Top Names of 1987 — Rankings & Counts

The most popular names recorded in 1987 were Jessica for girls and Matthew for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.

Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	1,889
2	Sarah	1,600
3	Rebecca	1,200
4	Samantha	1,144
5	Amanda	1,055
6	Emma	858
7	Melissa	857
8	Amy	845
9	Lauren	792
10	Nicole	685
11	Kylie	588
12	Danielle	587
13	Kate	560
14	Megan	518
15	Natalie	512
16	Stephanie	511
17	Laura	507
18	Lisa	482
19	Elizabeth	476
20	Rachel	468
21	Ashleigh	433
22	Emily	424
23	Michelle	414
24	Alexandra	393
25	Ashley	389
26	Courtney	387
27	Erin	371
28	Katie	353
29	Natasha	336
30	Jennifer	321
31	Katherine	317
32	Renee	317
33	Kelly	307
34	Cassandra	304
35	Chloe	299
36	Angela	295
37	Kristy	287
38	Jenna	281
39	Hannah	270
40	Tara	268
41	Brooke	266
42	Stacey	263
43	Melanie	257
44	Jade	256
45	Anna	253
46	Belinda	242
47	Vanessa	236
48	Katrina	235
49	Hayley	230
50	Catherine	226

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Matthew	2,206
2	Daniel	2,057
3	Christopher	1,954
4	Michael	1,741
5	Andrew	1,430
6	Benjamin	1,413
7	James	1,325
8	David	1,278
9	Joshua	1,234
10	Luke	1,230
11	Timothy	1,032
12	Adam	1,001
13	Nathan	964
14	Scott	905
15	Thomas	887
16	Nicholas	856
17	Mitchell	851
18	Jason	773
19	Ryan	714
20	Robert	698
21	Aaron	682
22	Mark	672
23	Peter	633
24	Anthony	604
25	Samuel	585
26	John	582
27	Joel	558
28	Steven	555
29	Alexander	528
30	Brendan	524
31	Cameron	499
32	Paul	488
33	William	459
34	Bradley	435
35	Dean	424
36	Stephen	405
37	Mathew	388
38	Simon	387
39	Shane	385
40	Justin	372
41	Jamie	355
42	Kyle	338
43	Patrick	330
44	Brett	312
45	Joseph	307
46	Jonathan	301
47	Sean	300
48	Shaun	292
49	Craig	283
50	Richard	282