Popular California Boy Baby Names From 1986

The Most Popular California Boy Baby Names in 1986

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1986.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in California was Michael. In total there were 228,118 boys born sharing 2,057 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1986 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	Michael	1 in 31 (3.2%)	7,259
2	Christopher	1 in 35 (2.8%)	6,453
3	Daniel	1 in 42 (2.4%)	5,430
4	David	1 in 43 (2.3%)	5,294
5	Matthew	1 in 49 (2.1%)	4,697
6	Andrew	1 in 58 (1.7%)	3,940
7	Robert	1 in 61 (1.6%)	3,725
8	Ryan	1 in 65 (1.5%)	3,504
9	Joshua	1 in 67 (1.5%)	3,418
10	Anthony	1 in 73 (1.4%)	3,113
11	Jose	1 in 74 (1.3%)	3,067
12	James	1 in 75 (1.3%)	3,041
13	Joseph	1 in 76 (1.3%)	3,011
14	Jonathan	1 in 77 (1.3%)	2,952
15	John	1 in 80 (1.2%)	2,844
16	Nicholas	1 in 86 (1.2%)	2,654
17	Jason	1 in 87 (1.1%)	2,611
18	Brandon	1 in 91 (1.1%)	2,517
19	Eric	1 in 93 (1.1%)	2,457
20	Steven	1 in 94 (1.1%)	2,421
21	Kevin	1 in 96 (1%)	2,382
22	Justin	1 in 100 (1%)	2,286
23	Brian	1 in 100 (1%)	2,279
24	Richard	1 in 107 (0.9%)	2,126
25	Kyle	1 in 110 (0.9%)	2,073
26	William	1 in 113 (0.9%)	2,017
27	Juan	1 in 126 (0.8%)	1,804
28	Jeffrey	1 in 135 (0.7%)	1,696
29	Sean	1 in 136 (0.7%)	1,682
30	Alexander	1 in 139 (0.7%)	1,645
31	Thomas	1 in 144 (0.7%)	1,581
32	Adam	1 in 145 (0.7%)	1,577
33	Timothy	1 in 146 (0.7%)	1,567
34	Aaron	1 in 158 (0.6%)	1,440
35	Luis	1 in 164 (0.6%)	1,390
36	Jeremy	1 in 167 (0.6%)	1,363
37	Jacob	1 in 172 (0.6%)	1,326
38	Mark	1 in 173 (0.6%)	1,319
39	Benjamin	1 in 174 (0.6%)	1,310
40	Carlos	1 in 179 (0.6%)	1,273
41	Paul	1 in 182 (0.5%)	1,254
42	Jesse	1 in 188 (0.5%)	1,212
43	Patrick	1 in 194 (0.5%)	1,176
44	Scott	1 in 197 (0.5%)	1,157
45	Stephen	1 in 209 (0.5%)	1,092
46	Bryan	1 in 220 (0.5%)	1,039
47	Charles	1 in 221 (0.5%)	1,031
48	Miguel	1 in 222 (0.5%)	1,027
49	Tyler	1 in 223 (0.4%)	1,023
50	Jesus	1 in 225 (0.4%)	1,015
51	Gregory	1 in 227 (0.4%)	1,005
52	Victor	1 in 228 (0.4%)	1,000
53	Jorge	1 in 239 (0.4%)	954
54	Kenneth	1 in 246 (0.4%)	928
55	Samuel	1 in 250 (0.4%)	912
56	Travis	1 in 256 (0.4%)	890
57	Nathan	1 in 257 (0.4%)	886
58	Zachary	1 in 259 (0.4%)	881
59	Francisco	1 in 273 (0.4%)	837
60	Edward	1 in 278 (0.4%)	822
61	Alejandro	1 in 287 (0.3%)	794
62	Manuel	1 in 291 (0.3%)	784
63	Christian	1 in 292 (0.3%)	782
64	Ricardo	1 in 293 (0.3%)	778
65	Adrian	1 in 298 (0.3%)	765
66	Gabriel	1 in 299 (0.3%)	764
67	Peter	1 in 308 (0.3%)	741
68	Mario	1 in 312 (0.3%)	732
69	Antonio	1 in 316 (0.3%)	723
70	Raymond	1 in 317 (0.3%)	719
71	Oscar	1 in 333 (0.3%)	685
72	Alex	1 in 336 (0.3%)	679
73	Dustin	1 in 337 (0.3%)	676
74	Jordan	1 in 346 (0.3%)	659
75	Roberto	1 in 364 (0.3%)	626
76	Joel	1 in 367 (0.3%)	621
77	Derek	1 in 373 (0.3%)	611
78	Shawn	1 in 384 (0.3%)	594
79	Erik	1 in 385 (0.3%)	592
80	George	1 in 390 (0.3%)	585
81	Fernando	1 in 400 (0.3%)	571
82	Ruben	1 in 402 (0.2%)	568
83	Jared	1 in 407 (0.2%)	560
84	Javier	1 in 407 (0.2%)	560
85	Martin	1 in 411 (0.2%)	555
86	Hector	1 in 419 (0.2%)	545
87	Frank	1 in 422 (0.2%)	541
88	Phillip	1 in 423 (0.2%)	539
89	Sergio	1 in 434 (0.2%)	526
90	Cody	1 in 435 (0.2%)	525
91	Evan	1 in 439 (0.2%)	520
92	Bradley	1 in 440 (0.2%)	518
93	Chad	1 in 444 (0.2%)	514
94	Angel	1 in 454 (0.2%)	503
95	Brett	1 in 455 (0.2%)	501
96	Ian	1 in 461 (0.2%)	495
97	Marcus	1 in 464 (0.2%)	492
98	Shane	1 in 468 (0.2%)	487
99	Vincent	1 in 472 (0.2%)	483
100	Jaime	1 in 478 (0.2%)	477