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Top Baby Names 1986

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,715,548 · Total Boys: 1,841,530

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Jessica	52,684	3.071%
2	Ashley	49,672	2.895%
3	Amanda	40,532	2.363%
4	Jennifer	36,189	2.109%
5	Sarah	28,164	1.642%
6	Stephanie	22,648	1.320%
7	Nicole	21,292	1.241%
8	Brittany	20,313	1.184%
9	Heather	19,789	1.154%
10	Elizabeth	19,074	1.112%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Megan	18,591	1.084%
12	Melissa	17,667	1.030%
13	Amber	16,955	0.988%
14	Lauren	16,683	0.972%
15	Rachel	15,456	0.901%
16	Danielle	14,943	0.871%
17	Tiffany	14,483	0.844%
18	Kimberly	14,418	0.840%
19	Christina	14,386	0.839%
20	Laura	14,173	0.826%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Samantha	14,092	0.821%
22	Amy	13,451	0.784%
23	Michelle	13,303	0.775%
24	Emily	13,236	0.772%
25	Crystal	12,689	0.740%
26	Rebecca	11,793	0.687%
27	Sara	11,052	0.644%
28	Katherine	10,570	0.616%
29	Kelly	10,411	0.607%
30	Erin	10,068	0.587%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Erica	9,972	0.581%
32	Whitney	9,536	0.556%
33	Angela	9,269	0.540%
34	Jamie	9,234	0.538%
35	Courtney	9,122	0.532%
36	Andrea	8,640	0.504%
37	Mary	8,507	0.496%
38	Katie	8,333	0.486%
39	Lindsey	8,051	0.469%
40	Lisa	7,906	0.461%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Kristen	7,844	0.457%
42	Allison	7,575	0.442%
43	Vanessa	7,468	0.435%
44	Shannon	7,403	0.432%
45	Alicia	7,017	0.409%
46	Lindsay	6,952	0.405%
47	Christine	6,917	0.403%
48	Kathryn	6,393	0.373%
49	Maria	6,141	0.358%
50	Kristin	6,000	0.350%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Anna	5,906	0.344%
52	Natalie	5,707	0.333%
53	April	5,677	0.331%
54	Victoria	5,676	0.331%
55	Jenna	5,416	0.316%
56	Tara	5,085	0.296%
57	Jacqueline	5,036	0.294%
58	Julie	5,016	0.292%
59	Monica	5,014	0.292%
60	Cassandra	4,989	0.291%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Krystal	4,929	0.287%
62	Holly	4,839	0.282%
63	Kristina	4,839	0.282%
64	Kayla	4,657	0.271%
65	Brittney	4,593	0.268%
66	Patricia	4,246	0.248%
67	Catherine	4,242	0.247%
68	Kathleen	4,129	0.241%
69	Caitlin	3,881	0.226%
70	Natasha	3,872	0.226%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Meghan	3,869	0.226%
72	Alexandra	3,809	0.222%
73	Chelsea	3,753	0.219%
74	Erika	3,678	0.214%
75	Diana	3,669	0.214%
76	Valerie	3,618	0.211%
77	Veronica	3,579	0.209%
78	Leah	3,457	0.202%
79	Brandi	3,432	0.200%
80	Casey	3,423	0.200%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Cynthia	3,422	0.199%
82	Hannah	3,388	0.197%
83	Mallory	3,325	0.194%
84	Brandy	3,295	0.192%
85	Alyssa	3,225	0.188%
86	Leslie	3,225	0.188%
87	Stacy	3,220	0.188%
88	Julia	3,109	0.181%
89	Margaret	3,085	0.180%
90	Felicia	3,084	0.180%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Bethany	3,082	0.180%
92	Dana	3,076	0.179%
93	Krista	3,054	0.178%
94	Stacey	3,041	0.177%
95	Jasmine	2,992	0.174%
96	Alison	2,975	0.173%
97	Melanie	2,973	0.173%
