Top 100 New York Girl Baby Names in 1987

// These were the most popular girl baby names in New York, in 1987.

The Most Popular New York Girl Baby Names in 1987


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New York was Jessica. In total there were 111,773 girls born sharing 2,054 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 girl that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of girl 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
1Jessica1 in 29 (3.4%)3,793
2Jennifer1 in 41 (2.4%)2,735
3Amanda1 in 43 (2.3%)2,593
4Ashley1 in 43 (2.3%)2,578
5Nicole1 in 52 (1.9%)2,158
6Stephanie1 in 58 (1.7%)1,918
7Melissa1 in 67 (1.5%)1,679
8Danielle1 in 71 (1.4%)1,570
9Sarah1 in 73 (1.4%)1,530
10Christina1 in 74 (1.3%)1,504
11Samantha1 in 82 (1.2%)1,362
12Elizabeth1 in 86 (1.2%)1,298
13Lauren1 in 86 (1.2%)1,294
14Michelle1 in 102 (1%)1,092
15Rachel1 in 112 (0.9%)998
16Tiffany1 in 114 (0.9%)980
17Kimberly1 in 125 (0.8%)893
18Laura1 in 125 (0.8%)892
19Emily1 in 131 (0.8%)850
20Heather1 in 132 (0.8%)847
21Megan1 in 137 (0.7%)818
22Brittany1 in 138 (0.7%)809
23Christine1 in 140 (0.7%)799
24Katherine1 in 142 (0.7%)785
25Rebecca1 in 154 (0.7%)727
26Lisa1 in 163 (0.6%)684
27Crystal1 in 164 (0.6%)682
28Sara1 in 167 (0.6%)671
29Erica1 in 168 (0.6%)666
30Kelly1 in 168 (0.6%)664
31Jacqueline1 in 184 (0.5%)606
32Amy1 in 188 (0.5%)594
33Vanessa1 in 190 (0.5%)587
34Alexandra1 in 191 (0.5%)586
35Kristen1 in 191 (0.5%)584
36Erin1 in 212 (0.5%)527
37Victoria1 in 219 (0.5%)510
38Angela1 in 221 (0.5%)505
39Andrea1 in 223 (0.4%)502
40Shannon1 in 224 (0.4%)498
41Allison1 in 228 (0.4%)491
42Caitlin1 in 228 (0.4%)491
43Maria1 in 235 (0.4%)476
44Jamie1 in 243 (0.4%)460
45Amber1 in 244 (0.4%)458
46Mary1 in 247 (0.4%)453
47Courtney1 in 253 (0.4%)441
48Kristina1 in 255 (0.4%)439
49Diana1 in 258 (0.4%)433
50Alyssa1 in 259 (0.4%)431
51Lindsay1 in 261 (0.4%)428
52Alicia1 in 265 (0.4%)422
53Jasmine1 in 270 (0.4%)414
54Jenna1 in 272 (0.4%)411
55Kathryn1 in 275 (0.4%)406
56Catherine1 in 294 (0.3%)380
57Kayla1 in 294 (0.3%)380
58Kristin1 in 299 (0.3%)374
59Dana1 in 305 (0.3%)367
60Kathleen1 in 310 (0.3%)360
61Katie1 in 311 (0.3%)359
62Meghan1 in 316 (0.3%)354
63Natasha1 in 318 (0.3%)352
64Natalie1 in 326 (0.3%)343
65Jaclyn1 in 329 (0.3%)340
66Jillian1 in 338 (0.3%)331
67Cassandra1 in 343 (0.3%)326
68Tara1 in 348 (0.3%)321
69Julie1 in 355 (0.3%)315
70Anna1 in 356 (0.3%)314
71Krystal1 in 359 (0.3%)311
72Patricia1 in 363 (0.3%)308
73Gina1 in 376 (0.3%)297
74Chelsea1 in 395 (0.3%)283
75Erika1 in 402 (0.2%)278
76Cynthia1 in 417 (0.2%)268
77Marissa1 in 417 (0.2%)268
78Karen1 in 435 (0.2%)257
79Leah1 in 451 (0.2%)248
80Kaitlin1 in 458 (0.2%)244
81Julia1 in 464 (0.2%)241
82Dominique1 in 470 (0.2%)238
83Esther1 in 470 (0.2%)238
84Denise1 in 490 (0.2%)228
85Margaret1 in 490 (0.2%)228
86Lindsey1 in 492 (0.2%)227
87Alexis1 in 495 (0.2%)226
88Kaitlyn1 in 495 (0.2%)226
89Colleen1 in 503 (0.2%)222
90Monica1 in 503 (0.2%)222
91Hannah1 in 506 (0.2%)221
92Melanie1 in 506 (0.2%)221
93Joanna1 in 520 (0.2%)215
94Sabrina1 in 522 (0.2%)214
95Veronica1 in 527 (0.2%)212
96Alison1 in 543 (0.2%)206
97Michele1 in 559 (0.2%)200
98Stacey1 in 559 (0.2%)200
99Whitney1 in 565 (0.2%)198
100Yesenia1 in 565 (0.2%)198


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