Popular New York Boy Baby Names From 1987

The Most Popular New York Boy Baby Names in 1987

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1987.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New York was Michael. In total there were 125,466 boys born sharing 1,437 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
1	Michael	1 in 22 (4.6%)	5,727
2	Christopher	1 in 30 (3.3%)	4,131
3	Matthew	1 in 38 (2.7%)	3,326
4	Daniel	1 in 41 (2.4%)	3,035
5	Joseph	1 in 43 (2.3%)	2,913
6	David	1 in 47 (2.1%)	2,651
7	Andrew	1 in 49 (2%)	2,572
8	Anthony	1 in 54 (1.8%)	2,319
9	Robert	1 in 55 (1.8%)	2,285
10	John	1 in 56 (1.8%)	2,242
11	Jonathan	1 in 59 (1.7%)	2,124
12	James	1 in 60 (1.7%)	2,098
13	Joshua	1 in 66 (1.5%)	1,891
14	Nicholas	1 in 69 (1.5%)	1,828
15	Brian	1 in 71 (1.4%)	1,756
16	Kevin	1 in 72 (1.4%)	1,731
17	Justin	1 in 76 (1.3%)	1,655
18	Jason	1 in 76 (1.3%)	1,648
19	Ryan	1 in 76 (1.3%)	1,648
20	William	1 in 76 (1.3%)	1,642
21	Thomas	1 in 77 (1.3%)	1,638
22	Steven	1 in 82 (1.2%)	1,523
23	Eric	1 in 91 (1.1%)	1,378
24	Richard	1 in 104 (1%)	1,212
25	Timothy	1 in 110 (0.9%)	1,145
26	Adam	1 in 115 (0.9%)	1,088
27	Jeffrey	1 in 121 (0.8%)	1,034
28	Sean	1 in 123 (0.8%)	1,024
29	Kyle	1 in 125 (0.8%)	1,001
30	Alexander	1 in 130 (0.8%)	962
31	Brandon	1 in 138 (0.7%)	908
32	Mark	1 in 139 (0.7%)	904
33	Patrick	1 in 140 (0.7%)	893
34	Stephen	1 in 143 (0.7%)	878
35	Paul	1 in 145 (0.7%)	867
36	Gregory	1 in 150 (0.7%)	834
37	Peter	1 in 163 (0.6%)	768
38	Benjamin	1 in 164 (0.6%)	763
39	Charles	1 in 167 (0.6%)	753
40	Jose	1 in 172 (0.6%)	731
41	Jeremy	1 in 184 (0.5%)	681
42	Zachary	1 in 186 (0.5%)	674
43	Scott	1 in 197 (0.5%)	638
44	Edward	1 in 205 (0.5%)	612
45	Kenneth	1 in 205 (0.5%)	612
46	Bryan	1 in 225 (0.4%)	557
47	Luis	1 in 227 (0.4%)	552
48	Samuel	1 in 238 (0.4%)	527
49	Aaron	1 in 254 (0.4%)	494
50	Jesse	1 in 268 (0.4%)	468
51	Jacob	1 in 270 (0.4%)	464
52	Christian	1 in 273 (0.4%)	459
53	George	1 in 273 (0.4%)	459
54	Keith	1 in 275 (0.4%)	456
55	Shawn	1 in 287 (0.3%)	437
56	Alex	1 in 290 (0.3%)	432
57	Carlos	1 in 296 (0.3%)	424
58	Vincent	1 in 297 (0.3%)	422
59	Corey	1 in 318 (0.3%)	394
60	Frank	1 in 318 (0.3%)	394
61	Raymond	1 in 322 (0.3%)	390
62	Travis	1 in 328 (0.3%)	383
63	Joel	1 in 329 (0.3%)	381
64	Jordan	1 in 337 (0.3%)	372
65	Derek	1 in 341 (0.3%)	368
66	Nathan	1 in 345 (0.3%)	364
67	Philip	1 in 348 (0.3%)	361
68	Ronald	1 in 368 (0.3%)	341
69	Victor	1 in 378 (0.3%)	332
70	Juan	1 in 380 (0.3%)	330
71	Dennis	1 in 428 (0.2%)	293
72	Evan	1 in 430 (0.2%)	292
73	Edwin	1 in 431 (0.2%)	291
74	Shane	1 in 433 (0.2%)	290
75	Jared	1 in 436 (0.2%)	288
76	Angel	1 in 442 (0.2%)	284
77	Gary	1 in 443 (0.2%)	283
78	Douglas	1 in 446 (0.2%)	281
79	Ian	1 in 451 (0.2%)	278
80	Tyler	1 in 458 (0.2%)	274
81	Nathaniel	1 in 475 (0.2%)	264
82	Donald	1 in 494 (0.2%)	254
83	Marc	1 in 494 (0.2%)	254
84	Louis	1 in 496 (0.2%)	253
85	Bradley	1 in 508 (0.2%)	247
86	Craig	1 in 508 (0.2%)	247
87	Andre	1 in 512 (0.2%)	245
88	Cory	1 in 512 (0.2%)	245
89	Dustin	1 in 514 (0.2%)	244
90	Gabriel	1 in 534 (0.2%)	235
91	Phillip	1 in 550 (0.2%)	228
92	Miguel	1 in 570 (0.2%)	220
93	Antonio	1 in 576 (0.2%)	218
94	Erik	1 in 576 (0.2%)	218
95	Brett	1 in 581 (0.2%)	216
96	Chad	1 in 581 (0.2%)	216
97	Rafael	1 in 586 (0.2%)	214
98	Brendan	1 in 589 (0.2%)	213
99	Henry	1 in 597 (0.2%)	210
100	Devin	1 in 606 (0.2%)	207