Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1987

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1987 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1986						Change from 1986
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jessica	55,994	2.988	0	3,317	1	Michael	63,655	3.265	0	-553
2	Ashley	54,854	2.927	0	5,178	2	Christopher	54,493	2.795	0	-2,198
3	Amanda	41,786	2.230	0	1,257	3	Matthew	46,481	2.384	0	-444
4	Jennifer	32,703	1.745	0	-3,482	4	Joshua	40,000	2.052	0	2,458
5	Sarah	27,890	1.488	0	-265	5	David	36,786	1.887	0	-361
6	Stephanie	22,398	1.195	0	-249	6	Andrew	36,206	1.857	2	2,350
7	Brittany	22,231	1.186	1	1,920	7	Daniel	35,865	1.840	-1	-709
8	Nicole	20,286	1.083	-1	-999	8	James	32,643	1.674	-1	-1,397
9	Heather	18,979	1.013	0	-813	9	Justin	31,492	1.615	5	4,863
10	Elizabeth	18,607	0.993	0	-465	10	Robert	30,229	1.550	-1	-1,120
11	Samantha	17,941	0.957	10	3,849	11	John	29,540	1.515	-1	-667
12	Megan	17,823	0.951	-1	-770	12	Joseph	28,513	1.462	0	-322
13	Melissa	17,674	0.943	-1	12	13	Ryan	28,483	1.461	-2	-1,029
14	Danielle	17,006	0.908	2	2,065	14	Brandon	24,818	1.273	-1	-2,435
15	Amber	16,746	0.894	-2	-205	15	William	24,203	1.241	0	-129
16	Lauren	16,705	0.891	-2	27	16	Nicholas	23,252	1.193	1	454
17	Rachel	15,643	0.835	-2	189	17	Anthony	23,123	1.186	2	1,170
18	Tiffany	14,742	0.787	-1	258	18	Jonathan	23,103	1.185	-2	-869
19	Emily	14,706	0.785	5	1,471	19	Kevin	20,418	1.047	2	485
20	Christina	13,814	0.737	-1	-566	20	Brian	20,353	1.044	0	-674
21	Michelle	13,033	0.695	2	-268	21	Eric	20,201	1.036	1	675
22	Laura	13,032	0.695	-2	-1,143	22	Kyle	19,865	1.019	1	557
23	Kimberly	13,029	0.695	-5	-1,389	23	Jason	19,342	0.992	-5	-3,059
24	Amy	11,786	0.629	-2	-1,672	24	Thomas	18,125	0.930	2	773
25	Rebecca	11,630	0.621	1	-159	25	Steven	17,764	0.911	0	-334
26	Crystal	11,007	0.587	-1	-1,682	26	Timothy	17,390	0.892	1	516
27	Kayla	10,576	0.564	37	5,919	27	Adam	16,924	0.868	-3	-1,237
28	Katherine	10,434	0.557	0	-138	28	Benjamin	14,883	0.763	2	1,090
29	Sara	10,090	0.538	-2	-961	29	Jeremy	14,472	0.742	-1	-1,793
30	Kelly	9,867	0.527	-1	-547	30	Richard	14,403	0.739	-1	-604
31	Erica	9,326	0.498	0	-647	31	Jacob	14,318	0.734	0	668
32	Whitney	8,920	0.476	0	-614	32	Jeffrey	13,477	0.691	0	-172
33	Courtney	8,909	0.475	2	-211	33	Zachary	13,208	0.677	5	1,482
34	Erin	8,846	0.472	-4	-1,223	34	Aaron	12,683	0.651	-1	-5
35	Angela	8,581	0.458	-2	-687	35	Charles	12,171	0.624	-1	-452
36	Andrea	8,492	0.453	0	-145	36	Mark	11,997	0.615	-1	-611
37	Mary	8,395	0.448	0	-111	37	Alexander	11,836	0.607	4	1,233
38	Katie	8,195	0.437	0	-138	38	Stephen	11,548	0.592	-2	-328
39	Jamie	7,914	0.422	-5	-1,319	39	Tyler	11,538	0.592	1	625
40	Lisa	7,545	0.403	0	-359	40	Sean	11,449	0.587	-3	-331
41	Lindsey	7,454	0.398	-2	-599	41	Patrick	11,141	0.571	-2	-266
42	Kristen	7,360	0.393	-1	-484	42	Travis	10,395	0.533	7	1,918
43	Vanessa	7,346	0.392	0	-121	43	Scott	10,190	0.523	1	227
44	Allison	7,341	0.392	-2	-237	44	Dustin	10,102	0.518	-2	-214
45	Shannon	6,965	0.372	-1	-439	45	Nathan	9,909	0.508	-2	-86
46	Alicia	6,777	0.362	-1	-239	46	Paul	9,700	0.498	-1	-12
47	Chelsea	6,630	0.354	26	2,877	47	Gregory	9,129	0.468	-1	-406
48	Christine	6,619	0.353	-1	-300	48	Jose	8,732	0.448	3	370
49	Lindsay	6,533	0.349	-3	-417	49	Cody	8,668	0.445	7	1,736
50	Victoria	6,255	0.334	4	582	50	Samuel	8,574	0.440	2	998

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.