Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1986

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1986 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1985						Change from 1985
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jessica	52,677	2.855	0	4,330	1	Michael	64,208	3.342	0	-704
2	Ashley	49,676	2.692	0	2,669	2	Christopher	56,691	2.951	0	-2,918
3	Amanda	40,529	2.196	1	1,477	3	Matthew	46,925	2.442	0	-154
4	Jennifer	36,185	1.961	-1	-6,466	4	Joshua	37,542	1.954	0	-4,653
5	Sarah	28,155	1.526	0	3,273	5	David	37,147	1.934	1	-1,374
6	Stephanie	22,647	1.227	0	-592	6	Daniel	36,574	1.904	-1	-1,968
7	Nicole	21,285	1.154	0	-1,682	7	James	34,040	1.772	0	-1,821
8	Brittany	20,311	1.101	9	4,872	8	Andrew	33,856	1.762	3	3,687
9	Heather	19,792	1.073	-1	-1,361	9	Robert	31,349	1.632	-1	-741
10	Elizabeth	19,072	1.034	-1	-1,469	10	John	30,207	1.572	-1	-1,293
11	Megan	18,593	1.008	-1	-1,420	11	Ryan	29,512	1.536	1	-391
12	Melissa	17,662	0.957	-1	-2,294	12	Joseph	28,835	1.501	-2	-1,377
13	Amber	16,951	0.919	3	1,447	13	Brandon	27,253	1.419	0	-2,049
14	Lauren	16,678	0.904	1	910	14	Justin	26,629	1.386	1	1,086
15	Rachel	15,454	0.838	-2	-906	15	William	24,332	1.267	1	-274
16	Danielle	14,941	0.810	2	-469	16	Jonathan	23,972	1.248	1	-145
17	Tiffany	14,484	0.785	6	804	17	Nicholas	22,798	1.187	2	401
18	Kimberly	14,418	0.781	1	-495	18	Jason	22,401	1.166	-4	-3,635
19	Christina	14,380	0.779	-7	-2,217	19	Anthony	21,953	1.143	1	-131
20	Laura	14,175	0.768	-6	-1,827	20	Brian	21,027	1.094	-2	-2,034
21	Samantha	14,092	0.764	8	3,433	21	Kevin	19,933	1.038	2	1,121
22	Amy	13,458	0.729	-2	-967	22	Eric	19,526	1.016	-1	-1,313
23	Michelle	13,301	0.721	-1	-669	23	Kyle	19,308	1.005	4	2,793
24	Emily	13,235	0.717	0	99	24	Adam	18,161	0.945	-2	-2,010
25	Crystal	12,689	0.688	-4	-1,709	25	Steven	18,098	0.942	-1	-626
26	Rebecca	11,789	0.639	-1	-913	26	Thomas	17,352	0.903	-1	-253
27	Sara	11,051	0.599	3	495	27	Timothy	16,874	0.878	-1	-269
28	Katherine	10,572	0.573	4	445	28	Jeremy	16,265	0.847	2	2,817
29	Kelly	10,414	0.564	-1	-616	29	Richard	15,007	0.781	-1	-326
30	Erin	10,069	0.546	-4	-1,316	30	Benjamin	13,793	0.718	1	362
31	Erica	9,973	0.540	3	446	31	Jacob	13,650	0.710	4	1,375
32	Whitney	9,534	0.517	41	5,701	32	Jeffrey	13,649	0.710	-3	-849
33	Angela	9,268	0.502	-2	-958	33	Aaron	12,688	0.660	0	-450
34	Jamie	9,233	0.500	-7	-1,805	34	Charles	12,623	0.657	0	-270
35	Courtney	9,120	0.494	8	1,586	35	Mark	12,608	0.656	-3	-584
36	Andrea	8,637	0.468	-3	-1,414	36	Stephen	11,876	0.618	0	-334
37	Mary	8,506	0.461	-2	-738	37	Sean	11,780	0.613	1	331
38	Katie	8,333	0.452	1	339	38	Zachary	11,726	0.610	1	382
39	Lindsey	8,053	0.436	-2	-414	39	Patrick	11,407	0.594	-2	-239
40	Lisa	7,904	0.428	-4	-1,112	40	Tyler	10,913	0.568	3	699
41	Kristen	7,844	0.425	-3	-599	41	Alexander	10,603	0.552	9	2,311
42	Allison	7,578	0.411	4	549	42	Dustin	10,316	0.537	-1	-127
43	Vanessa	7,467	0.405	-1	-99	43	Nathan	9,995	0.520	-3	-656
44	Shannon	7,404	0.401	-3	-308	44	Scott	9,963	0.519	0	-181
45	Alicia	7,016	0.380	0	-106	45	Paul	9,712	0.506	-3	-601
46	Lindsay	6,950	0.377	-6	-922	46	Gregory	9,535	0.496	-1	-236
47	Christine	6,919	0.375	-3	-520	47	Bryan	8,649	0.450	1	-70
48	Kathryn	6,392	0.346	0	-241	48	Jesse	8,542	0.445	3	324
49	Maria	6,132	0.332	3	123	49	Travis	8,477	0.441	-3	-615
50	Kristin	6,000	0.325	-1	-566	50	Kenneth	8,453	0.440	-3	-546

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.