United States: Most Popular Baby Names in 1987

Names given to at least 5 babies born in the United States in a year, from Social Security card applications. Accents are left out (José is counted as Jose).

Boy Names

  1. 1 Michael 63,664 babies =
  2. 2 Christopher 54,493 babies =
  3. 3 Matthew 46,511 babies =
  4. 4 Joshua 40,002 babies =
  5. 5 David 36,795 babies =
  6. 6 Andrew 36,206 babies 2
  7. 7 Daniel 35,876 babies 1
  8. 8 James 32,659 babies 1
  9. 9 Justin 31,491 babies 5
  10. 10 Robert 30,237 babies 1
  11. 11 John 29,555 babies 1
  12. 12 Joseph 28,516 babies =
  13. 13 Ryan 28,490 babies 2
  14. 14 Brandon 24,823 babies 1
  15. 15 William 24,202 babies =
  16. 16 Nicholas 23,247 babies 1
  17. 17 Anthony 23,127 babies 2
  18. 18 Jonathan 23,119 babies 2
  19. 19 Kevin 20,421 babies 2
  20. 20 Brian 20,362 babies =
  21. 21 Eric 20,203 babies 1
  22. 22 Kyle 19,862 babies 1
  23. 23 Jason 19,350 babies 5
  24. 24 Thomas 18,139 babies 2
  25. 25 Steven 17,768 babies =
  26. 26 Timothy 17,398 babies 1
  27. 27 Adam 16,931 babies 3
  28. 28 Benjamin 14,892 babies 2
  29. 29 Jeremy 14,474 babies 1
  30. 30 Richard 14,401 babies 1
  31. 31 Jacob 14,326 babies =
  32. 32 Jeffrey 13,477 babies =
  33. 33 Zachary 13,201 babies 5
  34. 34 Aaron 12,685 babies 1
  35. 35 Charles 12,173 babies 1
  36. 36 Mark 11,993 babies 1
  37. 37 Alexander 11,835 babies 4
  38. 38 Stephen 11,550 babies 2
  39. 39 Tyler 11,542 babies 1
  40. 40 Sean 11,455 babies 3
  41. 41 Patrick 11,142 babies 2
  42. 42 Travis 10,397 babies 7
  43. 43 Scott 10,194 babies 1
  44. 44 Dustin 10,108 babies 2
  45. 45 Nathan 9,910 babies 2
  46. 46 Paul 9,707 babies 1
  47. 47 Gregory 9,135 babies 1
  48. 48 Jose 8,737 babies 3
  49. 49 Cody 8,675 babies 7
  50. 50 Samuel 8,576 babies 2
  51. 51 Bryan 8,560 babies 4
  52. 52 Jordan 8,407 babies 1
  53. 53 Kenneth 8,354 babies 3
  54. 54 Derek 8,253 babies 3
  55. 55 Jesse 7,982 babies 7
  56. 56 Bradley 6,918 babies 2
  57. 57 Corey 6,444 babies 5
  58. 58 Jared 6,206 babies =
  59. 59 Shawn 6,202 babies 4
  60. 60 Alex 6,042 babies 4
  61. 61 Edward 5,913 babies =
  62. 62 Cory 5,849 babies 6
  63. 63 Chad 5,622 babies 4
  64. 64 Peter 5,553 babies 4
  65. 65 Shane 5,305 babies 2
  66. 66 Juan 4,976 babies 1
  67. 67 Marcus 4,950 babies 4
  68. 68 Phillip 4,813 babies 2
  69. 69 Keith 4,783 babies 3
  70. 70 Donald 4,501 babies 1
  71. 71 Brett 4,429 babies 2
  72. 72 Antonio 4,421 babies 1
  73. 73 Ronald 4,153 babies 2
  74. 74 Carlos 4,149 babies 2
  75. 75 Joel 4,138 babies 3
  76. 76 Austin 4,096 babies 14
  77. 77 George 4,089 babies 3
  78. 78 Nathaniel 4,050 babies =
  79. 79 Raymond 3,996 babies 2
  80. 80 Casey 3,928 babies 3
  81. 81 Ian 3,924 babies 4
  82. 82 Luis 3,921 babies 3
  83. 83 Evan 3,868 babies 2
  84. 84 Philip 3,837 babies 2
  85. 85 Douglas 3,804 babies 3
  86. 86 Derrick 3,534 babies 1
  87. 87 Gary 3,486 babies 3
  88. 88 Craig 3,364 babies 8
  89. 89 Seth 3,339 babies 8
  90. 90 Christian 3,324 babies 1
  91. 91 Victor 3,307 babies 3
  92. 92 Wesley 3,244 babies 4
  93. 93 Trevor 3,235 babies 5
  94. 94 Erik 3,231 babies 2
  95. 95 Vincent 3,173 babies 2
  96. 96 Cameron 3,159 babies 39
  97. 97 Frank 3,123 babies 6
  98. 98 Gabriel 3,079 babies 3
  99. 99 Devin 3,076 babies 14
  100. 100 Curtis 2,909 babies =

