Popular baby names in Florida, 1987

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1987 were Jessica for girls (2,740 babies) and Michael for boys (3,056). Social Security records list 148,945 babies born in Florida in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1987

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

Girls

Nathalie: 39 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kaley: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Carolina: 56 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Janay: 64 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ciara: 71 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nikita: 61 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Mercedes: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ciera: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shantel: 36 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Yesenia: 165 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Jean: 64 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jarvis: 69 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Antwan: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Willie: 165 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rashad: 68 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marquis: 55 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Andres: 101 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jermaine: 80 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Alexis: 42 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dwight: 47 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Jessica	2,740	–	1
2	Ashley	2,624	–	2
3	Amanda	1,948	–	3
4	Jennifer	1,563	–	4
5	Brittany	1,245	–	7
6	Stephanie	1,125	↑1	6
7	Sarah	1,115	↓1	5
8	Heather	986	–	9
9	Danielle	943	↑4	14
10	Melissa	882	↑1	13
11	Tiffany	870	↓1	18
12	Nicole	851	↓3	8
13	Amber	817	↓1	15
14	Christina	812	–	20
15	Samantha	788	↑3	11
16	Lauren	784	↓1	16
17	Megan	687	–	12
18	Elizabeth	680	↓2	10
19	Michelle	651	↑3	21
20	Rachel	638	↑1	17
21	Kimberly	588	↓1	23
22	Crystal	565	↓3	26
23	Rebecca	466	↑1	25
24	Kelly	446	↑1	30
25	Laura	442	↑1	22
26	Amy	432	↓3	24
27	Katherine	411	–	28
28	Vanessa	410	↑1	43
29	Sara	409	↑5	29
30	Shannon	407	↓2	45
31	Erica	392	↑1	31
32	Whitney	383	↓2	32
33	Courtney	376	↓2	33
34	Emily	376	↑6	19
35	Angela	367	–	35
36	Kristen	362	–	42
37	Kayla	357	new	27
38	Jamie	356	↓5	39
39	Mary	348	↑2	37
40	Andrea	332	↓1	36
41	Erin	331	↓3	34
42	Victoria	319	↑4	50
43	Lindsey	315	↓6	41
44	Chelsea	311	new	47
45	Christine	310	↓3	48
46	Brittney	303	new	61
47	Kristina	294	–	62
48	Lisa	290	↓5	40
49	Katie	284	↑1	38
50	Alicia	279	↓5	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	3,056	–	1
2	Christopher	2,768	–	2
3	Joshua	1,924	↑1	4
4	Matthew	1,867	↓1	3
5	David	1,728	–	5
6	James	1,718	–	8
7	Daniel	1,633	↑1	7
8	Robert	1,577	↓1	10
9	Justin	1,422	↑3	9
10	John	1,333	↓1	11
11	Andrew	1,283	↑3	6
12	Joseph	1,252	↓2	12
13	William	1,214	↓2	15
14	Ryan	1,201	↓1	13
15	Jonathan	1,164	↑1	18
16	Anthony	1,074	↑1	17
17	Brandon	1,072	↓2	14
18	Jason	962	–	23
19	Kyle	935	↑4	22
20	Brian	913	↓1	20
21	Nicholas	855	–	16
22	Kevin	816	–	19
23	Steven	777	↓3	25
24	Thomas	775	↑1	24
25	Richard	767	↓1	30
26	Eric	758	–	21
27	Timothy	738	–	26
28	Charles	669	–	35
29	Alexander	648	↑4	37
30	Jeremy	610	–	29
31	Sean	591	–	40
32	Stephen	580	–	38
33	Jeffrey	551	↑1	32
34	Adam	545	↓5	27
35	Mark	501	–	36
36	Travis	493	↑6	42
37	Kenneth	472	↑2	53
38	Zachary	466	↑7	33
39	Benjamin	461	↓2	28
40	Patrick	449	↓4	41
41	Gregory	427	↓1	47
42	Aaron	425	↓1	34
43	Bryan	404	↓5	51
44	Scott	388	↓1	43
45	Dustin	373	↑1	44
46	Paul	373	↓2	46
47	Jacob	367	↑2	31
48	Jose	358	new	48
49	Tyler	344	new	39
50	Shawn	341	↓3	59

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