1987
Top Baby Names of 1987
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 50 in 1987
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Jessica 55,996 2
Ashley 54,853 3
Amanda 41,786 4
Jennifer 32,708 5
Sarah 27,895 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 17,009 15
Amber 16,749 16
Lauren 16,708 17
Rachel 15,644 18
Tiffany 14,743 19
Emily 14,711 20
Christina 13,818 21
Michelle 13,034 22
Laura 13,032 23
Kimberly 13,030 24
Amy 11,787 25
Rebecca 11,626 26
Crystal 11,011 27
Kayla 10,579 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 8,581 36
Andrea 8,496 37
Mary 8,395 38
Katie 8,196 39
Jamie 7,916 40
Lisa 7,549 41
Lindsey 7,457 42
Kristen 7,360 43
Vanessa 7,348 44
Allison 7,340 45
Shannon 6,968 46
Alicia 6,776 47
Chelsea 6,630 48
Christine 6,620 49
Lindsay 6,530 50
Victoria 6,255 👦
Boy Names
Top 50 in 1987
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Michael 63,663 2
Christopher 54,494 3
Matthew 46,507 4
Joshua 40,004 5
David 36,796 6
Andrew 36,205 7
Daniel 35,875 8
James 32,660 9
Justin 31,492 10
Robert 30,240 11
John 29,553 12
Joseph 28,519 13
Ryan 28,490 14
Brandon 24,823 15
William 24,203 16
Nicholas 23,249 17
Anthony 23,123 18
Jonathan 23,120 19
Kevin 20,421 20
Brian 20,363 21
Eric 20,203 22
Kyle 19,866 23
Jason 19,349 24
Thomas 18,137 25
Steven 17,769 26
Timothy 17,397 27
Adam 16,931 28
Benjamin 14,890 29
Jeremy 14,473 30
Richard 14,402 31
Jacob 14,326 32
Jeffrey 13,477 33
Zachary 13,203 34
Aaron 12,684 35
Charles 12,176 36
Mark 11,996 37
Alexander 11,837 38
Stephen 11,551 39
Tyler 11,539 40
Sean 11,455 41
Patrick 11,143 42
Travis 10,397 43
Scott 10,193 44
Dustin 10,108 45
Nathan 9,910 46
Paul 9,706 47
Gregory 9,136 48
Jose 8,738 49
Cody 8,675 50
Samuel 8,576 About 1987 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1987, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.