Popular baby names in Nevada, 1987

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1987 were Jessica for girls (234 babies) and Michael for boys (268). Social Security records list 12,093 babies born in Nevada in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1987

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

Girls

Breanna: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Taylor: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Desiree: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ashlee: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nichole: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rachael: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kristina: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kelsey: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Krystal: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tara: 30 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Cameron: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dylan: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ian: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kristopher: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Cory: 43 babies, 2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Jessica	234	↑1	1
2	Ashley	230	↓1	2
3	Amanda	208	–	3
4	Sarah	160	↑1	5
5	Jennifer	133	↓1	4
6	Stephanie	94	↑4	6
7	Heather	93	↑2	9
8	Nicole	92	–	8
9	Brittany	91	↑3	7
10	Samantha	87	↑7	11
11	Amber	84	↓4	15
12	Danielle	81	↓6	14
13	Melissa	69	–	13
14	Megan	66	↓3	12
15	Kimberly	61	↑4	23
16	Christina	58	↑6	20
17	Elizabeth	57	↑1	10
18	Tiffany	56	↑2	18
19	Michelle	55	↓5	21
20	Crystal	53	↓4	26
21	Rebecca	52	↑8	25
22	Rachel	50	↓7	17
23	Sara	48	↑4	29
24	Amy	46	↓3	24
25	Lauren	46	↑10	16
26	Kayla	45	new	27
27	Jamie	44	↓4	39
28	Katherine	42	↑9	28
29	Angela	41	↑4	35
30	Andrea	39	↓5	36
31	Courtney	39	↓1	33
32	Chelsea	36	↑14	47
33	Emily	36	↑1	19
34	Kristina	35	↓2	62
35	Erin	33	↑1	34
36	Alicia	32	↓8	46
37	Brittney	32	↑3	61
38	Kelsey	32	new	67
39	Laura	32	↓13	22
40	Christine	31	new	48
41	Kelly	31	↓17	30
42	Krystal	31	↓4	70
43	Tara	30	↑7	69
44	Erica	29	↓13	31
45	Whitney	29	–	32
46	Katie	28	↓3	38
47	Victoria	28	↓8	50
48	Jenna	27	new	57
49	Vanessa	26	↓7	43
50	Alexandra	25	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	268	–	1
2	Christopher	266	–	2
3	Matthew	175	↑2	3
4	Joshua	165	–	4
5	Robert	156	↑1	10
6	James	154	↑6	8
7	David	150	↑1	5
8	Daniel	144	↓5	7
9	Anthony	139	–	17
10	Justin	136	↑4	9
11	Andrew	132	↑4	6
12	Joseph	129	↓2	12
13	Brandon	126	–	14
14	Kyle	121	↓3	22
15	Ryan	116	↓8	13
16	John	115	–	11
17	Nicholas	104	–	16
18	Eric	95	↑10	21
19	Steven	93	–	25
20	Jonathan	92	–	18
21	Jason	88	↓3	23
22	William	84	↑4	15
23	Brian	77	↓1	20
24	Sean	77	↑3	40
25	Kevin	74	↓2	19
26	Thomas	74	↑5	24
27	Aaron	68	↑3	34
28	Adam	68	↓7	27
29	Jacob	67	↓4	31
30	Richard	67	↓1	30
31	Alexander	63	↑12	37
32	Tyler	62	↑4	39
33	Jesse	58	↑7	55
34	Timothy	58	–	26
35	Jeffrey	56	↑6	32
36	Zachary	56	↓3	33
37	Scott	53	↓5	43
38	Jeremy	52	↓14	29
39	Travis	52	↓2	42
40	Cody	50	new	49
41	Benjamin	45	↑3	28
42	Cory	43	new	62
43	Jordan	43	new	52
44	Stephen	43	↓2	38
45	Charles	42	↑1	35
46	Dustin	42	new	44
47	Mark	40	↓9	36
48	Alex	39	new	60
49	Gregory	39	–	47
50	Shane	38	new	65

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