The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1986

7,830 different boys’ names were recorded in 1986, covering 1,841,515 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
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
101	Blake	2,790
102	Jeffery	2,769
103	Randy	2,728
104	Dennis	2,705
105	Mitchell	2,664
106	Luke	2,654
107	Alan	2,648
108	Larry	2,621
109	Jesus	2,597
110	Todd	2,586
111	Miguel	2,578
112	Mario	2,476
113	Devin	2,446
114	Carl	2,444
115	Johnathan	2,417
116	Russell	2,407
117	Garrett	2,390
118	Jeremiah	2,381
119	Martin	2,377
120	Tony	2,361
121	Jerry	2,267
122	Terry	2,251
123	Troy	2,249
124	Ricardo	2,222
125	Johnny	2,205
126	Lucas	2,197
127	Jorge	2,185
128	Allen	2,120
129	Jonathon	2,106
130	Bobby	2,105
131	Caleb	2,097
132	Shaun	2,066
133	Andre	2,053
134	Lance	2,051
135	Cameron	2,047
136	Taylor	2,033
137	Marc	2,032
138	Drew	2,000
139	Henry	1,996
140	Kristopher	1,994
141	Mathew	1,967
142	Chase	1,966
143	Manuel	1,961
144	Ricky	1,958
145	Lee	1,932
146	Francisco	1,917
147	Danny	1,913
148	Randall	1,889
149	Dylan	1,833
150	Jimmy	1,820
151	Lawrence	1,789
152	Ross	1,775
153	Micheal	1,769
154	Albert	1,749
155	Isaac	1,736
156	Walter	1,715
157	Roberto	1,710
158	Colin	1,690
159	Louis	1,686
159	Billy	1,686
161	Clayton	1,672
162	Calvin	1,665
163	Angel	1,651
164	Spencer	1,644
165	Alejandro	1,633
166	Rodney	1,629
167	Roger	1,608
168	Darren	1,578
169	Oscar	1,572
170	Arthur	1,571
171	Jake	1,553
172	Julian	1,546
173	Joe	1,535
174	Clinton	1,526
175	Jack	1,522
176	Maurice	1,511
177	Jon	1,506
178	Willie	1,490
179	Jay	1,484
179	Grant	1,484
181	Hector	1,474
182	Jamie	1,468
183	Gerald	1,455
184	Javier	1,427
185	Brendan	1,401
186	Ruben	1,382
187	Dominic	1,366
188	Reginald	1,350
189	Bruce	1,348
190	Edwin	1,345
191	Wayne	1,343
192	Logan	1,329
193	Fernando	1,323
194	Omar	1,313
195	Sergio	1,310
196	Darrell	1,308
197	Roy	1,283
198	Frederick	1,269
199	Geoffrey	1,263
200	Theodore	1,256

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1986 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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