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Baby Names from 1986

3,557,078 registered births | 1,841,530 boys | 1,715,548 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1986

Top 10 Boy Names

1 Michael
64,236 births
2 Christopher
56,697 births
3 Matthew
46,924 births
4 Joshua
37,541 births
5 David
37,149 births
6 Daniel
36,574 births
7 James
34,055 births
8 Andrew
33,859 births
9 Robert
31,351 births
10 John
30,208 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Jessica
52,684 births
2 Ashley
49,672 births
3 Amanda
40,532 births
4 Jennifer
36,189 births
5 Sarah
28,164 births
6 Stephanie
22,648 births
7 Nicole
21,292 births
8 Brittany
20,313 births
9 Heather
19,789 births
10 Elizabeth
19,074 births
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Top Unisex Names of 1986

Jamie
1,468 boys 9,234 girls
Jordan
7,304 boys 2,083 girls
Casey
3,762 boys 3,423 girls
Christian
3,214 boys 547 girls
Leslie
380 boys 3,225 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

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Notable Risers & Fallers in 1986

Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.

Biggest Risers

G Christa
#343 → #178 (+165)
G Jordan
#257 → #135 (+122)
G Britney
#267 → #189 (+78)
G Mallory
#144 → #83 (+61)
G Kelsey
#168 → #112 (+56)
G Kendra
#154 → #101 (+53)
B Spencer
#216 → #164 (+52)
B Jake
#221 → #171 (+50)

Biggest Fallers

G Sheena
#91 → #173 (-82)
G Krystle
#111 → #161 (-50)
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New to the Top 200 in 1986

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Jordan #135 Savannah #155 Spencer #164 Sierra #169 Christa #178 Mayra #179 Kaitlin #182 Britney #189 Logan #192
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