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

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1987 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jessica	55,994	2.988	-311	-54,937	1	Michael	63,655	3.265	-13	-52,035
2	Ashley	54,854	2.927	-127	-52,587	2	Christopher	54,493	2.795	-40	-47,232
3	Amanda	41,786	2.230	-366	-40,942	3	Matthew	46,481	2.384	-17	-36,557
4	Jennifer	32,703	1.745	-341	-31,788	4	Joshua	40,000	2.052	-37	-32,636
5	Sarah	27,890	1.488	-62	-24,156	5	David	36,786	1.887	-17	-27,089
6	Stephanie	22,398	1.195	-312	-21,372	6	Andrew	36,206	1.857	-37	-28,972
7	Brittany	22,231	1.186	-872	-21,926	7	Daniel	35,865	1.840	-8	-24,692
8	Nicole	20,286	1.083	-210	-18,870	8	James	32,643	1.674	4	-19,118
9	Heather	18,979	1.013	-1,140	-18,769	9	Justin	31,492	1.615	-132	-28,705
10	Elizabeth	18,607	0.993	-3	-10,094	10	Robert	30,229	1.550	-61	-25,089
11	Samantha	17,941	0.957	-49	-14,044	11	John	29,540	1.515	-16	-20,421
12	Megan	17,823	0.951	-533	-17,259	12	Joseph	28,513	1.462	-11	-18,958
13	Melissa	17,674	0.943	-284	-16,560	13	Ryan	28,483	1.461	-33	-21,578
14	Danielle	17,006	0.908	-368	-16,197	14	Brandon	24,818	1.273	-110	-21,635
15	Amber	16,746	0.894	-456	-16,088	15	William	24,203	1.241	12	-9,687
16	Lauren	16,705	0.891	-155	-15,009	16	Nicholas	23,252	1.193	-58	-18,451
17	Rachel	15,643	0.835	-181	-14,099	17	Anthony	23,123	1.186	-21	-15,120
18	Tiffany	14,742	0.787	-672	-14,324	18	Jonathan	23,103	1.185	-45	-17,391
19	Emily	14,706	0.785	7	-6,050	19	Kevin	20,418	1.047	-106	-17,294
20	Christina	13,814	0.737	-419	-13,095	20	Brian	20,353	1.044	-215	-18,735
21	Michelle	13,033	0.695	-242	-11,794	21	Eric	20,201	1.036	-139	-17,812
22	Laura	13,032	0.695	-318	-12,097	22	Kyle	19,865	1.019	-201	-18,197
23	Kimberly	13,029	0.695	-147	-11,333	23	Jason	19,342	0.992	-77	-15,495
24	Amy	11,786	0.629	-181	-10,289	24	Thomas	18,125	0.930	-25	-11,346
25	Rebecca	11,630	0.621	-189	-10,188	25	Steven	17,764	0.911	-173	-15,742
26	Crystal	11,007	0.587	-691	-10,612	26	Timothy	17,390	0.892	-139	-15,060
27	Kayla	10,576	0.564	-122	-8,701	27	Adam	16,924	0.868	-51	-12,249
28	Katherine	10,434	0.557	-84	-7,768	28	Benjamin	14,883	0.763	22	-1,502
29	Sara	10,090	0.538	-144	-8,398	29	Jeremy	14,472	0.742	-175	-12,517
30	Kelly	9,867	0.527	-588	-9,383	30	Richard	14,403	0.739	-158	-12,284
31	Erica	9,326	0.498	-868	-9,030	31	Jacob	14,318	0.734	18	-2,548
32	Whitney	8,920	0.476	-869	-8,624	32	Jeffrey	13,477	0.691	-299	-12,474
33	Courtney	8,909	0.475	-1,159	-8,710	33	Zachary	13,208	0.677	-76	-9,680
34	Erin	8,846	0.472	-387	-8,111	34	Aaron	12,683	0.651	-26	-6,730
35	Angela	8,581	0.458	-229	-7,345	35	Charles	12,171	0.624	-17	-5,567
36	Andrea	8,492	0.453	-98	-6,338	36	Mark	11,997	0.615	-174	-10,138
37	Mary	8,395	0.448	-89	-6,068	37	Alexander	11,836	0.607	26	153
38	Katie	8,195	0.437	-411	-7,488	38	Stephen	11,548	0.592	-246	-10,312
39	Jamie	7,914	0.422	-575	-7,426	39	Tyler	11,538	0.592	-80	-8,240
40	Lisa	7,545	0.403	-851	-7,243	40	Sean	11,449	0.587	-229	-10,139
41	Lindsey	7,454	0.398	-792	-7,131	41	Patrick	11,141	0.571	-148	-9,030
42	Kristen	7,360	0.393	-1,184	-7,171	42	Travis	10,395	0.533	-271	-9,323
43	Vanessa	7,346	0.392	-187	-5,977	43	Scott	10,190	0.523	-477	-9,649
44	Allison	7,341	0.392	-25	-3,663	44	Dustin	10,102	0.518	-481	-9,567
45	Shannon	6,965	0.372	-1,433	-6,817	45	Nathan	9,909	0.508	-3	-3,119
46	Alicia	6,777	0.362	-345	-5,991	46	Paul	9,700	0.498	-188	-8,075
47	Chelsea	6,630	0.354	-423	-5,971	47	Gregory	9,129	0.468	-361	-8,351
48	Christine	6,619	0.353	-878	-6,332	48	Jose	8,732	0.448	-41	-4,440
49	Lindsay	6,533	0.349	-1,251	-6,359	49	Cody	8,668	0.445	-234	-7,431
50	Victoria	6,255	0.334	29	834	50	Samuel	8,574	0.440	29	1,160

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.