Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1987

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1987 were Ashley for girls (233 babies) and Michael for boys (308). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 13,714 babies born in District of Columbia in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1987

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

Girls

India: 27 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Tamika: 21 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Janay: 21 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Tiara: 23 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Tierra: 15 babies, 9× the national rate
Patrice: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Ebony: 36 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Latoya: 41 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dominique: 40 babies, 5× the national rate
Claire: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Delonte: 25 babies, 138.7× the national rate
Donte: 21 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Deangelo: 17 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Jamal: 40 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Reginald: 36 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Tyrone: 30 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Antoine: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Andre: 54 babies, 6× the national rate
Darnell: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Maurice: 34 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	233	–	2
2	Jessica	191	–	1
3	Jennifer	114	–	4
4	Sarah	101	–	5
5	Brittany	97	↑5	7
6	Elizabeth	96	–	10
7	Tiffany	88	–	18
8	Stephanie	79	↑3	6
9	Amanda	77	↑3	3
10	Emily	77	↑5	19
11	Danielle	76	↓3	14
12	Lauren	75	↓7	16
13	Nicole	68	↑5	8
14	Christina	66	↓5	20
15	Katherine	65	↑4	28
16	Rachel	62	↓2	17
17	Kimberly	57	↓4	23
18	Melissa	57	↑11	13
19	Mary	55	↑11	37
20	Alexandra	54	↑8	59
21	Michelle	54	–	21
22	Laura	52	↓5	22
23	Samantha	49	↑15	11
24	Crystal	47	↓4	26
25	Kelly	47	–	30
26	Rebecca	47	–	25
27	Erica	46	↓11	31
28	Megan	45	↑5	12
29	Andrea	41	↑2	36
30	Caitlin	41	new	63
31	Latoya	41	↑13	>100
32	Dominique	40	↓8	>100
33	Erin	40	↑2	34
34	Courtney	38	↑14	33
35	Jasmine	38	↑5	79
36	Julia	38	↑5	86
37	Shannon	37	↓15	45
38	Ebony	36	↓6	>100
39	Sara	36	↓16	29
40	Christine	35	↑7	48
41	Kathryn	35	new	51
42	Brittney	34	new	61
43	Kendra	33	new	77
44	Natasha	33	new	73
45	Victoria	33	↑4	50
46	Anna	31	–	52
47	Catherine	31	↓10	74
48	Jacqueline	30	new	54
49	Alicia	29	new	46
50	Hannah	27	new	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	308	–	1
2	Christopher	269	–	2
3	David	193	–	5
4	James	183	–	8
5	John	174	↑5	11
6	Daniel	170	↓1	7
7	William	168	↑1	15
8	Andrew	167	↓1	6
9	Anthony	158	↑3	17
10	Matthew	154	↓4	3
11	Kevin	147	↑3	19
12	Robert	145	↓3	10
13	Brandon	123	↓2	14
14	Brian	115	↑6	20
15	Alexander	111	–	37
16	Jonathan	110	↑1	18
17	Eric	109	↑2	21
18	Joseph	103	↓5	12
19	Thomas	99	↑5	24
20	Joshua	98	↓2	4
21	Nicholas	97	↑5	16
22	Justin	95	↑3	9
23	Charles	88	↓7	35
24	Jason	85	↓2	23
25	Patrick	85	↑5	41
26	Marcus	80	↓5	67
27	Benjamin	79	↑4	28
28	Ryan	75	↑5	13
29	Timothy	74	–	26
30	Aaron	69	↑4	34
31	Antonio	68	↑12	72
32	Gregory	65	↑5	47
33	Richard	65	↓6	30
34	Steven	63	↑8	25
35	Jeffrey	60	↑5	32
36	Kenneth	58	↓4	53
37	Stephen	58	↓9	38
38	Sean	57	↓15	40
39	Andre	54	↓3	>100
40	Paul	53	↑1	46
41	Samuel	51	↓3	50
42	Jeremy	49	↓3	29
43	Edward	46	↑1	61
44	Mark	45	↓9	36
45	Kyle	44	↑5	22
46	Ronald	44	new	73
47	Nathaniel	42	new	78
48	Jamal	40	new	>100
49	Jose	39	new	48
50	Keith	39	↓1	69

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