Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1987

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1987 were Ashley for girls (1,723 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,645). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 78,777 babies born in North Carolina in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1987

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

Girls

Cameron: 33 babies, 6× the national rate
Lashonda: 33 babies, 5× the national rate
Shameka: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shanika: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tameka: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Meredith: 146 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Latoya: 162 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Latisha: 42 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Octavia: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Maranda: 19 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Demario: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Antwan: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Donnie: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Quentin: 51 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darius: 65 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kendrick: 44 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cedric: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Ashley: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Clifton: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dusty: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	1,723	–	2
2	Jessica	1,688	–	1
3	Amanda	1,065	–	3
4	Brittany	845	↑1	7
5	Jennifer	777	↓1	4
6	Heather	739	–	9
7	Sarah	649	–	5
8	Tiffany	623	↑2	18
9	Amber	544	↓1	15
10	Elizabeth	503	↑3	10
11	Lauren	481	↑1	16
12	Megan	470	↑2	12
13	Stephanie	469	↓4	6
14	Samantha	410	↑8	11
15	Kimberly	407	–	23
16	Crystal	401	↓5	26
17	Emily	385	↑3	19
18	Mary	369	–	37
19	Laura	359	↓2	22
20	Whitney	336	↓4	32
21	Melissa	332	↓2	13
22	Erica	298	↑6	31
23	Rachel	283	↓2	17
24	Christina	279	↑1	20
25	Courtney	276	↑4	33
26	Rebecca	275	↓3	25
27	Katherine	262	↓1	28
28	Danielle	257	↑2	14
29	Amy	249	↓5	24
30	Kelly	249	↓3	30
31	Anna	244	↑4	52
32	Kayla	235	new	27
33	Shannon	220	↓1	45
34	April	213	↓3	58
35	Kristen	209	↑6	42
36	Nicole	202	↑1	8
37	Lindsey	201	↑8	41
38	Angela	199	↑2	35
39	Katie	191	↑9	38
40	Michelle	191	↓7	21
41	Kendra	190	new	77
42	Hannah	186	↑7	66
43	Jamie	185	↓9	39
44	Erin	179	↓6	34
45	Lindsay	177	↓3	49
46	Sara	175	↓7	29
47	Alicia	173	new	46
48	Allison	170	↓12	44
49	Holly	167	↓2	71
50	Brandy	166	↓7	92

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Christopher	1,645	–	2
2	Joshua	1,423	↑1	4
3	Michael	1,398	↓1	1
4	Matthew	1,188	–	3
5	James	1,082	↑1	8
6	William	1,009	↑1	15
7	Brandon	990	↓2	14
8	Justin	981	–	9
9	David	837	–	5
10	Robert	806	↑2	10
11	John	768	↓1	11
12	Jonathan	752	↓1	18
13	Daniel	698	–	7
14	Andrew	641	–	6
15	Joseph	570	–	12
16	Timothy	486	↑4	26
17	Jeremy	473	↓1	29
18	Thomas	469	↑5	24
19	Ryan	440	↑3	13
20	Kevin	439	↓3	19
21	Anthony	437	↑3	17
22	Charles	437	↓1	35
23	Brian	425	↓4	20
24	Dustin	416	↑4	44
25	Jason	404	↓7	23
26	Adam	398	↓1	27
27	Eric	397	–	21
28	Travis	376	↑3	42
29	Steven	371	↓3	25
30	Nicholas	355	↑2	16
31	Benjamin	345	↑2	28
32	Richard	336	↓3	30
33	Stephen	322	↓3	38
34	Zachary	311	↑1	33
35	Jacob	307	↑3	31
36	Aaron	290	↑1	34
37	Patrick	260	↑7	41
38	Jordan	252	↑9	52
39	Kenneth	250	↓5	53
40	Jeffrey	248	↓4	32
41	Samuel	241	↑2	50
42	Kyle	232	↓2	22
43	Bryan	231	↓2	51
44	Mark	224	↓5	36
45	Nathan	217	↑5	45
46	Bradley	215	↓4	56
47	Tyler	198	↑2	39
48	Jesse	190	new	55
49	Antonio	189	↓1	72
50	Gregory	186	↓4	47

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