Born in 1986

The most popular baby names and the famous people of the year you arrived.

Top 100 baby names of 1986

Girls
  1. Jessica
  2. Ashley
  3. Amanda
  4. Jennifer
  5. Sarah
  6. Stephanie
  7. Nicole
  8. Brittany
  9. Heather
  10. Elizabeth
  11. Megan
  12. Melissa
  13. Amber
  14. Lauren
  15. Rachel
  16. Danielle
  17. Tiffany
  18. Kimberly
  19. Christina
  20. Laura
  21. Samantha
  22. Amy
  23. Michelle
  24. Emily
  25. Crystal
Boys
  1. Michael
  2. Christopher
  3. Matthew
  4. Joshua
  5. David
  6. Daniel
  7. James
  8. Andrew
  9. Robert
  10. John
  11. Ryan
  12. Joseph
  13. Brandon
  14. Justin
  15. William
  16. Jonathan
  17. Nicholas
  18. Jason
  19. Anthony
  20. Brian
  21. Kevin
  22. Eric
  23. Kyle
  24. Adam
  25. Steven
Show names 26 to 100
Girls
  1. Rebecca
  2. Sara
  3. Katherine
  4. Kelly
  5. Erin
  6. Erica
  7. Whitney
  8. Angela
  9. Jamie
  10. Courtney
  11. Andrea
  12. Mary
  13. Katie
  14. Lindsey
  15. Lisa
  16. Kristen
  17. Allison
  18. Vanessa
  19. Shannon
  20. Alicia
  21. Lindsay
  22. Christine
  23. Kathryn
  24. Maria
  25. Kristin
  26. Anna
  27. Natalie
  28. Victoria
  29. April
  30. Jenna
  31. Tara
  32. Jacqueline
  33. Julie
  34. Monica
  35. Cassandra
  36. Krystal
  37. Holly
  38. Kristina
  39. Kayla
  40. Brittney
  41. Patricia
  42. Catherine
  43. Kathleen
  44. Caitlin
  45. Natasha
  46. Meghan
  47. Alexandra
  48. Chelsea
  49. Erika
  50. Diana
  51. Valerie
  52. Veronica
  53. Leah
  54. Brandi
  55. Casey
  56. Cynthia
  57. Hannah
  58. Mallory
  59. Brandy
  60. Alyssa
  61. Leslie
  62. Stacy
  63. Julia
  64. Bethany
  65. Felicia
  66. Margaret
  67. Dana
  68. Krista
  69. Stacey
  70. Jasmine
  71. Alison
  72. Melanie
  73. Dominique
  74. Katrina
  75. Karen
Boys
  1. Thomas
  2. Timothy
  3. Jeremy
  4. Richard
  5. Benjamin
  6. Jacob
  7. Jeffrey
  8. Aaron
  9. Charles
  10. Mark
  11. Stephen
  12. Sean
  13. Zachary
  14. Patrick
  15. Tyler
  16. Alexander
  17. Dustin
  18. Nathan
  19. Scott
  20. Paul
  21. Gregory
  22. Bryan
  23. Jesse
  24. Travis
  25. Kenneth
  26. Jose
  27. Samuel
  28. Jordan
  29. Bradley
  30. Shawn
  31. Cody
  32. Derek
  33. Jared
  34. Chad
  35. Peter
  36. Edward
  37. Corey
  38. Marcus
  39. Alex
  40. Juan
  41. Keith
  42. Shane
  43. Cory
  44. Brett
  45. Phillip
  46. Donald
  47. Joel
  48. Antonio
  49. George
  50. Ronald
  51. Carlos
  52. Raymond
  53. Nathaniel
  54. Luis
  55. Craig
  56. Evan
  57. Casey
  58. Douglas
  59. Gary
  60. Ian
  61. Philip
  62. Derrick
  63. Victor
  64. Christian
  65. Austin
  66. Frank
  67. Erik
  68. Vincent
  69. Brent
  70. Gabriel
  71. Wesley
  72. Seth
  73. Trevor
  74. Adrian
  75. Curtis
Ranked by the number of US Social Security card applications for babies born in 1986.

