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Baby Names from 1987

3,605,614 registered births | 1,866,992 boys | 1,738,622 girls

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Top 10 Baby Names of 1987

Top 10 Boy Names

1 Michael
63,663 births
2 Christopher
54,494 births
3 Matthew
46,507 births
4 Joshua
40,004 births
5 David
36,796 births
6 Andrew
36,205 births
7 Daniel
35,875 births
8 James
32,660 births
9 Justin
31,492 births
10 Robert
30,240 births

Top 10 Girl Names

1 Jessica
55,996 births
2 Ashley
54,853 births
3 Amanda
41,786 births
4 Jennifer
32,708 births
5 Sarah
27,895 births
6 Stephanie
22,402 births
7 Brittany
22,231 births
8 Nicole
20,286 births
9 Heather
18,982 births
10 Elizabeth
18,608 births

Top Unisex Names of 1987

Jordan
8,406 boys 1,901 girls
Jamie
1,541 boys 7,916 girls
Casey
3,926 boys 3,582 girls
Taylor
2,432 boys 1,705 girls
Christian
3,324 boys 583 girls

Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.

Notable Risers & Fallers in 1987

Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.

Biggest Risers

G Yesenia
#293 → #137 (+156)
G Chelsey
#303 → #186 (+117)
G Paige
#281 → #171 (+110)
G Gabrielle
#266 → #174 (+92)
G Sasha
#226 → #152 (+74)
B Bryant
#250 → #182 (+68)
B Edgar
#230 → #169 (+61)
G Kaitlyn
#219 → #163 (+56)

Biggest Fallers

G Christa
#178 → #251 (-73)
G Krystle
#161 → #220 (-59)
G Sheena
#173 → #232 (-59)

New to the Top 200 in 1987

Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.

Yesenia #137 Sasha #152 Kaitlyn #163 Taylor #164 Paige #171 Gabrielle #174 Justine #176 Alexandria #179 Bryant #182 Chelsey #186 Briana #190 Emmanuel #192 Bryce #195 Carly #196
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