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Girl Names

  1. 1 Jessica 55,992 babies =
  2. 2 Ashley 54,856 babies =
  3. 3 Amanda 41,786 babies =
  4. 4 Jennifer 32,710 babies =
  5. 5 Sarah 27,894 babies =
  6. 6 Stephanie 22,402 babies =
  7. 7 Brittany 22,231 babies 1
  8. 8 Nicole 20,286 babies 1
  9. 9 Heather 18,982 babies =
  10. 10 Elizabeth 18,608 babies =
  11. 11 Samantha 17,944 babies 10
  12. 12 Megan 17,823 babies 1
  13. 13 Melissa 17,674 babies 1
  14. 14 Danielle 17,010 babies 2
  15. 15 Amber 16,749 babies 2
  16. 16 Lauren 16,710 babies 2
  17. 17 Rachel 15,646 babies 2
  18. 18 Tiffany 14,742 babies 1
  19. 19 Emily 14,710 babies 5
  20. 20 Christina 13,816 babies 1
  21. 21 Michelle 13,034 babies 2
  22. 22 Laura 13,033 babies 2
  23. 23 Kimberly 13,031 babies 5
  24. 24 Amy 11,786 babies 2
  25. 25 Rebecca 11,627 babies 1
  26. 26 Crystal 11,011 babies 1
  27. 27 Kayla 10,576 babies 37
  28. 28 Katherine 10,438 babies =
  29. 29 Sara 10,090 babies 2
  30. 30 Kelly 9,866 babies 1
  31. 31 Erica 9,328 babies =
  32. 32 Whitney 8,923 babies =
  33. 33 Courtney 8,909 babies 2
  34. 34 Erin 8,847 babies 4
  35. 35 Angela 8,583 babies 2
  36. 36 Andrea 8,496 babies =
  37. 37 Mary 8,395 babies =
  38. 38 Katie 8,197 babies =
  39. 39 Jamie 7,916 babies 5
  40. 40 Lisa 7,549 babies =
  41. 41 Lindsey 7,457 babies 2
  42. 42 Kristen 7,361 babies 1
  43. 43 Vanessa 7,348 babies =
  44. 44 Allison 7,341 babies 2
  45. 45 Shannon 6,968 babies 1
  46. 46 Alicia 6,776 babies 1
  47. 47 Chelsea 6,631 babies 26
  48. 48 Christine 6,620 babies 1
  49. 49 Lindsay 6,530 babies 3
  50. 50 Victoria 6,255 babies 4
  51. 51 Kathryn 6,238 babies 3
  52. 52 Anna 6,170 babies 1
  53. 53 Maria 5,678 babies 4
  54. 54 Jacqueline 5,627 babies 3
  55. 55 Kristin 5,463 babies 5
  56. 56 Natalie 5,331 babies 4
  57. 57 Jenna 5,305 babies 2
  58. 58 April 5,295 babies 5
  59. 59 Alexandra 5,220 babies 13
  60. 60 Alyssa 5,136 babies 25
  61. 61 Brittney 5,127 babies 4
  62. 62 Kristina 5,018 babies =
  63. 63 Caitlin 4,989 babies 6
  64. 64 Monica 4,809 babies 5
  65. 65 Julie 4,737 babies 7
  66. 66 Hannah 4,594 babies 16
  67. 67 Kelsey 4,574 babies 45
  68. 68 Cassandra 4,555 babies 8
  69. 69 Tara 4,446 babies 13
  70. 70 Krystal 4,378 babies 9
  71. 71 Holly 4,259 babies 8
  72. 72 Kathleen 4,165 babies 4
  73. 73 Natasha 4,131 babies 3
  74. 74 Catherine 4,108 babies 7
  75. 75 Erika 3,994 babies 1
  76. 76 Patricia 3,913 babies 10
  77. 77 Kendra 3,841 babies 24
  78. 78 Meghan 3,770 babies 7
  79. 79 Jasmine 3,723 babies 16
  80. 80 Veronica 3,616 babies 3
  81. 81 Casey 3,582 babies 1
  82. 82 Leah 3,454 babies 4
  83. 83 Dana 3,422 babies 9
  84. 84 Cynthia 3,392 babies 3
  85. 85 Diana 3,354 babies 10
  86. 86 Julia 3,331 babies 2
  87. 87 Bethany 3,294 babies 4
  88. 88 Brandi 3,244 babies 9
  89. 89 Leslie 3,194 babies 3
  90. 90 Margaret 3,146 babies =
  91. 91 Mallory 3,138 babies 8
  92. 92 Brandy 3,032 babies 8
  93. 93 Valerie 2,964 babies 17
  94. 94 Brooke 2,955 babies 10
  95. 95 Morgan 2,928 babies 18
  96. 96 Felicia 2,909 babies 7
  97. 97 Molly 2,891 babies 13
  98. 98 Rachael 2,833 babies 5
  99. 99 Jillian 2,793 babies 8
  100. 100 Alison 2,771 babies 4

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Source: Social Security Administration

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