Most Popular Baby Names in 1986

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
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

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
1	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