EveryBabyNames

Top Baby Names of 1987

United States · 3,605,616 recorded births this year · Source: Social Security Administration

Published by the EveryBabyNames data team · data last verified

Top 100 — Girls

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Jessica55,992—
#2Ashley54,856—
#3Amanda41,786—
#4Jennifer32,710—
#5Sarah27,894—
#6Stephanie22,402—
#7Brittany22,231↑1
#8Nicole20,286↓1
#9Heather18,982—
#10Elizabeth18,608—
#11Samantha17,944↑10
#12Megan17,823↓1
#13Melissa17,674↓1
#14Danielle17,010↑2
#15Amber16,749↓2
#16Lauren16,710↓2
#17Rachel15,646↓2
#18Tiffany14,742↓1
#19Emily14,710↑5
#20Christina13,816↓1
#21Michelle13,034↑2
#22Laura13,033↓2
#23Kimberly13,031↓5
#24Amy11,786↓2
#25Rebecca11,627↑1
#26Crystal11,011↓1
#27Kayla10,576↑37
#28Katherine10,438—
#29Sara10,090↓2
#30Kelly9,866↓1
#31Erica9,328—
#32Whitney8,923—
#33Courtney8,909↑2
#34Erin8,847↓4
#35Angela8,583↓2
#36Andrea8,496—
#37Mary8,395—
#38Katie8,197—
#39Jamie7,916↓5
#40Lisa7,549—
#41Lindsey7,457↓2
#42Kristen7,361↓1
#43Vanessa7,348—
#44Allison7,341↓2
#45Shannon6,968↓1
#46Alicia6,776↓1
#47Chelsea6,631↑26
#48Christine6,620↓1
#49Lindsay6,530↓3
#50Victoria6,255↑4
#51Kathryn6,238↓3
#52Anna6,170↓1
#53Maria5,678↓4
#54Jacqueline5,627↑3
#55Kristin5,463↓5
#56Natalie5,331↓4
#57Jenna5,305↓2
#58April5,295↓5
#59Alexandra5,220↑13
#60Alyssa5,136↑25
#61Brittney5,127↑4
#62Kristina5,018—
#63Caitlin4,989↑6
#64Monica4,809↓5
#65Julie4,737↓7
#66Hannah4,594↑16
#67Kelsey4,574
#68Cassandra4,555↓8
#69Tara4,446↓13
#70Krystal4,378↓9
#71Holly4,259↓8
#72Kathleen4,165↓4
#73Natasha4,131↓3
#74Catherine4,108↓7
#75Erika3,994↓1
#76Patricia3,913↓10
#77Kendra3,841
#78Meghan3,770↓7
#79Jasmine3,723↑16
#80Veronica3,616↓3
#81Casey3,582↓1
#82Leah3,454↓4
#83Dana3,422↑9
#84Cynthia3,392↓3
#85Diana3,354↓10
#86Julia3,331↑2
#87Bethany3,294↑4
#88Brandi3,244↓9
#89Leslie3,194↓3
#90Margaret3,146↓1
#91Mallory3,138↓8
#92Brandy3,032↓8
#93Valerie2,964↓17
#94Brooke2,955
#95Morgan2,928
#96Felicia2,909↓7
#97Molly2,891
#98Rachael2,833
#99Jillian2,793
#100Alison2,771↓4

Top 100 — Boys

RankNameBirthsvs. prior yr
#1Michael63,664—
#2Christopher54,493—
#3Matthew46,511—
#4Joshua40,002—
#5David36,795—
#6Andrew36,206↑2
#7Daniel35,876↓1
#8James32,659↓1
#9Justin31,491↑5
#10Robert30,237↓1
#11John29,555↓1
#12Joseph28,516—
#13Ryan28,490↓2
#14Brandon24,823↓1
#15William24,202—
#16Nicholas23,247↑1
#17Anthony23,127↑2
#18Jonathan23,119↓2
#19Kevin20,421↑2
#20Brian20,362—
#21Eric20,203↑1
#22Kyle19,862↑1
#23Jason19,350↓5
#24Thomas18,139↑2
#25Steven17,768—
#26Timothy17,398↑1
#27Adam16,931↓3
#28Benjamin14,892↑2
#29Jeremy14,474↓1
#30Richard14,401↓1
#31Jacob14,326—
#32Jeffrey13,477—
#33Zachary13,201↑5
#34Aaron12,685↓1
#35Charles12,173↓1
#36Mark11,993↓1
#37Alexander11,835↑4
#38Stephen11,550↓2
#39Tyler11,542↑1
#40Sean11,455↓3
#41Patrick11,142↓2
#42Travis10,397↑7
#43Scott10,194↑1
#44Dustin10,108↓2
#45Nathan9,910↓2
#46Paul9,707↓1
#47Gregory9,135↓1
#48Jose8,737↑3
#49Cody8,675↑7
#50Samuel8,576↑2
#51Bryan8,560↓4
#52Jordan8,407↑1
#53Kenneth8,354↓3
#54Derek8,253↑3
#55Jesse7,982↓7
#56Bradley6,918↓2
#57Corey6,444↑5
#58Jared6,206—
#59Shawn6,202↓4
#60Alex6,042↑4
#61Edward5,913—
#62Cory5,849↑6
#63Chad5,622↓4
#64Peter5,553↓4
#65Shane5,305↑2
#66Juan4,976↓1
#67Marcus4,950↓4
#68Phillip4,813↑2
#69Keith4,783↓3
#70Donald4,501↑1
#71Brett4,429↓2
#72Antonio4,421↑1
#73Ronald4,153↑2
#74Carlos4,149↑2
#75Joel4,138↓3
#76Austin4,096↑14
#77George4,089↓3
#78Nathaniel4,050—
#79Raymond3,996↓2
#80Casey3,928↑3
#81Ian3,924↑4
#82Luis3,921↓3
#83Evan3,868↓2
#84Philip3,837↑2
#85Douglas3,804↓3
#86Derrick3,534↑1
#87Gary3,486↓3
#88Craig3,364↓8
#89Seth3,339↑8
#90Christian3,324↓1
#91Victor3,307↓3
#92Wesley3,244↑4
#93Trevor3,235↑5
#94Erik3,231↓2
#95Vincent3,173↓2
#96Cameron3,159
#97Frank3,123↓6
#98Gabriel3,079↓3
#99Devin3,076
#100Curtis2,909—