Top 100 Massachusetts Boy Baby Names in 1987

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

The Most Popular Massachusetts Boy Baby Names in 1987


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in Massachusetts was Michael. In total there were 40,758 boys born sharing 508 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 18 (5.5%)2,256
2Matthew1 in 26 (3.8%)1,566
3Christopher1 in 27 (3.7%)1,488
4Daniel1 in 34 (2.9%)1,195
5David1 in 39 (2.6%)1,043
6Andrew1 in 40 (2.5%)1,012
7John1 in 42 (2.4%)962
8Joseph1 in 47 (2.1%)865
9Ryan1 in 49 (2%)825
10James1 in 50 (2%)821
11Robert1 in 51 (1.9%)794
12Nicholas1 in 52 (1.9%)790
13Joshua1 in 54 (1.9%)757
14Jonathan1 in 56 (1.8%)723
15Brian1 in 57 (1.7%)712
16Kevin1 in 64 (1.6%)641
17Justin1 in 65 (1.5%)623
18Timothy1 in 67 (1.5%)608
19Thomas1 in 67 (1.5%)606
20William1 in 69 (1.4%)590
21Anthony1 in 73 (1.4%)559
22Jeffrey1 in 77 (1.3%)531
23Jason1 in 77 (1.3%)527
24Eric1 in 78 (1.3%)523
25Patrick1 in 79 (1.3%)519
26Alexander1 in 86 (1.2%)474
27Benjamin1 in 88 (1.1%)465
28Steven1 in 90 (1.1%)453
29Adam1 in 92 (1.1%)445
30Stephen1 in 92 (1.1%)442
31Sean1 in 95 (1.1%)428
32Richard1 in 97 (1%)420
33Kyle1 in 102 (1%)400
34Mark1 in 104 (1%)393
35Paul1 in 112 (0.9%)365
36Peter1 in 119 (0.8%)343
37Scott1 in 122 (0.8%)335
38Gregory1 in 123 (0.8%)331
39Derek1 in 139 (0.7%)293
40Zachary1 in 141 (0.7%)289
41Brandon1 in 156 (0.6%)261
42Samuel1 in 161 (0.6%)253
43Nathan1 in 173 (0.6%)236
44Jeremy1 in 180 (0.6%)226
45Charles1 in 189 (0.5%)216
46Brendan1 in 200 (0.5%)204
47Shawn1 in 201 (0.5%)203
48Bryan1 in 206 (0.5%)198
49Edward1 in 215 (0.5%)190
50Corey1 in 219 (0.5%)186
51Jacob1 in 234 (0.4%)174
52Tyler1 in 236 (0.4%)173
53Kenneth1 in 243 (0.4%)168
54Evan1 in 244 (0.4%)167
55Jesse1 in 246 (0.4%)166
56Aaron1 in 253 (0.4%)161
57Keith1 in 256 (0.4%)159
58Jared1 in 256 (0.4%)159
59Jose1 in 263 (0.4%)155
60Ian1 in 283 (0.4%)144
61Shane1 in 291 (0.3%)140
62Alex1 in 295 (0.3%)138
63Craig1 in 300 (0.3%)136
64Douglas1 in 334 (0.3%)122
65Cory1 in 348 (0.3%)117
66Philip1 in 361 (0.3%)113
67Brett1 in 364 (0.3%)112
68Nathaniel1 in 374 (0.3%)109
69Dennis1 in 385 (0.3%)106
70George1 in 408 (0.2%)100
71Marc1 in 416 (0.2%)98
72Jordan1 in 420 (0.2%)97
73Raymond1 in 429 (0.2%)95
74Mathew1 in 468 (0.2%)87
75Luis1 in 468 (0.2%)87
76Colin1 in 468 (0.2%)87
77Erik1 in 491 (0.2%)83
78Carlos1 in 497 (0.2%)82
79Travis1 in 503 (0.2%)81
80Christian1 in 509 (0.2%)80
81Gary1 in 516 (0.2%)79
82Joel1 in 516 (0.2%)79
83Frank1 in 574 (0.2%)71
84Donald1 in 599 (0.2%)68
85Ronald1 in 599 (0.2%)68
86Chad1 in 608 (0.2%)67
87Shaun1 in 618 (0.2%)66
88Phillip1 in 627 (0.2%)65
89Luke1 in 637 (0.2%)64
90Vincent1 in 647 (0.2%)63
91Devin1 in 703 (0.1%)58
92Casey1 in 703 (0.1%)58
93Antonio1 in 715 (0.1%)57
94Seth1 in 715 (0.1%)57
95Francis1 in 728 (0.1%)56
96Russell1 in 741 (0.1%)55
97Victor1 in 741 (0.1%)55
98Juan1 in 755 (0.1%)54
99Henry1 in 755 (0.1%)54
100Geoffrey1 in 755 (0.1%)54


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