Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1986

Recorded as girls

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

Recorded as boys

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