Top baby names of 1986
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4Ashley53,884
- 5Matthew48,864
- 6Amanda43,948
- 7Jennifer39,242
- 8Joshua39,100
- 9David38,664
- 10Daniel38,072
- 11James35,458
- 12Andrew35,252
- 13Robert32,644
- 14John31,442
- 15Ryan30,736
- 16Sarah30,498
- 17Joseph30,010
- 18Brandon28,388
- 19Justin27,728
- 20William25,332
- 21Jonathan24,956
- 22Stephanie24,554
- 23Nicholas23,752
- 24Jason23,328
- 25Nicole23,086
- 26Anthony22,864
- 27Brittany22,030
- 28Brian21,888
- 29Heather21,466
- 30Kevin20,756
- 31Elizabeth20,668
- 32Eric20,338
- 33Megan20,162
- 34Kyle20,112
- 35Melissa19,158
- 36Adam18,900
- 37Steven18,838
- 38Amber18,384
- 39Lauren18,074
- 40Thomas18,068
- 41Timothy17,564
- 42Jeremy16,948
- 43Rachel16,748
- 44Danielle16,208
- 45Tiffany15,704
- 46Richard15,636
- 47Kimberly15,630
- 48Christina15,586
- 49Laura15,366
- 50Samantha15,276
- 51Amy14,588
- 52Michelle14,424
- 53Benjamin14,360
- 54Emily14,348
- 55Jacob14,214
- 56Jeffrey14,212
- 57Crystal13,766
- 58Aaron13,222
- 59Charles13,150
- 60Mark13,118
- 61Rebecca12,786
- 62Stephen12,360
- 63Sean12,268
- 64Zachary12,212
- 65Sara11,978
- 66Patrick11,872
- 67Katherine11,452
- 68Tyler11,362
- 69Kelly11,294
- 70Alexander11,038
- 71Erin10,914
- 72Erica10,810
- 73Dustin10,752
- 74Nathan10,406
- 75Scott10,382
- 76Whitney10,336
- 77Paul10,110
- 78Angela10,044
- 79Jamie10,008
- 80Gregory9,926
- 81Courtney9,892
- 82Andrea9,362
- 83Mary9,222
- 84Katie9,034
- 85Bryan9,010
- 86Jesse8,892
- 87Travis8,832
- 88Kenneth8,804
- 89Lindsey8,734
- 90Lisa8,566
- 91Kristen8,500
- 92Allison8,212
- 93Vanessa8,096
- 94Shannon8,028
- 95Alicia7,606
- 96Lindsay7,544
- 97Christine7,502
- 98Kathryn6,936
- 99Maria6,636
- 100Kristin6,508