1987
Top Baby Names of 1987
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1987
1
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 51
Kathryn 6,237 52
Anna 6,169 53
Maria 5,677 54
Jacqueline 5,627 55
Kristin 5,463 56
Natalie 5,330 57
Jenna 5,305 58
April 5,295 59
Alexandra 5,219 60
Alyssa 5,136 61
Brittney 5,127 62
Kristina 5,018 63
Caitlin 4,989 64
Monica 4,809 65
Julie 4,739 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 3,771 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 3,355 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 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1987
1
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 51
Bryan 8,561 52
Jordan 8,406 53
Kenneth 8,354 54
Derek 8,253 55
Jesse 7,982 56
Bradley 6,916 57
Corey 6,443 58
Jared 6,206 59
Shawn 6,202 60
Alex 6,043 61
Edward 5,911 62
Cory 5,849 63
Chad 5,622 64
Peter 5,554 65
Shane 5,305 66
Juan 4,976 67
Marcus 4,950 68
Phillip 4,814 69
Keith 4,782 70
Donald 4,501 71
Brett 4,429 72
Antonio 4,421 73
Ronald 4,153 74
Carlos 4,148 75
Joel 4,138 76
Austin 4,096 77
George 4,089 78
Nathaniel 4,050 79
Raymond 3,996 80
Casey 3,926 81
Ian 3,924 82
Luis 3,920 83
Evan 3,869 84
Philip 3,839 85
Douglas 3,803 86
Derrick 3,534 87
Gary 3,486 88
Craig 3,364 89
Seth 3,338 90
Christian 3,324 91
Victor 3,307 92
Wesley 3,244 93
Trevor 3,236 94
Erik 3,231 95
Vincent 3,174 96
Cameron 3,159 97
Frank 3,124 98
Gabriel 3,079 99
Devin 3,076 100
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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 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.