Popular baby names in New York, 1987

The most popular baby names in New York in 1987 were Jessica for girls (3,796 babies) and Michael for boys (5,727). Social Security records list 237,502 babies born in New York in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1987

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

Girls

Chaya: 120 babies, 13× the national rate
Rivka: 71 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Chana: 125 babies, 10× the national rate
Shaquana: 65 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Giselle: 80 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Esther: 237 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dina: 81 babies, 4× the national rate
Miriam: 179 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Fatima: 59 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Janine: 70 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Chaim: 92 babies, 12× the national rate
Yaakov: 67 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Moshe: 154 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 156 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Jamel: 118 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kareem: 101 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ariel: 88 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jean: 76 babies, 4× the national rate
Dominick: 101 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Giovanni: 89 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Jessica	3,796	–	1
2	Jennifer	2,739	–	4
3	Amanda	2,590	–	3
4	Ashley	2,580	↑1	2
5	Nicole	2,157	↓1	8
6	Stephanie	1,917	–	6
7	Melissa	1,679	↑2	13
8	Danielle	1,570	–	14
9	Sarah	1,530	↓2	5
10	Christina	1,508	–	20
11	Samantha	1,363	↑3	11
12	Elizabeth	1,299	–	10
13	Lauren	1,294	↓2	16
14	Michelle	1,094	↓1	21
15	Rachel	998	↑2	17
16	Tiffany	980	–	18
17	Kimberly	894	↓2	23
18	Laura	894	↑1	22
19	Emily	851	↑2	19
20	Heather	847	↓2	9
21	Megan	819	↑1	12
22	Brittany	809	↑4	7
23	Christine	798	↓3	48
24	Katherine	786	↓1	28
25	Rebecca	727	↑3	25
26	Crystal	685	↑3	26
27	Lisa	684	–	40
28	Sara	672	↑2	29
29	Erica	666	↓4	31
30	Kelly	665	↓6	30
31	Jacqueline	607	↑6	54
32	Amy	594	↓1	24
33	Alexandra	587	↑12	59
34	Vanessa	587	–	43
35	Kristen	584	↓2	42
36	Erin	527	↓4	34
37	Victoria	510	↑6	50
38	Angela	506	↑3	35
39	Andrea	503	↓4	36
40	Shannon	498	↑2	45
41	Allison	491	↓5	44
42	Caitlin	491	new	63
43	Maria	476	↓5	53
44	Jamie	461	↓5	39
45	Amber	458	↑3	15
46	Mary	453	↑4	37
47	Courtney	442	↓1	33
48	Kristina	439	new	62
49	Diana	434	↓9	85
50	Alyssa	433	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	5,727	–	1
2	Christopher	4,132	–	2
3	Matthew	3,333	–	3
4	Daniel	3,040	–	7
5	Joseph	2,913	–	12
6	David	2,656	–	5
7	Andrew	2,572	–	6
8	Anthony	2,320	↑2	17
9	Robert	2,284	–	10
10	John	2,245	↓2	11
11	Jonathan	2,127	–	18
12	James	2,108	–	8
13	Joshua	1,891	↑3	4
14	Nicholas	1,827	↑1	16
15	Brian	1,759	↓1	20
16	Kevin	1,735	↑3	19
17	Justin	1,655	↑5	9
18	Ryan	1,651	–	13
19	Jason	1,650	↓6	23
20	Thomas	1,645	–	24
21	William	1,642	↓4	15
22	Steven	1,526	↓1	25
23	Eric	1,378	↑1	21
24	Richard	1,213	↓1	30
25	Timothy	1,148	↑1	26
26	Adam	1,088	↓1	27
27	Jeffrey	1,034	–	32
28	Sean	1,025	–	40
29	Kyle	1,001	↑2	22
30	Alexander	963	↑2	37
31	Brandon	908	↓1	14
32	Mark	906	↓3	36
33	Patrick	893	↑2	41
34	Stephen	879	↓1	38
35	Paul	868	↑1	46
36	Gregory	835	↓2	47
37	Peter	770	–	64
38	Benjamin	763	↑3	28
39	Charles	754	↑1	35
40	Jose	731	↓2	48
41	Jeremy	681	↓2	29
42	Zachary	674	↑6	33
43	Scott	638	↓1	43
44	Edward	613	–	61
45	Kenneth	613	↑1	53
46	Bryan	557	↓3	51
47	Luis	553	↑2	82
48	Samuel	530	new	50
49	Aaron	494	↓4	34
50	Jesse	468	–	55

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