Popular baby names in Virginia, 1987

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1987 were Ashley for girls (1,513 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,495). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 74,167 babies born in Virginia in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1987

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

Girls

Kendall: 56 babies, 4× the national rate
Tameka: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Latrice: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shanika: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Virginia: 71 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Christen: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Latoya: 115 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ashleigh: 74 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Keshia: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Latasha: 62 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Jamar: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donte: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jamel: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dominique: 44 babies, 3× the national rate
Hunter: 47 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Stuart: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marquis: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Antoine: 44 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jamal: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Clarence: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	1,513	–	2
2	Jessica	1,422	–	1
3	Amanda	1,032	–	3
4	Sarah	769	↑1	5
5	Jennifer	739	↓1	4
6	Brittany	628	↑1	7
7	Heather	619	↓1	9
8	Stephanie	512	↑2	6
9	Tiffany	488	↑3	18
10	Lauren	487	↓1	16
11	Elizabeth	460	–	10
12	Amber	457	↑2	15
13	Megan	449	↓5	12
14	Emily	411	↑4	19
15	Samantha	407	↑10	11
16	Rachel	399	↓1	17
17	Danielle	354	↑5	14
18	Melissa	337	↑2	13
19	Laura	334	↓6	22
20	Nicole	330	↑6	8
21	Christina	326	↑7	20
22	Katherine	322	↓3	28
23	Rebecca	320	–	25
24	Whitney	317	↓3	32
25	Kimberly	312	↓9	23
26	Kelly	292	↓2	30
27	Crystal	286	↓10	26
28	Michelle	276	↑2	21
29	Mary	268	↑2	37
30	Amy	264	↓3	24
31	Courtney	258	↓2	33
32	Shannon	234	–	45
33	Erica	232	↑5	31
34	Sara	226	–	29
35	Erin	220	↓2	34
36	Kristen	204	–	42
37	Kathryn	196	↑2	51
38	Lindsay	187	↑5	49
39	Angela	185	↓4	35
40	Lindsey	182	↓3	41
41	Allison	177	↑3	44
42	Christine	173	↑7	48
43	April	169	↓2	58
44	Jamie	164	↓2	39
45	Kayla	152	new	27
46	Chelsea	151	new	47
47	Victoria	149	↑3	50
48	Catherine	148	–	74
49	Lisa	144	↓4	40
50	Katie	141	↓3	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Christopher	1,495	–	2
2	Michael	1,459	–	1
3	Matthew	1,119	↑1	3
4	Joshua	1,032	↑1	4
5	James	1,011	↓2	8
6	David	929	–	5
7	Robert	878	↑2	10
8	Justin	863	↑5	9
9	William	857	↓1	15
10	John	829	–	11
11	Andrew	814	–	6
12	Brandon	801	↓5	14
13	Daniel	729	↓1	7
14	Joseph	633	↑1	12
15	Ryan	628	↑1	13
16	Jonathan	596	↓2	18
17	Thomas	512	↑3	24
18	Brian	511	↑1	20
19	Kevin	494	↓1	19
20	Jason	485	↓3	23
21	Timothy	467	–	26
22	Anthony	462	↑1	17
23	Eric	416	↓1	21
24	Charles	395	↑1	35
25	Steven	393	↑1	25
26	Benjamin	387	↑2	28
27	Richard	381	↓3	30
28	Nicholas	363	↑2	16
29	Adam	352	↓2	27
30	Stephen	348	↑1	38
31	Travis	344	↑3	42
32	Jeremy	334	↓3	29
33	Kyle	319	↓1	22
34	Zachary	301	↑2	33
35	Jeffrey	298	↓2	32
36	Aaron	296	↑2	34
37	Sean	292	↑2	40
38	Patrick	263	↓1	41
39	Bryan	260	↑4	51
40	Mark	239	↓5	36
41	Kenneth	236	↑1	53
42	Alexander	235	↑2	37
43	Jacob	235	↓2	31
44	Dustin	217	↓4	44
45	Gregory	217	↑1	47
46	Derek	214	new	54
47	Samuel	205	↑2	50
48	Paul	201	↓3	46
49	Nathan	196	↓1	45
50	Scott	194	new	43

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