Famous people born in 1986

James Milner · English association football playerJanuary 4
Deepika Padukone · Indian actressJanuary 5
Irina Shayk · Russian model and television personalityJanuary 6
David Silva · Spanish association football playerJanuary 8
Claudio Marchisio · Italian association football playerJanuary 19
Mischa Barton · British-American actress and modelJanuary 24
Dane DeHaan · American actorFebruary 6
Gabriel Boric · President of Chile from 2022 to 2026February 11
Diego Godín · Uruguayan association football playerFebruary 16
Skylar Grey · American singerFebruary 23
Brittany Snow · American actress and modelMarch 9
Alexandra Daddario · American actressMarch 16
Edin Džeko · Bosnian association football playerMarch 17
Scott Eastwood · American actorMarch 21
Nathalia Dill · Brazilian actressMarch 24
Manuel Neuer · German association football playerMarch 27
Sergio Ramos · Spanish association football playerMarch 30
Ibrahim Afellay · Dutch footballerApril 2
Amanda Bynes · American actress and fashion designerApril 3
Igor Akinfeev · Russian association football playerApril 8
Leighton Meester · American actress and singerApril 9
Vincent Kompany · Belgian association football player and managerApril 10
Shinji Okazaki · Japanese association football playerApril 16
Romain Grosjean · French and Swiss racing driverApril 17
Amber Heard · American actressApril 22
Dinara Safina · Russian tennis playerApril 27
Dianna Agron · American actressApril 30
Robert Pattinson · English actor and film producerMay 13
Lena Dunham · American writer, director, actress, and producerMay 13
Alexander Rybak · Norwegian singer, actor, violinist, composer, pianistMay 13
Megan Fox · American actress and modelMay 16
Mario Mandžukić · Croatian association football playerMay 21
Ryan Coogler · American filmmakerMay 23
Seth Rollins · American professional wrestler and actorMay 28
Rafael Nadal · Spanish tennis playerJune 3
Hajime Hosogai · Japanese association football playerJune 10
Shia LaBeouf · American actorJune 11
Sébastien Lecornu · Prime Minister of France since 2025June 11
Kat Dennings · American actressJune 13
Keisuke Honda · Japanese association football playerJune 13
Måns Zelmerlöw · Swedish singer and television presenterJune 13
Solange Knowles · American singer, songwriter, and actressJune 24
LaShawn Merritt · American track and field athleteJune 27
Agnez Mo · Indonesian singer and actressJuly 1
Lindsay Lohan · American actress and singerJuly 2
Luigi Di Maio · Italian politicianJuly 6
Colton Haynes · American actor and modelJuly 13
Hulk · Brazilian association football playerJuly 25
Christina Perri · American singer-songwriterAugust 19
Usain Bolt · Jamaican sprinterAugust 21
Paetongtarn Shinawatra · Businesswoman and former Prime Minister of ThailandAugust 21
Sebastian Kurz · Chancellor of AustriaAugust 27
Armie Hammer · American actorAugust 28
Lea Michele · American actress and singerAugust 29
João Moutinho · Portuguese association football playerSeptember 8
Emmy Rossum · American actressSeptember 12
Olivier Giroud · French footballerSeptember 30
Camilla Belle · American actressOctober 2
Cristhian Stuani · Uruguayan footballerOctober 12
Inna · Romanian singer and songwriterOctober 16
Drake · Canadian and American rapper, singer, and actorOctober 24
Penn Badgley · American actor and musicianNovember 1
Ileana D'Cruz · Indian-Portuguese film actressNovember 1
Aaron Swartz · American computer programmer and internet-political activistNovember 8
Sania Mirza · Indian tennis playerNovember 15
Nani · Portuguese association football playerNovember 17
Katie Cassidy · American actress and singerNovember 25
Keylor Navas · Costa Rican association football playerDecember 15
Hugo Lloris · French footballerDecember 26
Kit Harington · English actorDecember 26
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce · Jamaican track and field sprinterDecember 27
Ellie Goulding · English singer and songwriterDecember 30

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