Top 100 California Boy Baby Names in 1987

// These were the most popular boy baby names in California, in 1987.

The Most Popular California Boy Baby Names in 1987


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in California was Michael. In total there were 238,576 boys born sharing 2,116 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1987 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.


Rank Name How Unique? Total births this year
1Michael1 in 32 (3.1%)7,449
2Christopher1 in 37 (2.7%)6,507
3Daniel1 in 44 (2.3%)5,408
4David1 in 45 (2.2%)5,305
5Matthew1 in 51 (2%)4,693
6Andrew1 in 54 (1.8%)4,379
7Joshua1 in 63 (1.6%)3,759
8Robert1 in 67 (1.5%)3,556
9Anthony1 in 70 (1.4%)3,432
10Ryan1 in 70 (1.4%)3,426
11Jose1 in 72 (1.4%)3,305
12Joseph1 in 76 (1.3%)3,131
13Jonathan1 in 77 (1.3%)3,104
14John1 in 80 (1.3%)3,000
15Justin1 in 81 (1.2%)2,944
16James1 in 82 (1.2%)2,918
17Kevin1 in 87 (1.1%)2,736
18Eric1 in 88 (1.1%)2,696
19Nicholas1 in 89 (1.1%)2,669
20Jason1 in 99 (1%)2,418
21Brian1 in 99 (1%)2,415
22Steven1 in 101 (1%)2,363
23Brandon1 in 104 (1%)2,289
24Kyle1 in 108 (0.9%)2,200
25Richard1 in 112 (0.9%)2,126
26William1 in 115 (0.9%)2,066
27Alexander1 in 123 (0.8%)1,933
28Juan1 in 134 (0.7%)1,778
29Jeffrey1 in 143 (0.7%)1,671
30Sean1 in 145 (0.7%)1,649
31Thomas1 in 145 (0.7%)1,649
32Timothy1 in 149 (0.7%)1,601
33Adam1 in 151 (0.7%)1,580
34Aaron1 in 160 (0.6%)1,491
35Luis1 in 174 (0.6%)1,374
36Jacob1 in 177 (0.6%)1,345
37Benjamin1 in 179 (0.6%)1,332
38Mark1 in 181 (0.6%)1,319
39Jeremy1 in 186 (0.5%)1,283
40Carlos1 in 188 (0.5%)1,271
41Scott1 in 193 (0.5%)1,238
42Paul1 in 194 (0.5%)1,228
43Jesse1 in 200 (0.5%)1,194
44Bryan1 in 204 (0.5%)1,170
45Jesus1 in 209 (0.5%)1,143
46Samuel1 in 209 (0.5%)1,139
47Tyler1 in 211 (0.5%)1,133
48Travis1 in 217 (0.5%)1,101
49Patrick1 in 222 (0.5%)1,077
50Miguel1 in 224 (0.4%)1,063
51Stephen1 in 227 (0.4%)1,051
52Zachary1 in 231 (0.4%)1,034
53Charles1 in 233 (0.4%)1,025
54Gregory1 in 243 (0.4%)980
55Kenneth1 in 248 (0.4%)963
56Victor1 in 254 (0.4%)938
57Francisco1 in 257 (0.4%)929
58Nathan1 in 258 (0.4%)923
59Jorge1 in 262 (0.4%)909
60Edward1 in 270 (0.4%)883
61Jordan1 in 281 (0.4%)848
62Manuel1 in 285 (0.4%)838
63Gabriel1 in 288 (0.3%)828
64Adrian1 in 293 (0.3%)815
65Derek1 in 298 (0.3%)801
66Christian1 in 299 (0.3%)799
67Alex1 in 302 (0.3%)791
68Antonio1 in 305 (0.3%)782
69Edgar1 in 305 (0.3%)782
70Ricardo1 in 307 (0.3%)777
71Mario1 in 312 (0.3%)764
72Peter1 in 319 (0.3%)748
73Raymond1 in 333 (0.3%)717
74Dustin1 in 336 (0.3%)710
75Alejandro1 in 339 (0.3%)703
76Cody1 in 341 (0.3%)699
77Oscar1 in 345 (0.3%)692
78Erik1 in 363 (0.3%)657
79Sergio1 in 372 (0.3%)642
80Joel1 in 387 (0.3%)617
81Hector1 in 387 (0.3%)616
82Martin1 in 391 (0.3%)610
83Vincent1 in 396 (0.3%)602
84Ruben1 in 398 (0.3%)600
85Frank1 in 402 (0.2%)593
86Ian1 in 409 (0.2%)584
87Roberto1 in 409 (0.2%)583
88Javier1 in 413 (0.2%)578
89Jared1 in 425 (0.2%)561
90George1 in 427 (0.2%)559
91Shane1 in 429 (0.2%)556
92Bradley1 in 436 (0.2%)547
93Angel1 in 439 (0.2%)543
94Chad1 in 440 (0.2%)542
95Fernando1 in 440 (0.2%)542
96Cameron1 in 449 (0.2%)531
97Shawn1 in 452 (0.2%)528
98Cory1 in 453 (0.2%)527
99Phillip1 in 466 (0.2%)512
100Brett1 in 468 (0.2%)510


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