Top 100 New Jersey Boy Baby Names in 1986

// These were the most popular boy baby names in New Jersey, in 1986.

The Most Popular New Jersey Boy Baby Names in 1986


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New Jersey was Michael. In total there were 47,540 boys born sharing 673 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
1Michael1 in 18 (5.6%)2,650
2Christopher1 in 27 (3.7%)1,757
3Matthew1 in 32 (3.1%)1,473
4Daniel1 in 34 (3%)1,409
5Joseph1 in 40 (2.5%)1,185
6David1 in 41 (2.4%)1,163
7Robert1 in 41 (2.4%)1,149
8John1 in 43 (2.3%)1,104
9James1 in 47 (2.1%)1,020
10Andrew1 in 50 (2%)950
11Anthony1 in 51 (2%)929
12Ryan1 in 55 (1.8%)866
13Brian1 in 56 (1.8%)847
14Thomas1 in 60 (1.7%)796
15Kevin1 in 61 (1.6%)778
16William1 in 62 (1.6%)765
17Jonathan1 in 65 (1.5%)730
18Jason1 in 68 (1.5%)704
19Steven1 in 73 (1.4%)647
20Nicholas1 in 77 (1.3%)621
21Eric1 in 86 (1.2%)551
22Richard1 in 90 (1.1%)531
23Kyle1 in 91 (1.1%)525
24Justin1 in 91 (1.1%)521
25Timothy1 in 91 (1.1%)520
26Jeffrey1 in 96 (1%)493
27Sean1 in 99 (1%)481
28Joshua1 in 101 (1%)473
29Mark1 in 105 (1%)452
30Stephen1 in 106 (0.9%)450
31Adam1 in 121 (0.8%)392
32Alexander1 in 124 (0.8%)382
33Gregory1 in 126 (0.8%)376
34Patrick1 in 130 (0.8%)365
35Scott1 in 132 (0.8%)361
36Paul1 in 147 (0.7%)324
37Peter1 in 154 (0.6%)308
38Charles1 in 158 (0.6%)301
39Brandon1 in 162 (0.6%)293
40Edward1 in 168 (0.6%)283
41Kenneth1 in 172 (0.6%)276
42Bryan1 in 176 (0.6%)270
43Jose1 in 194 (0.5%)245
44Jeremy1 in 199 (0.5%)239
45Frank1 in 211 (0.5%)225
46Luis1 in 213 (0.5%)223
47Keith1 in 216 (0.5%)220
48Shawn1 in 218 (0.5%)218
49Benjamin1 in 224 (0.4%)212
50Vincent1 in 240 (0.4%)198
51Jesse1 in 252 (0.4%)189
52George1 in 256 (0.4%)186
53Zachary1 in 281 (0.4%)169
54Christian1 in 283 (0.4%)168
55Samuel1 in 288 (0.3%)165
56Raymond1 in 290 (0.3%)164
57Aaron1 in 313 (0.3%)152
58Carlos1 in 321 (0.3%)148
59Alex1 in 323 (0.3%)147
60Ronald1 in 344 (0.3%)138
61Douglas1 in 350 (0.3%)136
62Gary1 in 366 (0.3%)130
63Evan1 in 369 (0.3%)129
64Craig1 in 377 (0.3%)126
65Jordan1 in 387 (0.3%)123
66Philip1 in 390 (0.3%)122
67Donald1 in 399 (0.3%)119
68Jared1 in 403 (0.2%)118
69Juan1 in 403 (0.2%)118
70Ian1 in 410 (0.2%)116
71Brett1 in 410 (0.2%)116
72Dennis1 in 417 (0.2%)114
73Louis1 in 428 (0.2%)111
74Marc1 in 432 (0.2%)110
75Corey1 in 432 (0.2%)110
76Angel1 in 436 (0.2%)109
77Derek1 in 453 (0.2%)105
78Tyler1 in 453 (0.2%)105
79Phillip1 in 457 (0.2%)104
80Marcus1 in 466 (0.2%)102
81Victor1 in 475 (0.2%)100
82Antonio1 in 490 (0.2%)97
83Jacob1 in 500 (0.2%)95
84Miguel1 in 506 (0.2%)94
85Edwin1 in 559 (0.2%)85
86Andre1 in 566 (0.2%)84
87Erik1 in 580 (0.2%)82
88Lawrence1 in 587 (0.2%)81
89Carl1 in 602 (0.2%)79
90Joel1 in 602 (0.2%)79
91Omar1 in 609 (0.2%)78
92Todd1 in 609 (0.2%)78
93Francis1 in 617 (0.2%)77
94Shane1 in 617 (0.2%)77
95Gabriel1 in 634 (0.2%)75
96Shaun1 in 642 (0.2%)74
97Hector1 in 660 (0.2%)72
98Travis1 in 660 (0.2%)72
99Brendan1 in 670 (0.1%)71
100Wayne1 in 699 (0.1%)68


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