98	Dominique	2,944	0.172%
99	Katrina	2,829	0.165%
100	Karen	2,801	0.163%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Michael	64,236	3.488%
2	Christopher	56,697	3.079%
3	Matthew	46,924	2.548%
4	Joshua	37,541	2.039%
5	David	37,149	2.017%
6	Daniel	36,574	1.986%
7	James	34,055	1.849%
8	Andrew	33,859	1.839%
9	Robert	31,351	1.702%
10	John	30,208	1.640%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Ryan	29,525	1.603%
12	Joseph	28,832	1.566%
13	Brandon	27,253	1.480%
14	Justin	26,636	1.446%
15	William	24,333	1.321%
16	Jonathan	23,973	1.302%
17	Nicholas	22,800	1.238%
18	Jason	22,417	1.217%
19	Anthony	21,959	1.192%
20	Brian	21,029	1.142%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Kevin	19,935	1.083%
22	Eric	19,528	1.060%
23	Kyle	19,315	1.049%
24	Adam	18,155	0.986%
25	Steven	18,099	0.983%
26	Thomas	17,363	0.943%
27	Timothy	16,875	0.916%
28	Jeremy	16,268	0.883%
29	Richard	15,012	0.815%
30	Benjamin	13,793	0.749%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Jacob	13,651	0.741%
32	Jeffrey	13,650	0.741%
33	Aaron	12,691	0.689%
34	Charles	12,625	0.686%
35	Mark	12,614	0.685%
36	Stephen	11,875	0.645%
37	Sean	11,784	0.640%
38	Zachary	11,727	0.637%
39	Patrick	11,409	0.620%
40	Tyler	10,912	0.593%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Alexander	10,610	0.576%
42	Dustin	10,317	0.560%
43	Nathan	9,996	0.543%
44	Scott	9,966	0.541%
45	Paul	9,716	0.528%
46	Gregory	9,533	0.518%
47	Bryan	8,651	0.470%
48	Jesse	8,542	0.464%
49	Travis	8,480	0.460%
50	Kenneth	8,453	0.459%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Jose	8,363	0.454%
52	Samuel	7,580	0.412%
53	Jordan	7,304	0.397%
54	Bradley	7,043	0.382%
55	Shawn	7,018	0.381%
56	Cody	6,934	0.377%
57	Derek	6,901	0.375%
58	Jared	6,118	0.332%
59	Chad	6,026	0.327%
60	Peter	5,797	0.315%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Edward	5,779	0.314%
62	Corey	5,762	0.313%
63	Marcus	5,279	0.287%
64	Alex	5,112	0.278%
65	Juan	5,076	0.276%
66	Keith	5,040	0.274%
67	Shane	4,929	0.268%
68	Cory	4,871	0.265%
69	Brett	4,731	0.257%
70	Phillip	4,706	0.256%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Donald	4,662	0.253%
72	Joel	4,506	0.245%
73	Antonio	4,406	0.239%
74	George	4,346	0.236%
75	Ronald	4,224	0.229%
76	Carlos	4,089	0.222%
77	Raymond	4,055	0.220%
78	Nathaniel	4,031	0.219%
79	Luis	4,027	0.219%
80	Craig	3,926	0.213%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Evan	3,888	0.211%
82	Douglas	3,763	0.204%
83	Casey	3,762	0.204%
84	Gary	3,719	0.202%
85	Ian	3,714	0.202%
86	Philip	3,665	0.199%
87	Derrick	3,326	0.181%
88	Victor	3,293	0.179%
89	Christian	3,214	0.175%
90	Austin	3,202	0.174%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Frank	3,178	0.173%
92	Erik	3,110	0.169%
93	Vincent	3,092	0.168%
94	Brent	3,061	0.166%
95	Gabriel	3,046	0.165%
96	Wesley	3,043	0.165%
97	Seth	2,981	0.162%
98	Trevor	2,979	0.162%
99	Adrian	2,943	0.160%
100	Curtis	2,909	0.158%

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