Top 100 New York Boy Baby Names in 1986

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

The Most Popular New York 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 New York was Michael. In total there were 122,045 boys born sharing 1,372 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 21 (4.7%)5,781
2Christopher1 in 30 (3.4%)4,100
3Matthew1 in 37 (2.7%)3,290
4Daniel1 in 41 (2.5%)3,010
5Joseph1 in 43 (2.3%)2,850
6David1 in 45 (2.2%)2,716
7Andrew1 in 49 (2%)2,477
8John1 in 52 (1.9%)2,332
9Robert1 in 53 (1.9%)2,317
10Anthony1 in 55 (1.8%)2,208
11Jonathan1 in 56 (1.8%)2,163
12James1 in 57 (1.7%)2,130
13Jason1 in 62 (1.6%)1,964
14Brian1 in 72 (1.4%)1,694
15Nicholas1 in 73 (1.4%)1,681
16Joshua1 in 73 (1.4%)1,673
17William1 in 75 (1.3%)1,633
18Ryan1 in 75 (1.3%)1,622
19Kevin1 in 78 (1.3%)1,559
20Thomas1 in 81 (1.2%)1,501
21Steven1 in 84 (1.2%)1,455
22Justin1 in 89 (1.1%)1,372
23Richard1 in 92 (1.1%)1,324
24Eric1 in 96 (1%)1,273
25Adam1 in 103 (1%)1,181
26Timothy1 in 114 (0.9%)1,067
27Jeffrey1 in 123 (0.8%)994
28Sean1 in 124 (0.8%)987
29Mark1 in 130 (0.8%)936
30Brandon1 in 131 (0.8%)934
31Kyle1 in 133 (0.8%)917
32Alexander1 in 138 (0.7%)885
33Stephen1 in 140 (0.7%)871
34Gregory1 in 140 (0.7%)869
35Patrick1 in 144 (0.7%)849
36Paul1 in 147 (0.7%)828
37Peter1 in 148 (0.7%)825
38Jeremy1 in 161 (0.6%)757
39Jose1 in 161 (0.6%)757
40Charles1 in 171 (0.6%)715
41Benjamin1 in 176 (0.6%)692
42Scott1 in 187 (0.5%)651
43Bryan1 in 210 (0.5%)582
44Edward1 in 210 (0.5%)582
45Aaron1 in 213 (0.5%)572
46Kenneth1 in 220 (0.5%)554
47Shawn1 in 235 (0.4%)519
48Zachary1 in 236 (0.4%)517
49Luis1 in 240 (0.4%)509
50Jesse1 in 247 (0.4%)495
51Vincent1 in 251 (0.4%)486
52Jacob1 in 261 (0.4%)468
53Keith1 in 261 (0.4%)467
54Joel1 in 267 (0.4%)457
55Carlos1 in 269 (0.4%)453
56Samuel1 in 270 (0.4%)452
57George1 in 278 (0.4%)439
58Frank1 in 282 (0.4%)433
59Philip1 in 294 (0.3%)415
60Christian1 in 306 (0.3%)399
61Raymond1 in 316 (0.3%)386
62Jordan1 in 337 (0.3%)362
63Juan1 in 339 (0.3%)360
64Alex1 in 342 (0.3%)357
65Nathan1 in 356 (0.3%)343
66Craig1 in 363 (0.3%)336
67Victor1 in 369 (0.3%)331
68Jared1 in 377 (0.3%)324
69Evan1 in 380 (0.3%)321
70Ronald1 in 384 (0.3%)318
71Derek1 in 394 (0.3%)310
72Angel1 in 405 (0.2%)301
73Corey1 in 405 (0.2%)301
74Donald1 in 419 (0.2%)291
75Edwin1 in 427 (0.2%)286
76Douglas1 in 433 (0.2%)282
77Gabriel1 in 450 (0.2%)271
78Dennis1 in 457 (0.2%)267
79Ian1 in 457 (0.2%)267
80Cory1 in 461 (0.2%)265
81Gary1 in 468 (0.2%)261
82Tyler1 in 471 (0.2%)259
83Miguel1 in 473 (0.2%)258
84Shane1 in 479 (0.2%)255
85Louis1 in 482 (0.2%)253
86Brett1 in 484 (0.2%)252
87Bradley1 in 517 (0.2%)236
88Chad1 in 531 (0.2%)230
89Travis1 in 542 (0.2%)225
90Marc1 in 545 (0.2%)224
91Nathaniel1 in 560 (0.2%)218
92Phillip1 in 581 (0.2%)210
93Marcus1 in 584 (0.2%)209
94Erik1 in 587 (0.2%)208
95Brendan1 in 595 (0.2%)205
96Andre1 in 613 (0.2%)199
97Antonio1 in 620 (0.2%)197
98Rafael1 in 629 (0.2%)194
99Alan1 in 663 (0.2%)184
100Dustin1 in 697 (0.1%)175


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