Popular baby names in Massachusetts, 1987

The most popular baby names in Massachusetts in 1987 were Jessica for girls (1,277 babies) and Michael for boys (2,258). Social Security records list 76,681 babies born in Massachusetts in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Massachusetts in 1987

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

Girls

Meaghan: 99 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Maura: 36 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Siobhan: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jessenia: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kerry: 69 babies, 5× the national rate
Kerri: 67 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Caitlyn: 55 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Leanne: 45 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Katelyn: 202 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jillian: 236 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Dana: 52 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Conor: 41 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Brendan: 204 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Bradford: 44 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brendon: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Gerard: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Peter: 343 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Francis: 56 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Myles: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Leo: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Jessica	1,277	–	1
2	Amanda	1,214	–	3
3	Ashley	1,210	–	2
4	Jennifer	942	–	4
5	Sarah	762	–	5
6	Nicole	749	–	8
7	Stephanie	614	–	6
8	Elizabeth	594	–	10
9	Danielle	530	↑3	14
10	Melissa	513	–	13
11	Samantha	512	↑6	11
12	Lauren	486	↓3	16
13	Emily	479	↑1	19
14	Michelle	378	↑1	21
15	Heather	371	↓2	9
16	Rachel	366	–	17
17	Laura	355	↓6	22
18	Christina	332	–	20
19	Katherine	328	↑1	28
20	Rebecca	322	↑4	25
21	Erin	308	↑2	34
22	Kimberly	305	↓1	23
23	Kelly	299	↑3	30
24	Megan	287	↑1	12
25	Kristen	279	↓3	42
26	Brittany	277	↑6	7
27	Caitlin	277	↑1	63
28	Amy	273	↓9	24
29	Christine	258	↓2	48
30	Courtney	258	↓1	33
31	Meghan	253	–	78
32	Jillian	236	↑6	99
33	Alexandra	234	new	59
34	Shannon	224	↑15	45
35	Jacqueline	220	↑12	54
36	Kayla	219	new	27
37	Lindsay	219	↑5	49
38	Sara	218	↓8	29
39	Erica	212	↓4	31
40	Allison	208	↓7	44
41	Katelyn	202	↓4	>100
42	Alicia	201	↑6	46
43	Jenna	200	↑7	57
44	Alyssa	195	new	60
45	Kathryn	193	↓1	51
46	Julie	187	↓3	65
47	Lisa	186	↓13	40
48	Andrea	181	↓12	36
49	Mary	176	new	37
50	Catherine	174	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	2,258	–	1
2	Matthew	1,567	↑1	3
3	Christopher	1,489	↓1	2
4	Daniel	1,195	–	7
5	David	1,043	–	5
6	Andrew	1,013	–	6
7	John	964	↑2	11
8	Joseph	866	↓1	12
9	Ryan	826	↑1	13
10	James	822	↓2	8
11	Robert	794	–	10
12	Nicholas	791	↑2	16
13	Joshua	757	↑2	4
14	Jonathan	724	↓2	18
15	Brian	712	↓2	20
16	Kevin	643	–	19
17	Justin	623	↑6	9
18	Thomas	607	↑2	24
19	Timothy	607	↓1	26
20	William	591	↓3	15
21	Anthony	559	↑4	17
22	Jeffrey	532	–	32
23	Jason	527	↓4	23
24	Eric	523	↓3	21
25	Patrick	519	↑1	41
26	Alexander	473	↑6	37
27	Benjamin	466	↑7	28
28	Steven	453	↑2	25
29	Adam	445	↓5	27
30	Stephen	442	↓2	38
31	Sean	428	↓4	40
32	Richard	420	↓3	30
33	Kyle	400	–	22
34	Mark	394	↓3	36
35	Paul	365	↑1	46
36	Peter	343	↓1	64
37	Scott	335	–	43
38	Gregory	331	–	47
39	Derek	293	↑7	54
40	Zachary	289	↑4	33
41	Brandon	261	↓2	14
42	Samuel	254	new	50
43	Nathan	236	↓1	45
44	Jeremy	227	↓4	29
45	Charles	216	↓2	35
46	Brendan	204	↑4	>100
47	Shawn	203	↓2	59
48	Bryan	198	↓7	51
49	Edward	192	↓2	61
50	Corey	186	new	57

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