Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1986
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,634 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,703 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,337 |
| 4 | David | 1,826 |
| 5 | Daniel | 1,810 |
| 6 | Andrew | 1,808 |
| 7 | Joseph | 1,673 |
| 8 | Joshua | 1,637 |
| 8 | Ryan | 1,637 |
| 10 | John | 1,628 |
| 11 | Robert | 1,624 |
| 12 | James | 1,571 |
| 13 | Justin | 1,289 |
| 14 | Brian | 1,253 |
| 15 | William | 1,201 |
| 16 | Kevin | 1,116 |
| 17 | Jason | 1,109 |
| 18 | Anthony | 1,103 |
| 19 | Brandon | 1,062 |
| 20 | Jonathan | 1,049 |
| 21 | Thomas | 1,012 |
| 22 | Nicholas | 1,002 |
| 23 | Timothy | 971 |
| 24 | Adam | 970 |
| 25 | Eric | 936 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Kyle | 921 |
| 27 | Steven | 862 |
| 28 | Stephen | 838 |
| 29 | Mark | 814 |
| 30 | Sean | 750 |
| 31 | Zachary | 727 |
| 32 | Richard | 721 |
| 33 | Jeffrey | 709 |
| 34 | Patrick | 627 |
| 35 | Benjamin | 602 |
| 36 | Gregory | 599 |
| 37 | Scott | 594 |
| 38 | Jeremy | 585 |
| 39 | Nathan | 578 |
| 40 | Charles | 518 |
| 41 | Aaron | 495 |
| 42 | Shawn | 489 |
| 43 | Paul | 462 |
| 44 | Alexander | 448 |
| 45 | Tyler | 401 |
| 46 | Edward | 391 |
| 47 | Jesse | 388 |
| 48 | Jacob | 386 |
| 49 | Kenneth | 380 |
| 50 | Bryan | 379 |
| 51 | Shane | 378 |
| 52 | Jared | 344 |
| 53 | Bradley | 337 |
| 54 | Jordan | 330 |
| 55 | Derek | 329 |
| 56 | Samuel | 324 |
| 57 | Dustin | 317 |
| 58 | Keith | 309 |
| 59 | Travis | 302 |
| 60 | Chad | 301 |
| 61 | Peter | 298 |
| 62 | Corey | 286 |
| 63 | Ian | 244 |
| 64 | Brett | 243 |
| 65 | George | 241 |
| 66 | Philip | 239 |
| 67 | Donald | 237 |
| 68 | Cory | 233 |
| 69 | Douglas | 229 |
| 70 | Ronald | 228 |
| 71 | Craig | 225 |
| 72 | Evan | 215 |
| 73 | Raymond | 208 |
| 74 | Cody | 202 |
| 75 | Vincent | 194 |
| 76 | Gary | 188 |
| 77 | Joel | 174 |
| 78 | Alex | 172 |
| 78 | Christian | 172 |
| 80 | Nathaniel | 170 |
| 81 | Frank | 164 |
| 82 | Dennis | 163 |
| 83 | Seth | 159 |
| 84 | Todd | 154 |
| 85 | Luke | 151 |
| 86 | Marcus | 147 |
| 87 | Francis | 142 |
| 88 | Phillip | 140 |
| 89 | Erik | 139 |
| 90 | Randy | 128 |
| 91 | Brent | 121 |
| 92 | Maurice | 120 |
| 93 | Marc | 118 |
| 94 | Carl | 116 |
| 94 | Curtis | 116 |
| 96 | Derrick | 112 |
| 97 | Brendan | 110 |
| 98 | Colin | 108 |
| 99 | Jose | 107 |
| 99 | Lawrence | 107 |
| 99 | Troy | 107 |