Top Names of 1987
The most popular names recorded in 1987 were Jessica for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jessica | 55,996 |
| 2 | Ashley | 54,853 |
| 3 | Amanda | 41,786 |
| 4 | Jennifer | 32,708 |
| 5 | Sarah | 27,895 |
| 6 | Stephanie | 22,402 |
| 7 | Brittany | 22,231 |
| 8 | Nicole | 20,286 |
| 9 | Heather | 18,982 |
| 10 | Elizabeth | 18,608 |
| 11 | Samantha | 17,944 |
| 12 | Megan | 17,823 |
| 13 | Melissa | 17,674 |
| 14 | Danielle | 17,009 |
| 15 | Amber | 16,749 |
| 16 | Lauren | 16,708 |
| 17 | Rachel | 15,644 |
| 18 | Tiffany | 14,743 |
| 19 | Emily | 14,711 |
| 20 | Christina | 13,818 |
| 21 | Michelle | 13,034 |
| 22 | Laura | 13,032 |
| 23 | Kimberly | 13,030 |
| 24 | Amy | 11,787 |
| 25 | Rebecca | 11,626 |
| 26 | Crystal | 11,011 |
| 27 | Kayla | 10,579 |
| 28 | Katherine | 10,438 |
| 29 | Sara | 10,090 |
| 30 | Kelly | 9,866 |
| 31 | Erica | 9,328 |
| 32 | Whitney | 8,923 |
| 33 | Courtney | 8,909 |
| 34 | Erin | 8,847 |
| 35 | Angela | 8,581 |
| 36 | Andrea | 8,496 |
| 37 | Mary | 8,395 |
| 38 | Katie | 8,196 |
| 39 | Jamie | 7,916 |
| 40 | Lisa | 7,549 |
| 41 | Lindsey | 7,457 |
| 42 | Kristen | 7,360 |
| 43 | Vanessa | 7,348 |
| 44 | Allison | 7,340 |
| 45 | Shannon | 6,968 |
| 46 | Alicia | 6,776 |
| 47 | Chelsea | 6,630 |
| 48 | Christine | 6,620 |
| 49 | Lindsay | 6,530 |
| 50 | Victoria | 6,255 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Michael | 63,663 |
| 2 | Christopher | 54,494 |
| 3 | Matthew | 46,507 |
| 4 | Joshua | 40,004 |
| 5 | David | 36,796 |
| 6 | Andrew | 36,205 |
| 7 | Daniel | 35,875 |
| 8 | James | 32,660 |
| 9 | Justin | 31,492 |
| 10 | Robert | 30,240 |
| 11 | John | 29,553 |
| 12 | Joseph | 28,519 |
| 13 | Ryan | 28,490 |
| 14 | Brandon | 24,823 |
| 15 | William | 24,203 |
| 16 | Nicholas | 23,249 |
| 17 | Anthony | 23,123 |
| 18 | Jonathan | 23,120 |
| 19 | Kevin | 20,421 |
| 20 | Brian | 20,363 |
| 21 | Eric | 20,203 |
| 22 | Kyle | 19,866 |
| 23 | Jason | 19,349 |
| 24 | Thomas | 18,137 |
| 25 | Steven | 17,769 |
| 26 | Timothy | 17,397 |
| 27 | Adam | 16,931 |
| 28 | Benjamin | 14,890 |
| 29 | Jeremy | 14,473 |
| 30 | Richard | 14,402 |
| 31 | Jacob | 14,326 |
| 32 | Jeffrey | 13,477 |
| 33 | Zachary | 13,203 |
| 34 | Aaron | 12,684 |
| 35 | Charles | 12,176 |
| 36 | Mark | 11,996 |
| 37 | Alexander | 11,837 |
| 38 | Stephen | 11,551 |
| 39 | Tyler | 11,539 |
| 40 | Sean | 11,455 |
| 41 | Patrick | 11,143 |
| 42 | Travis | 10,397 |
| 43 | Scott | 10,193 |
| 44 | Dustin | 10,108 |
| 45 | Nathan | 9,910 |
| 46 | Paul | 9,706 |
| 47 | Gregory | 9,136 |
| 48 | Jose | 8,738 |
| 49 | Cody | 8,675 |
| 50 | Samuel | 8,576 |