Popular baby names in Florida, 1986

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1986 were Jessica for girls (2,564 babies) and Michael for boys (3,081). Social Security records list 142,852 babies born in Florida in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1986

Names given at least 15 times in Florida that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Nathalie: 37 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kaley: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Precious: 43 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Chiquita: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tatiana: 62 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Carolina: 47 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ciara: 65 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Cristina: 142 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Nikita: 84 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Shirley: 34 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Lazaro: 49 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Antwan: 57 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jean: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jarvis: 76 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rashad: 52 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Willie: 153 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jermaine: 91 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Demetrius: 66 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Bernard: 53 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dexter: 49 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Jessica	2,564	–	1
2	Ashley	2,303	–	2
3	Amanda	1,796	↑1	3
4	Jennifer	1,741	↓1	4
5	Brittany	1,122	↑7	8
6	Sarah	1,071	↑4	5
7	Stephanie	1,024	↓2	6
8	Heather	987	↓2	9
9	Nicole	898	↓2	7
10	Tiffany	866	↑1	17
11	Melissa	830	↓2	12
12	Amber	788	↑6	13
13	Danielle	785	↑2	16
14	Christina	781	↓6	19
15	Lauren	735	↑1	14
16	Elizabeth	676	↓2	10
17	Megan	676	–	11
18	Samantha	655	↑5	21
19	Crystal	645	↓6	25
20	Kimberly	630	↑1	18
21	Rachel	621	↓2	15
22	Michelle	597	↓2	23
23	Amy	521	↑1	22
24	Rebecca	501	↑1	26
25	Kelly	460	↑2	29
26	Laura	459	↓4	20
27	Katherine	444	↑7	28
28	Shannon	412	↑2	44
29	Vanessa	408	↑3	43
30	Whitney	406	new	32
31	Courtney	393	↑15	35
32	Erica	392	↓4	31
33	Jamie	389	↓7	34
34	Sara	374	↓1	27
35	Angela	371	↓4	33
36	Kristen	367	↓7	41
37	Lindsey	342	↑1	39
38	Erin	338	↓2	30
39	Andrea	335	–	36
40	Emily	334	↑3	24
41	Mary	327	↓6	37
42	Christine	300	↓1	47
43	Lisa	300	↓6	40
44	Natalie	295	↑1	52
45	Alicia	293	↓3	45
46	Victoria	286	↑3	54
47	Kristina	282	↓3	62
48	Kristin	272	–	50
49	Krystal	268	↓2	61
50	Katie	261	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	3,081	–	1
2	Christopher	2,898	–	2
3	Matthew	1,861	↑3	3
4	Joshua	1,697	↓1	4
5	David	1,679	↑2	5
6	James	1,675	↓2	7
7	Robert	1,615	↑1	9
8	Daniel	1,550	↓3	6
9	John	1,415	–	10
10	Joseph	1,262	↑1	12
11	William	1,248	↑1	15
12	Justin	1,231	↑2	14
13	Ryan	1,211	↓3	11
14	Andrew	1,183	↑5	8
15	Brandon	1,104	–	13
16	Jonathan	1,077	–	16
17	Anthony	988	–	19
18	Jason	977	↓5	18
19	Brian	863	↓1	20
20	Steven	850	↑2	25
21	Nicholas	830	↑2	17
22	Kevin	815	↑2	21
23	Kyle	792	↑5	23
24	Richard	778	↓3	29
25	Thomas	735	–	26
26	Eric	730	↓6	22
27	Timothy	693	–	27
28	Charles	688	↓2	34
29	Adam	626	–	24
30	Jeremy	622	↑4	28
31	Sean	586	↑1	37
32	Stephen	548	↓1	36
33	Alexander	546	↑3	41
34	Jeffrey	540	↓4	32
35	Mark	484	–	35
36	Patrick	456	↑2	39
37	Benjamin	454	↑6	30
38	Bryan	435	↑2	47
39	Kenneth	435	↓6	50
40	Gregory	432	↓1	46
41	Aaron	430	–	33
42	Travis	406	↓5	49
43	Scott	391	↑4	44
44	Paul	383	↓2	45
45	Zachary	365	↑4	38
46	Dustin	360	↓2	42
47	Shawn	355	↓2	55
48	Jesse	343	↓2	48
49	Jacob	332	↑1	31
50	Samuel	306	new	52

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