Popular baby names in Indiana, 1987

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1987 were Ashley for girls (1,560 babies) and Michael for boys (1,168). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 69,046 babies born in Indiana in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1987

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

Girls

Kylie: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kaley: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kaleigh: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
India: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Abbey: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jami: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jerrica: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kyla: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leann: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kara: 128 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Brock: 52 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Trent: 49 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Zachariah: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jordon: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Zachery: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Darrin: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Logan: 88 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kurtis: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dustin: 437 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ross: 72 babies, 2.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	1,560	–	2
2	Jessica	1,222	–	1
3	Amanda	989	–	3
4	Brittany	710	↑2	7
5	Sarah	709	–	5
6	Jennifer	675	↓2	4
7	Amber	588	↑1	15
8	Heather	511	↑1	9
9	Megan	511	↓2	12
10	Stephanie	482	–	6
11	Emily	432	↑2	19
12	Samantha	425	↑6	11
13	Rachel	422	↓1	17
14	Elizabeth	410	↓3	10
15	Danielle	356	↑4	14
16	Tiffany	352	↑1	18
17	Nicole	341	↓2	8
18	Lauren	316	↑4	16
19	Kayla	307	new	27
20	Whitney	299	–	32
21	Amy	294	↓7	24
22	Melissa	286	↓6	13
23	Laura	280	↑1	22
24	Michelle	252	↓1	21
25	Sara	247	↓4	29
26	Lindsey	245	↑2	41
27	Courtney	231	↑9	33
28	Katie	227	↑12	38
29	Kimberly	227	↓4	23
30	Christina	224	↓1	20
31	Katherine	218	↓5	28
32	Andrea	210	↑6	36
33	Kelly	210	–	30
34	Erin	201	↓2	34
35	Angela	196	–	35
36	Jamie	196	↓9	39
37	Mary	187	↑2	37
38	Rebecca	185	↓4	25
39	Erica	184	↑2	31
40	Crystal	181	↓10	26
41	Lindsay	177	↓4	49
42	Alicia	174	–	46
43	Chelsea	173	new	47
44	Allison	164	↓13	44
45	Lisa	159	↑2	40
46	Brittney	156	↓2	61
47	Holly	156	↑2	71
48	Anna	150	new	52
49	Kristen	145	↓6	42
50	Natalie	142	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	1,168	–	1
2	Matthew	1,161	–	3
3	Joshua	1,158	↑1	4
4	Christopher	1,045	↓1	2
5	Andrew	885	–	6
6	Justin	810	↑4	9
7	Ryan	797	↓1	13
8	David	746	↑1	5
9	James	725	↓1	8
10	Kyle	713	↑1	22
11	Brandon	687	↓4	14
12	Daniel	659	–	7
13	Nicholas	642	–	16
14	Robert	580	↑3	10
15	Joseph	571	↑1	12
16	John	557	↓2	11
17	Adam	540	↓2	27
18	Zachary	497	↑6	33
19	William	484	↓1	15
20	Jacob	483	↑6	31
21	Anthony	460	↑4	17
22	Eric	453	↓2	21
23	Aaron	448	↑5	34
24	Dustin	437	↓1	44
25	Benjamin	432	↑7	28
26	Kevin	429	↑3	19
27	Jason	422	↓5	23
28	Jonathan	384	↓9	18
29	Tyler	380	↑4	39
30	Brian	374	↓9	20
31	Thomas	362	↑4	24
32	Timothy	358	↓1	26
33	Jeremy	347	↓3	29
34	Nathan	342	–	45
35	Steven	326	↓8	25
36	Travis	303	↑9	42
37	Jordan	287	↑4	52
38	Derek	283	↑6	54
39	Jeffrey	266	↓3	32
40	Cody	265	↑10	49
41	Mark	265	↓4	36
42	Charles	261	↓4	35
43	Richard	259	↓3	30
44	Bradley	251	↓2	56
45	Patrick	246	↑1	41
46	Stephen	241	↓3	38
47	Scott	238	↓8	43
48	Alexander	197	new	37
49	Cory	193	new	62
50	Chad	191	↓2	63

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