Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1987

Michael and Jessica topped the list in 1987. The 10 most popular names went to 22% of boys and 18% of girls, from 8,146 boy names and 13,258 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1987

  1. Michael 63,664
  2. Christopher 54,493
  3. Matthew 46,511
  4. Joshua 40,002
  5. David 36,795
  6. Andrew 36,206
  7. Daniel 35,876
  8. James 32,659
  9. Justin 31,491
  10. Robert 30,237
  11. John 29,555
  12. Joseph 28,516
  13. Ryan 28,490
  14. Brandon 24,823
  15. William 24,202
  16. Nicholas 23,247
  17. Anthony 23,127
  18. Jonathan 23,119
  19. Kevin 20,421
  20. Brian 20,362
  21. Eric 20,203
  22. Kyle 19,862
  23. Jason 19,350
  24. Thomas 18,139
  25. Steven 17,768
  26. Timothy 17,398
  27. Adam 16,931
  28. Benjamin 14,892
  29. Jeremy 14,474
  30. Richard 14,401
  31. Jacob 14,326
  32. Jeffrey 13,477
  33. Zachary 13,201
  34. Aaron 12,685
  35. Charles 12,173
  36. Mark 11,993
  37. Alexander 11,835
  38. Stephen 11,550
  39. Tyler 11,542
  40. Sean 11,455
  41. Patrick 11,142
  42. Travis 10,397
  43. Scott 10,194
  44. Dustin 10,108
  45. Nathan 9,910
  46. Paul 9,707
  47. Gregory 9,135
  48. Jose 8,737
  49. Cody 8,675
  50. Samuel 8,576
  51. Bryan 8,560
  52. Jordan 8,407
  53. Kenneth 8,354
  54. Derek 8,253
  55. Jesse 7,982
  56. Bradley 6,918
  57. Corey 6,444
  58. Jared 6,206
  59. Shawn 6,202
  60. Alex 6,042
  61. Edward 5,913
  62. Cory 5,849
  63. Chad 5,622
  64. Peter 5,553
  65. Shane 5,305
  66. Juan 4,976
  67. Marcus 4,950
  68. Phillip 4,813
  69. Keith 4,783
  70. Donald 4,501
  71. Brett 4,429
  72. Antonio 4,421
  73. Ronald 4,153
  74. Carlos 4,149
  75. Joel 4,138
  76. Austin 4,096
  77. George 4,089
  78. Nathaniel 4,050
  79. Raymond 3,996
  80. Casey 3,928
  81. Ian 3,924
  82. Luis 3,921
  83. Evan 3,868
  84. Philip 3,837
  85. Douglas 3,804
  86. Derrick 3,534
  87. Gary 3,486
  88. Craig 3,364
  89. Seth 3,339
  90. Christian 3,324
  91. Victor 3,307
  92. Wesley 3,244
  93. Trevor 3,235
  94. Erik 3,231
  95. Vincent 3,173
  96. Cameron 3,159
  97. Frank 3,123
  98. Gabriel 3,079
  99. Devin 3,076
  100. Curtis 2,909

Top girl names of 1987

  1. Jessica 55,992
  2. Ashley 54,856
  3. Amanda 41,786
  4. Jennifer 32,710
  5. Sarah 27,894
  6. Stephanie 22,402
  7. Brittany 22,231
  8. Nicole 20,286
  9. Heather 18,982
  10. Elizabeth 18,608
  11. Samantha 17,944
  12. Megan 17,823
  13. Melissa 17,674
  14. Danielle 17,010
  15. Amber 16,749
  16. Lauren 16,710
  17. Rachel 15,646
  18. Tiffany 14,742
  19. Emily 14,710
  20. Christina 13,816
  21. Michelle 13,034
  22. Laura 13,033
  23. Kimberly 13,031
  24. Amy 11,786
  25. Rebecca 11,627
  26. Crystal 11,011
  27. Kayla 10,576
  28. Katherine 10,438
  29. Sara 10,090
  30. Kelly 9,866
  31. Erica 9,328
  32. Whitney 8,923
  33. Courtney 8,909
  34. Erin 8,847
  35. Angela 8,583
  36. Andrea 8,496
  37. Mary 8,395
  38. Katie 8,197
  39. Jamie 7,916
  40. Lisa 7,549
  41. Lindsey 7,457
  42. Kristen 7,361
  43. Vanessa 7,348
  44. Allison 7,341
  45. Shannon 6,968
  46. Alicia 6,776
  47. Chelsea 6,631
  48. Christine 6,620
  49. Lindsay 6,530
  50. Victoria 6,255
  51. Kathryn 6,238
  52. Anna 6,170
  53. Maria 5,678
  54. Jacqueline 5,627
  55. Kristin 5,463
  56. Natalie 5,331
  57. Jenna 5,305
  58. April 5,295
  59. Alexandra 5,220
  60. Alyssa 5,136
  61. Brittney 5,127
  62. Kristina 5,018
  63. Caitlin 4,989
  64. Monica 4,809
  65. Julie 4,737
  66. Hannah 4,594
  67. Kelsey 4,574
  68. Cassandra 4,555
  69. Tara 4,446
  70. Krystal 4,378
  71. Holly 4,259
  72. Kathleen 4,165
  73. Natasha 4,131
  74. Catherine 4,108
  75. Erika 3,994
  76. Patricia 3,913
  77. Kendra 3,841
  78. Meghan 3,770
  79. Jasmine 3,723
  80. Veronica 3,616
  81. Casey 3,582
  82. Leah 3,454
  83. Dana 3,422
  84. Cynthia 3,392
  85. Diana 3,354
  86. Julia 3,331
  87. Bethany 3,294
  88. Brandi 3,244
  89. Leslie 3,194
  90. Margaret 3,146
  91. Mallory 3,138
  92. Brandy 3,032
  93. Valerie 2,964
  94. Brooke 2,955
  95. Morgan 2,928
  96. Felicia 2,909
  97. Molly 2,891
  98. Rachael 2,833
  99. Jillian 2,793
  100. Alison 2,771

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1987?
Michael was the #1 boy name in 1987 (63,664 babies) and Jessica was the #1 girl name (55,992 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1987?
Social Security records list 3,605,616 babies born in 1987 with names given to at least 5 babies: 1,866,984 boys and 1,738,632 girls.