Top Baby Names of 1986
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1986, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1986)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 |
| 51 | Jose | 8,363 |
| 52 | Samuel | 7,580 |
| 53 | Jordan | 7,304 |
| 54 | Bradley | 7,043 |
| 55 | Shawn | 7,018 |
| 56 | Cody | 6,934 |
| 57 | Derek | 6,901 |
| 58 | Jared | 6,118 |
| 59 | Chad | 6,026 |
| 60 | Peter | 5,797 |
| 61 | Edward | 5,779 |
| 62 | Corey | 5,762 |
| 63 | Marcus | 5,279 |
| 64 | Alex | 5,112 |
| 65 | Juan | 5,076 |
| 66 | Keith | 5,040 |
| 67 | Shane | 4,929 |
| 68 | Cory | 4,871 |
| 69 | Brett | 4,731 |
| 70 | Phillip | 4,706 |
| 71 | Donald | 4,662 |
| 72 | Joel | 4,506 |
| 73 | Antonio | 4,406 |
| 74 | George | 4,346 |
| 75 | Ronald | 4,224 |
| 76 | Carlos | 4,089 |
| 77 | Raymond | 4,055 |
| 78 | Nathaniel | 4,031 |
| 79 | Luis | 4,027 |
| 80 | Craig | 3,926 |
| 81 | Evan | 3,888 |
| 82 | Douglas | 3,763 |
| 83 | Casey | 3,762 |
| 84 | Gary | 3,719 |
| 85 | Ian | 3,714 |
| 86 | Philip | 3,665 |
| 87 | Derrick | 3,326 |
| 88 | Victor | 3,293 |
| 89 | Christian | 3,214 |
| 90 | Austin | 3,202 |
| 91 | Frank | 3,178 |
| 92 | Erik | 3,110 |
| 93 | Vincent | 3,092 |
| 94 | Brent | 3,061 |
| 95 | Gabriel | 3,046 |
| 96 | Wesley | 3,043 |
| 97 | Seth | 2,981 |
| 98 | Trevor | 2,979 |
| 99 | Adrian | 2,943 |
| 100 | Curtis | 2,909 |