Birth year roster

Top names in 1987

The 100 most common names on 1987 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.

Jessica and Michael led the 1987 baby-name charts, the top names among millennial births. Jessica was the #1 girls’ name for 9 years in all (between 1985 and 1995); Michael was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (between 1954 and 1998). Of the 200 names below, 123 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.

Explore the 1980s decade

Girls

#1Jessica Endangered55,992
#2Ashley Endangered54,856
#3Amanda Endangered41,786
#4Jennifer Endangered32,710
#5Sarah Endangered27,894
#6Stephanie Endangered22,402
#7Brittany Endangered22,231
#8Nicole Endangered20,286
#9Heather Endangered18,982
#10Elizabeth Stable18,608
#11Samantha Endangered17,944
#12Megan Endangered17,823
#13Melissa Endangered17,674
#14Danielle Endangered17,010
#15Amber Endangered16,749
#16Lauren Endangered16,710
#17Rachel Endangered15,646
#18Tiffany Endangered14,742
#19Emily Declining14,710
#20Christina Endangered13,816
#21Michelle Endangered13,034
#22Laura Endangered13,033
#23Kimberly Endangered13,031
#24Amy Endangered11,786
#25Rebecca Endangered11,627
#26Crystal Endangered11,011
#27Kayla Endangered10,576
#28Katherine Declining10,438
#29Sara Stable10,090
#30Kelly Endangered9,866
#31Erica Endangered9,328
#32Whitney Endangered8,923
#33Courtney Endangered8,909
#34Erin Endangered8,847
#35Angela Endangered8,583
#36Andrea Declining8,496
#37Mary Endangered8,395
#38Katie Endangered8,197
#39Jamie Endangered7,916
#40Lisa Endangered7,549
#41Lindsey Endangered7,457
#42Kristen Endangered7,361
#43Vanessa Declining7,348
#44Allison Declining7,341
#45Shannon Endangered6,968
#46Alicia Endangered6,776
#47Chelsea Endangered6,631
#48Christine Endangered6,620
#49Lindsay Endangered6,530
#50Victoria Declining6,255
#51Kathryn Endangered6,238
#52Anna Declining6,170
#53Maria Stable5,678
#54Jacqueline Endangered5,627
#55Kristin Endangered5,463
#56Natalie Declining5,331
#57Jenna Endangered5,305
#58April Endangered5,295
#59Alexandra Declining5,220
#60Alyssa Endangered5,136
#61Brittney Endangered5,127
#62Kristina Endangered5,018
#63Caitlin Endangered4,989
#64Monica Endangered4,809
#65Julie Endangered4,737
#66Hannah Declining4,594
#67Kelsey Endangered4,574
#68Cassandra Endangered4,555
#69Tara Endangered4,446
#70Krystal Endangered4,378
#71Holly Stable4,259
#72Kathleen Endangered4,165
#73Natasha Endangered4,131
#74Catherine Endangered4,108
#75Erika Endangered3,994
#76Patricia Endangered3,913
#77Kendra Endangered3,841
#78Meghan Endangered3,770
#79Jasmine Declining3,723
#80Veronica Stable3,616
#81Casey Endangered3,582
#82Leah Stable3,454
#83Dana Endangered3,422
#84Cynthia Endangered3,392
#85Diana Stable3,354
#86Julia Stable3,331
#87Bethany Declining3,294
#88Brandi Endangered3,244
#89Leslie Endangered3,194
#90Margaret Endangered3,146
#91Mallory Stable3,138
#92Brandy Endangered3,032
#93Valerie Stable2,964
#94Brooke Declining2,955
#95Morgan Endangered2,928
#96Felicia Endangered2,909
#97Molly Stable2,891
#98Rachael Endangered2,833
#99Jillian Endangered2,793
#100Alison Stable2,771

Boys

#1Michael Past peak63,664
#2Christopher Endangered54,493
#3Matthew Declining46,511
#4Joshua Declining40,002
#5David Past peak36,795
#6Andrew Declining36,206
#7Daniel Declining35,876
#8James Stable32,659
#9Justin Endangered31,491
#10Robert Endangered30,237
#11John Past peak29,555
#12Joseph Declining28,516
#13Ryan Declining28,490
#14Brandon Endangered24,823
#15William Declining24,202
#16Nicholas Declining23,247
#17Anthony Declining23,127
#18Jonathan Declining23,119
#19Kevin Endangered20,421
#20Brian Endangered20,362
#21Eric Endangered20,203
#22Kyle Endangered19,862
#23Jason Endangered19,350
#24Thomas Stable18,139
#25Steven Endangered17,768
#26Timothy Endangered17,398
#27Adam Declining16,931
#28Benjamin Declining14,892
#29Jeremy Endangered14,474
#30Richard Endangered14,401
#31Jacob Declining14,326
#32Jeffrey Endangered13,477
#33Zachary Endangered13,201
#34Aaron Declining12,685
#35Charles Stable12,173
#36Mark Endangered11,993
#37Alexander Declining11,835
#38Stephen Endangered11,550
#39Tyler Endangered11,542
#40Sean Endangered11,455
#41Patrick Declining11,142
#42Travis Endangered10,397
#43Scott Endangered10,194
#44Dustin Endangered10,108
#45Nathan Declining9,910
#46Paul Endangered9,707
#47Gregory Endangered9,135
#48Jose Stable8,737
#49Cody Endangered8,675
#50Samuel Stable8,576
#51Bryan Declining8,560
#52Jordan Declining8,407
#53Kenneth Endangered8,354
#54Derek Stable8,253
#55Jesse Stable7,982
#56Bradley Declining6,918
#57Corey Endangered6,444
#58Jared Stable6,206
#59Shawn Endangered6,202
#60Alex Declining6,042
#61Edward Endangered5,913
#62Cory Endangered5,849
#63Chad Endangered5,622
#64Peter Stable5,553
#65Shane Endangered5,305
#66Juan Stable4,976
#67Marcus Declining4,950
#68Phillip Endangered4,813
#69Keith Endangered4,783
#70Donald Endangered4,501
#71Brett Endangered4,429
#72Antonio Stable4,421
#73Ronald Endangered4,153
#74Carlos Stable4,149
#75Joel Declining4,138
#76Austin Declining4,096
#77George Stable4,089
#78Nathaniel Declining4,050
#79Raymond Endangered3,996
#80Casey Rising3,928
#81Ian Stable3,924
#82Luis Stable3,921
#83Evan Declining3,868
#84Philip Endangered3,837
#85Douglas Endangered3,804
#86Derrick Endangered3,534
#87Gary Endangered3,486
#88Craig Endangered3,364
#89Seth Endangered3,339
#90Christian Declining3,324
#91Victor Declining3,307
#92Wesley Rising3,244
#93Trevor Endangered3,235
#94Erik Declining3,231
#95Vincent Stable3,173
#96Cameron Stable3,159
#97Frank Endangered3,123
#98Gabriel Stable3,079
#99Devin Endangered3,076
#100Curtis Endangered2,909