026 babies 2
  60. 60 Peter 5,797 babies =
  61. 61 Edward 5,777 babies 2
  62. 62 Corey 5,762 babies 1
  63. 63 Marcus 5,278 babies 2
  64. 64 Alex 5,111 babies 16
  65. 65 Juan 5,076 babies =
  66. 66 Keith 5,040 babies 2
  67. 67 Shane 4,929 babies 1
  68. 68 Cory 4,871 babies 13
  69. 69 Brett 4,729 babies 1
  70. 70 Phillip 4,705 babies 1
  71. 71 Donald 4,661 babies 5
  72. 72 Joel 4,507 babies 5
  73. 73 Antonio 4,406 babies =
  74. 74 George 4,348 babies 2
  75. 75 Ronald 4,224 babies 4
  76. 76 Carlos 4,090 babies 2
  77. 77 Raymond 4,055 babies 2
  78. 78 Nathaniel 4,032 babies 1
  79. 79 Luis 4,028 babies 6
  80. 80 Craig 3,926 babies 1
  81. 81 Evan 3,887 babies 10
  82. 82 Douglas 3,763 babies 6
  83. 83 Casey 3,762 babies 3
  84. 84 Gary 3,719 babies 2
  85. 85 Ian 3,713 babies 7
  86. 86 Philip 3,665 babies 2
  87. 87 Derrick 3,326 babies 4
  88. 88 Victor 3,293 babies =
  89. 89 Christian 3,214 babies 12
  90. 90 Austin 3,202 babies 17
  91. 91 Frank 3,178 babies 1
  92. 92 Erik 3,110 babies 5
  93. 93 Vincent 3,092 babies 2
  94. 94 Brent 3,061 babies 5
  95. 95 Gabriel 3,046 babies 3
  96. 96 Wesley 3,043 babies 2
  97. 97 Seth 2,980 babies 7
  98. 98 Trevor 2,978 babies 7
  99. 99 Adrian 2,943 babies 6
  100. 100 Curtis 2,910 babies 2

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Jessica 52,682 babies =
  2. 2 Ashley 49,671 babies =
  3. 3 Amanda 40,532 babies 1
  4. 4 Jennifer 36,187 babies 1
  5. 5 Sarah 28,163 babies =
  6. 6 Stephanie 22,651 babies =
  7. 7 Nicole 21,292 babies =
  8. 8 Brittany 20,313 babies 9
  9. 9 Heather 19,790 babies 1
  10. 10 Elizabeth 19,074 babies 1
  11. 11 Megan 18,590 babies 1
  12. 12 Melissa 17,667 babies 1
  13. 13 Amber 16,954 babies 3
  14. 14 Lauren 16,684 babies 1
  15. 15 Rachel 15,455 babies 2
  16. 16 Danielle 14,942 babies 2
  17. 17 Tiffany 14,483 babies 6
  18. 18 Kimberly 14,420 babies 1
  19. 19 Christina 14,384 babies 7
  20. 20 Laura 14,172 babies 6
  21. 21 Samantha 14,092 babies 8
  22. 22 Amy 13,452 babies 2
  23. 23 Michelle 13,303 babies 1
  24. 24 Emily 13,236 babies =
  25. 25 Crystal 12,689 babies 4
  26. 26 Rebecca 11,793 babies 1
  27. 27 Sara 11,052 babies 3
  28. 28 Katherine 10,570 babies 4
  29. 29 Kelly 10,411 babies 1
  30. 30 Erin 10,068 babies 4
  31. 31 Erica 9,973 babies 3
  32. 32 Whitney 9,536 babies 41
  33. 33 Angela 9,267 babies 2
  34. 34 Jamie 9,234 babies 7
  35. 35 Courtney 9,122 babies 8
  36. 36 Andrea 8,639 babies 3
  37. 37 Mary 8,507 babies 2
  38. 38 Katie 8,333 babies 1
  39. 39 Lindsey 8,051 babies 2
  40. 40 Lisa 7,907 babies 4
  41. 41 Kristen 7,844 babies 3
  42. 42 Allison 7,575 babies 4
  43. 43 Vanessa 7,469 babies 1
  44. 44 Shannon 7,403 babies 3
  45. 45 Alicia 7,017 babies =
  46. 46 Lindsay 6,952 babies 6
  47. 47 Christine 6,917 babies 3
  48. 48 Kathryn 6,393 babies =
  49. 49 Maria 6,142 babies 3
  50. 50 Kristin 6,000 babies 1
  51. 51 Anna 5,908 babies 3
  52. 52 Natalie 5,707 babies 6
  53. 53 April 5,677 babies 6
  54. 54 Victoria 5,676 babies 5
  55. 55 Jenna 5,416 babies 5
  56. 56 Tara 5,085 babies 5
  57. 57 Jacqueline 5,036 babies 3
  58. 58 Julie 5,016 babies 3
  59. 59 Monica 5,013 babies 2
  60. 60 Cassandra 4,989 babies 2
  61. 61 Krystal 4,929 babies 8
  62. 62 Kristina 4,840 babies 5
  63. 63 Holly 4,838 babies 7
  64. 64 Kayla 4,657 babies 45
  65. 65 Brittney 4,593 babies 19
  66. 66 Patricia 4,246 babies 2
  67. 67 Catherine 4,242 babies 2
  68. 68 Kathleen 4,129 babies =
  69. 69 Caitlin 3,881 babies 8
  70. 70 Natasha 3,872 babies 9
  71. 71 Meghan 3,869 babies 8
  72. 72 Alexandra 3,808 babies 20
  73. 73 Chelsea 3,753 babies 2
  74. 74 Erika 3,678 babies 6
  75. 75 Diana 3,669 babies 1
  76. 76 Valerie 3,618 babies 5
  77. 77 Veronica 3,580 babies 5
  78. 78 Leah 3,457 babies =
  79. 79 Brandi 3,432 babies 10
  80. 80 Casey 3,423 babies 34
  81. 81 Cynthia 3,422 babies 15
  82. 82 Hannah 3,388 babies 35
  83. 83 Mallory 3,325 babies 61
  84. 84 Brandy 3,295 babies 14
  85. 85 Alyssa 3,225 babies 45
  86. 86 Leslie 3,224 babies 10
  87. 87 Stacy 3,220 babies 20
  88. 88 Julia 3,109 babies 3
  89. 89 Felicia 3,084 babies 12
  90. 90 Margaret 3,084 babies =
  91. 91 Bethany 3,082 babies 3
  92. 92 Dana 3,076 babies 10
  93. 93 Krista 3,054 babies 41
  94. 94 Stacey 3,043 babies 5
  95. 95 Jasmine 2,993 babies 8
  96. 96 Alison 2,975 babies 1
  97. 97 Melanie 2,973 babies 9
  98. 98 Dominique 2,944 babies 15
  99. 99 Katrina 2,828 babies 6
  100. 100 Karen 2,801 babies 13

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Source: Social Security Administration

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