Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1986
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,788 |
| 2 | Christopher | 4,107 |
| 3 | Matthew | 3,295 |
| 4 | Daniel | 3,014 |
| 5 | Joseph | 2,853 |
| 6 | David | 2,719 |
| 7 | Andrew | 2,478 |
| 8 | John | 2,338 |
| 9 | Robert | 2,318 |
| 10 | Anthony | 2,206 |
| 11 | Jonathan | 2,163 |
| 12 | James | 2,135 |
| 13 | Jason | 1,966 |
| 14 | Brian | 1,693 |
| 15 | Nicholas | 1,682 |
| 16 | Joshua | 1,673 |
| 17 | William | 1,633 |
| 18 | Ryan | 1,630 |
| 19 | Kevin | 1,558 |
| 20 | Thomas | 1,501 |
| 21 | Steven | 1,459 |
| 22 | Justin | 1,373 |
| 23 | Richard | 1,328 |
| 24 | Eric | 1,273 |
| 25 | Adam | 1,180 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Timothy | 1,070 |
| 27 | Jeffrey | 993 |
| 28 | Sean | 987 |
| 29 | Mark | 940 |
| 30 | Brandon | 935 |
| 31 | Kyle | 918 |
| 32 | Alexander | 889 |
| 33 | Stephen | 872 |
| 34 | Gregory | 868 |
| 35 | Patrick | 850 |
| 36 | Paul | 829 |
| 37 | Peter | 825 |
| 38 | Jose | 758 |
| 39 | Jeremy | 757 |
| 40 | Charles | 717 |
| 41 | Benjamin | 692 |
| 42 | Scott | 651 |
| 43 | Bryan | 582 |
| 43 | Edward | 582 |
| 45 | Aaron | 572 |
| 46 | Kenneth | 555 |
| 47 | Shawn | 521 |
| 48 | Zachary | 518 |
| 49 | Luis | 510 |
| 50 | Jesse | 495 |
| 51 | Vincent | 486 |
| 52 | Jacob | 468 |
| 52 | Keith | 468 |
| 54 | Joel | 458 |
| 55 | Samuel | 454 |
| 56 | Carlos | 452 |
| 57 | George | 439 |
| 58 | Frank | 434 |
| 59 | Philip | 415 |
| 60 | Christian | 399 |
| 61 | Raymond | 386 |
| 62 | Alex | 362 |
| 62 | Jordan | 362 |
| 64 | Juan | 360 |
| 65 | Nathan | 343 |
| 66 | Craig | 336 |
| 67 | Victor | 330 |
| 68 | Jared | 324 |
| 69 | Evan | 322 |
| 70 | Ronald | 318 |
| 71 | Derek | 310 |
| 72 | Angel | 303 |
| 73 | Corey | 301 |
| 74 | Donald | 291 |
| 75 | Edwin | 286 |
| 76 | Douglas | 282 |
| 77 | Gabriel | 271 |
| 78 | Dennis | 267 |
| 78 | Ian | 267 |
| 80 | Cory | 265 |
| 81 | Gary | 261 |
| 82 | Tyler | 260 |
| 83 | Miguel | 257 |
| 84 | Shane | 255 |
| 85 | Brett | 254 |
| 86 | Louis | 253 |
| 87 | Bradley | 236 |
| 88 | Chad | 230 |
| 89 | Marc | 226 |
| 89 | Travis | 226 |
| 91 | Nathaniel | 217 |
| 92 | Phillip | 210 |
| 93 | Marcus | 209 |
| 94 | Erik | 208 |
| 95 | Brendan | 205 |
| 96 | Andre | 200 |
| 97 | Antonio | 197 |
| 98 | Rafael | 196 |
| 99 | Alan | 184 |
| 100 | Henry | 175 |