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The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1987

8,152 different boys’ names were recorded in 1987, covering 1,866,984 births. These are the top 200.

#NameBirths
1Michael63,664
2Christopher54,493
3Matthew46,511
4Joshua40,002
5David36,795
6Andrew36,206
7Daniel35,876
8James32,659
9Justin31,491
10Robert30,237
11John29,555
12Joseph28,516
13Ryan28,490
14Brandon24,823
15William24,202
16Nicholas23,247
17Anthony23,127
18Jonathan23,119
19Kevin20,421
20Brian20,362
21Eric20,203
22Kyle19,862
23Jason19,350
24Thomas18,139
25Steven17,768
26Timothy17,398
27Adam16,931
28Benjamin14,892
29Jeremy14,474
30Richard14,401
31Jacob14,326
32Jeffrey13,477
33Zachary13,201
34Aaron12,685
35Charles12,173
36Mark11,993
37Alexander11,835
38Stephen11,550
39Tyler11,542
40Sean11,455
41Patrick11,142
42Travis10,397
43Scott10,194
44Dustin10,108
45Nathan9,910
46Paul9,707
47Gregory9,135
48Jose8,737
49Cody8,675
50Samuel8,576
51Bryan8,560
52Jordan8,407
53Kenneth8,354
54Derek8,253
55Jesse7,982
56Bradley6,918
57Corey6,444
58Jared6,206
59Shawn6,202
60Alex6,042
61Edward5,913
62Cory5,849
63Chad5,622
64Peter5,553
65Shane5,305
66Juan4,976
67Marcus4,950
68Phillip4,813
69Keith4,783
70Donald4,501
71Brett4,429
72Antonio4,421
73Ronald4,153
74Carlos4,149
75Joel4,138
76Austin4,096
77George4,089
78Nathaniel4,050
79Raymond3,996
80Casey3,928
81Ian3,924
82Luis3,921
83Evan3,868
84Philip3,837
85Douglas3,804
86Derrick3,534
87Gary3,486
88Craig3,364
89Seth3,339
90Christian3,324
91Victor3,307
92Wesley3,244
93Trevor3,235
94Erik3,231
95Vincent3,173
96Cameron3,159
97Frank3,123
98Gabriel3,079
99Devin3,076
100Curtis2,909
101Mitchell2,870
102Adrian2,846
103Brent2,835
104Jesus2,790
105Randy2,786
106Blake2,785
107Dennis2,756
108Mario2,738
109Jeffery2,645
110Miguel2,637
111Luke2,592
112Alan2,586
113Garrett2,583
114Larry2,503
115Caleb2,502
116Johnathan2,479
117Taylor2,433
118Martin2,406
119Russell2,379
120Todd2,355
121Lucas2,327
122Troy2,295
123Tony2,291
124Spencer2,251
125Jerry2,233
126Carl2,223
127Johnny2,202
128Allen2,172
128Jorge2,172
130Jeremiah2,137
131Ricardo2,124
132Jonathon2,117
133Terry2,102
134Colin2,098
135Francisco2,097
136Andre2,092
137Henry2,088
138Manuel2,084
139Chase2,067
140Mathew2,045
141Dylan1,997
142Lance1,993
143Marc1,967
144Logan1,951
145Kristopher1,938
146Lawrence1,899
147Bobby1,889
148Ricky1,854
149Danny1,846
150Randall1,833
151Isaac1,828
151Shaun1,828
153Clayton1,815
154Lee1,811
155Jimmy1,810
156Brendan1,808
157Calvin1,790
158Albert1,768
159Micheal1,765
160Drew1,759
161Louis1,683
162Ross1,666
163Oscar1,661
164Jack1,656
165Angel1,655
166Jake1,639
167Roberto1,627
168Billy1,622
169Edgar1,603
170Darren1,602
171Rodney1,596
172Hector1,592
173Alejandro1,586
174Walter1,574
175Grant1,565
176Roger1,559
177Arthur1,557
178Jamie1,541
179Javier1,529
180Ruben1,527
181Jon1,515
182Bryant1,498
183Julian1,492
184Joe1,488
185Jay1,487
186Willie1,479
187Maurice1,473
188Max1,452
189Sergio1,444
190Gerald1,441
191Edwin1,406
192Emmanuel1,402
193Levi1,393
194Clinton1,361
195Bryce1,354
196Reginald1,336
196Dominic1,336
198Geoffrey1,305
199Bruce1,304
200Wayne1,298

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1987 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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