Popular baby names of 1987

In 1987, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jessica for girls (55,992 babies) and Michael for boys (63,664). Social Security records show 3,605,616 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 13,263 girls' names and 8,152 boys' names.

1987 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 18.2% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 21.8% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Kelsey, Kendra, Brooke, Morgan, Molly, Rachael, Jillian.
New in the boys' top 100: Cameron, Devin.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986
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	↑1
8	Nicole	20,286	↓1
9	Heather	18,982	–
10	Elizabeth	18,608	–
11	Samantha	17,944	↑10
12	Megan	17,823	↓1
13	Melissa	17,674	↓1
14	Danielle	17,010	↑2
15	Amber	16,749	↓2
16	Lauren	16,710	↓2
17	Rachel	15,646	↓2
18	Tiffany	14,742	↓1
19	Emily	14,710	↑5
20	Christina	13,816	↓1
21	Michelle	13,034	↑2
22	Laura	13,033	↓2
23	Kimberly	13,031	↓5
24	Amy	11,786	↓2
25	Rebecca	11,627	↑1
26	Crystal	11,011	↓1
27	Kayla	10,576	↑37
28	Katherine	10,438	–
29	Sara	10,090	↓2
30	Kelly	9,866	↓1
31	Erica	9,328	–
32	Whitney	8,923	–
33	Courtney	8,909	↑2
34	Erin	8,847	↓4
35	Angela	8,583	↓2
36	Andrea	8,496	–
37	Mary	8,395	–
38	Katie	8,197	–
39	Jamie	7,916	↓5
40	Lisa	7,549	–
41	Lindsey	7,457	↓2
42	Kristen	7,361	↓1
43	Vanessa	7,348	–
44	Allison	7,341	↓2
45	Shannon	6,968	↓1
46	Alicia	6,776	↓1
47	Chelsea	6,631	↑26
48	Christine	6,620	↓1
49	Lindsay	6,530	↓3
50	Victoria	6,255	↑4
51	Kathryn	6,238	↓3
52	Anna	6,170	↓1
53	Maria	5,678	↓4
54	Jacqueline	5,627	↑3
55	Kristin	5,463	↓5
56	Natalie	5,331	↓4
57	Jenna	5,305	↓2
58	April	5,295	↓5
59	Alexandra	5,220	↑13
60	Alyssa	5,136	↑25
61	Brittney	5,127	↑4
62	Kristina	5,018	–
63	Caitlin	4,989	↑6
64	Monica	4,809	↓5
65	Julie	4,737	↓7
66	Hannah	4,594	↑16
67	Kelsey	4,574	new
68	Cassandra	4,555	↓8
69	Tara	4,446	↓13
70	Krystal	4,378	↓9
71	Holly	4,259	↓8
72	Kathleen	4,165	↓4
73	Natasha	4,131	↓3
74	Catherine	4,108	↓7
75	Erika	3,994	↓1
76	Patricia	3,913	↓10
77	Kendra	3,841	new
78	Meghan	3,770	↓7
79	Jasmine	3,723	↑16
80	Veronica	3,616	↓3
81	Casey	3,582	↓1
82	Leah	3,454	↓4
83	Dana	3,422	↑9
84	Cynthia	3,392	↓3
85	Diana	3,354	↓10
86	Julia	3,331	↑2
87	Bethany	3,294	↑4
88	Brandi	3,244	↓9
89	Leslie	3,194	↓3
90	Margaret	3,146	–
91	Mallory	3,138	↓8
92	Brandy	3,032	↓8
93	Valerie	2,964	↓17
94	Brooke	2,955	new
95	Morgan	2,928	new
96	Felicia	2,909	↓7
97	Molly	2,891	new
98	Rachael	2,833	new
99	Jillian	2,793	new
100	Alison	2,771	↓4

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986
1	Michael	63,664	–
2	Christopher	54,493	–
3	Matthew	46,511	–
4	Joshua	40,002	–
5	David	36,795	–
6	Andrew	36,206	↑2
7	Daniel	35,876	↓1
8	James	32,659	↓1
9	Justin	31,491	↑5
10	Robert	30,237	↓1
11	John	29,555	↓1
12	Joseph	28,516	–
13	Ryan	28,490	↓2
14	Brandon	24,823	↓1
15	William	24,202	–
16	Nicholas	23,247	↑1
17	Anthony	23,127	↑2
18	Jonathan	23,119	↓2
19	Kevin	20,421	↑2
20	Brian	20,362	–
21	Eric	20,203	↑1
22	Kyle	19,862	↑1
23	Jason	19,350	↓5
24	Thomas	18,139	↑2
25	Steven	17,768	–
26	Timothy	17,398	↑1
27	Adam	16,931	↓3
28	Benjamin	14,892	↑2
29	Jeremy	14,474	↓1
30	Richard	14,401	↓1
31	Jacob	14,326	–
32	Jeffrey	13,477	–
33	Zachary	13,201	↑5
34	Aaron	12,685	↓1
35	Charles	12,173	↓1
36	Mark	11,993	↓1
37	Alexander	11,835	↑4
38	Stephen	11,550	↓2
39	Tyler	11,542	↑1
40	Sean	11,455	↓3
41	Patrick	11,142	↓2
42	Travis	10,397	↑7
43	Scott	10,194	↑1
44	Dustin	10,108	↓2
45	Nathan	9,910	↓2
46	Paul	9,707	↓1
47	Gregory	9,135	↓1
48	Jose	8,737	↑3
49	Cody	8,675	↑7
50	Samuel	8,576	↑2
51	Bryan	8,560	↓4
52	Jordan	8,407	↑1
53	Kenneth	8,354	↓3
54	Derek	8,253	↑3
55	Jesse	7,982	↓7
56	Bradley	6,918	↓2
57	Corey	6,444	↑5
58	Jared	6,206	–
59	Shawn	6,202	↓4
60	Alex	6,042	↑4
61	Edward	5,913	–
62	Cory	5,849	↑6
63	Chad	5,622	↓4
64	Peter	5,553	↓4
65	Shane	5,305	↑2
66	Juan	4,976	↓1
67	Marcus	4,950	↓4
68	Phillip	4,813	↑2
69	Keith	4,783	↓3
70	Donald	4,501	↑1
71	Brett	4,429	↓2
72	Antonio	4,421	↑1
73	Ronald	4,153	↑2
74	Carlos	4,149	↑2
75	Joel	4,138	↓3
76	Austin	4,096	↑14
77	George	4,089	↓3
78	Nathaniel	4,050	–
79	Raymond	3,996	↓2
80	Casey	3,928	↑3
81	Ian	3,924	↑4
82	Luis	3,921	↓3
83	Evan	3,868	↓2
84	Philip	3,837	↑2
85	Douglas	3,804	↓3
86	Derrick	3,534	↑1
87	Gary	3,486	↓3
88	Craig	3,364	↓8
89	Seth	3,339	↑8
90	Christian	3,324	↓1
91	Victor	3,307	↓3
92	Wesley	3,244	↑4
93	Trevor	3,235	↑5
94	Erik	3,231	↓2
95	Vincent	3,173	↓2
96	Cameron	3,159	new
97	Frank	3,123	↓6
98	Gabriel	3,079	↓3
99	Devin	3,076	new
100	Curtis	2,909	–

Every name given in 1987

All 21,415 names Social Security recorded for 1987, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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