Name.Baby Names by year 1980s 1987 Most Popular Baby Names of 1987 Social Security has card records for 3,824,374 babies born in the U.S. in 1987. Jessica was the top girl name (55,992 babies) and Michael the top boy name (63,664).
Top 100 names of 1987 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1987, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Jessica 55,992 #665 2 Ashley 54,856 #164 3 Amanda 41,786 #493 4 Jennifer 32,710 #586 5 Sarah 27,894 #90 6 Stephanie 22,402 #557 7 Brittany 22,231 #928 8 Nicole 20,286 #382 9 Heather 18,982 #1,261 10 Elizabeth 18,608 #17 11 Samantha 17,944 #151 12 Megan 17,823 #887 13 Melissa 17,674 #419 14 Danielle 17,010 #549 15 Amber 16,749 #520 16 Lauren 16,710 #401 17 Rachel 15,646 #250 18 Tiffany 14,742 #878 19 Emily 14,710 #34 20 Christina 13,816 #770 21 Michelle 13,034 #465 22 Laura 13,033 #379 23 Kimberly 13,031 #302 24 Amy 11,786 #257 25 Rebecca 11,627 #349 26 Crystal 11,011 #1,144 27 Kayla 10,576 #364 28 Katherine 10,438 #186 29 Sara 10,090 #198 30 Kelly 9,866 #851 31 Erica 9,328 #1,396 32 Whitney 8,923 #1,043 33 Courtney 8,909 #2,326 34 Erin 8,847 #833 35 Angela 8,583 #408 36 Andrea 8,496 #235 37 Mary 8,395 #125 38 Katie 8,197 #646 39 Jamie 7,916 #857 40 Lisa 7,549 #987 41 Lindsey 7,457 #1,367 42 Kristen 7,361 #1,990 43 Vanessa 7,348 #377 44 Allison 7,341 #103 45 Shannon 6,968 #2,387 46 Alicia 6,776 #460 47 Chelsea 6,631 #851 48 Christine 6,620 #1,272 49 Lindsay 6,530 #2,194 50 Victoria 6,255 #54
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1987, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Kathryn 6,238 #729 52 Anna 6,170 #107 53 Maria 5,678 #87 54 Jacqueline 5,627 #558 55 Kristin 5,463 #4,661 56 Natalie 5,331 #89 57 Jenna 5,305 #679 58 April 5,295 #542 59 Alexandra 5,220 #237 60 Alyssa 5,136 #453 61 Brittney 5,127 #5,099 62 Kristina 5,018 #1,721 63 Caitlin 4,989 #2,326 64 Monica 4,809 #736 65 Julie 4,737 #872 66 Hannah 4,594 #56 67 Kelsey 4,574 #814 68 Cassandra 4,555 #630 69 Tara 4,446 #844 70 Krystal 4,378 #2,117 71 Holly 4,259 #416 72 Kathleen 4,165 #1,150 73 Natasha 4,131 #1,144 74 Catherine 4,108 #313 75 Erika 3,994 #1,109 76 Patricia 3,913 #1,334 77 Kendra 3,841 #849 78 Meghan 3,770 #1,902 79 Jasmine 3,723 #206 80 Veronica 3,616 #427 81 Casey 3,582 #1,065 82 Leah 3,454 #58 83 Dana 3,422 #1,027 84 Cynthia 3,392 #1,013 85 Diana 3,354 #244 86 Julia 3,331 #131 87 Bethany 3,294 #751 88 Brandi 3,244 #4,758 89 Leslie 3,194 #712 90 Margaret 3,146 #112 91 Mallory 3,138 #372 92 Brandy 3,032 #3,067 93 Valerie 2,964 #127 94 Brooke 2,955 #313 95 Morgan 2,928 #312 96 Felicia 2,909 #5,554 97 Molly 2,891 #196 98 Rachael 2,833 #4,987 99 Jillian 2,793 #1,261 100 Alison 2,771 #476
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1987, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 63,664 #21 2 Christopher 54,493 #68 3 Matthew 46,511 #32 4 Joshua 40,002 #66 5 David 36,795 #35 6 Andrew 36,206 #73 7 Daniel 35,876 #22 8 James 32,659 #6 9 Justin 31,491 #233 10 Robert 30,237 #92 11 John 29,555 #23 12 Joseph 28,516 #29 13 Ryan 28,490 #99 14 Brandon 24,823 #261 15 William 24,202 #9 16 Nicholas 23,247 #112 17 Anthony 23,127 #46 18 Jonathan 23,119 #89 19 Kevin 20,421 #221 20 Brian 20,362 #339 21 Eric 20,203 #273 22 Kyle 19,862 #508 23 Jason 19,350 #165 24 Thomas 18,139 #34 25 Steven 17,768 #271 26 Timothy 17,398 #203 27 Adam 16,931 #101 28 Benjamin 14,892 #11 29 Jeremy 14,474 #292 30 Richard 14,401 #234 31 Jacob 14,326 #43 32 Jeffrey 13,477 #552 33 Zachary 13,201 #216 34 Aaron 12,685 #80 35 Charles 12,173 #48 36 Mark 11,993 #244 37 Alexander 11,835 #30 38 Stephen 11,550 #383 39 Tyler 11,542 #219 40 Sean 11,455 #489 41 Patrick 11,142 #235 42 Travis 10,397 #434 43 Scott 10,194 #534 44 Dustin 10,108 #728 45 Nathan 9,910 #63 46 Paul 9,707 #262 47 Gregory 9,135 #593 48 Jose 8,737 #95 49 Cody 8,675 #318 50 Samuel 8,576 #18
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1987, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Bryan 8,560 #336 52 Jordan 8,407 #131 53 Kenneth 8,354 #294 54 Derek 8,253 #284 55 Jesse 7,982 #184 56 Bradley 6,918 #403 57 Corey 6,444 #778 58 Jared 6,206 #396 59 Shawn 6,202 #681 60 Alex 6,042 #232 61 Edward 5,913 #224 62 Cory 5,849 #1,244 63 Chad 5,622 #1,699 64 Peter 5,553 #187 65 Shane 5,305 #635 66 Juan 4,976 #159 67 Marcus 4,950 #258 68 Phillip 4,813 #651 69 Keith 4,783 #800 70 Donald 4,501 #690 71 Brett 4,429 #1,382 72 Antonio 4,421 #176 73 Ronald 4,153 #637 74 Carlos 4,149 #150 75 Joel 4,138 #219 76 Austin 4,096 #113 77 George 4,089 #126 78 Nathaniel 4,050 #140 79 Raymond 3,996 #394 80 Casey 3,928 #320 81 Ian 3,924 #83 82 Luis 3,921 #144 83 Evan 3,868 #153 84 Philip 3,837 #527 85 Douglas 3,804 #807 86 Derrick 3,534 #850 87 Gary 3,486 #1,073 88 Craig 3,364 #1,644 89 Seth 3,339 #581 90 Christian 3,324 #96 91 Victor 3,307 #209 92 Wesley 3,244 #52 93 Trevor 3,235 #679 94 Erik 3,231 #545 95 Vincent 3,173 #107 96 Cameron 3,159 #76 97 Frank 3,123 #513 98 Gabriel 3,079 #37 99 Devin 3,076 #548 100 Curtis 2,909 #984
Entered the top 100 in 1987
