Top Baby Names of 1987
The most popular baby names for boys and girls in 1987, based on U.S. Social Security Administration data.
Top 100 Boy Names (1987)
| Rank | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 51 | Bryan | 8,561 |
| 52 | Jordan | 8,406 |
| 53 | Kenneth | 8,354 |
| 54 | Derek | 8,253 |
| 55 | Jesse | 7,982 |
| 56 | Bradley | 6,916 |
| 57 | Corey | 6,443 |
| 58 | Jared | 6,206 |
| 59 | Shawn | 6,202 |
| 60 | Alex | 6,043 |
| 61 | Edward | 5,911 |
| 62 | Cory | 5,849 |
| 63 | Chad | 5,622 |
| 64 | Peter | 5,554 |
| 65 | Shane | 5,305 |
| 66 | Juan | 4,976 |
| 67 | Marcus | 4,950 |
| 68 | Phillip | 4,814 |
| 69 | Keith | 4,782 |
| 70 | Donald | 4,501 |
| 71 | Brett | 4,429 |
| 72 | Antonio | 4,421 |
| 73 | Ronald | 4,153 |
| 74 | Carlos | 4,148 |
| 75 | Joel | 4,138 |
| 76 | Austin | 4,096 |
| 77 | George | 4,089 |
| 78 | Nathaniel | 4,050 |
| 79 | Raymond | 3,996 |
| 80 | Casey | 3,926 |
| 81 | Ian | 3,924 |
| 82 | Luis | 3,920 |
| 83 | Evan | 3,869 |
| 84 | Philip | 3,839 |
| 85 | Douglas | 3,803 |
| 86 | Derrick | 3,534 |
| 87 | Gary | 3,486 |
| 88 | Craig | 3,364 |
| 89 | Seth | 3,338 |
| 90 | Christian | 3,324 |
| 91 | Victor | 3,307 |
| 92 | Wesley | 3,244 |
| 93 | Trevor | 3,236 |
| 94 | Erik | 3,231 |
| 95 | Vincent | 3,174 |
| 96 | Cameron | 3,159 |
| 97 | Frank | 3,124 |
| 98 | Gabriel | 3,079 |
| 99 | Devin | 3,076 |
| 100 | Curtis | 2,909 |