Top 100 North Carolina Boy Baby Names in 1987

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

The Most Popular North Carolina 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 North Carolina was Christopher. In total there were 41,494 boys born sharing 666 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
1Christopher1 in 25 (4%)1,645
2Joshua1 in 29 (3.4%)1,426
3Michael1 in 30 (3.4%)1,398
4Matthew1 in 35 (2.9%)1,188
5James1 in 38 (2.6%)1,082
6William1 in 41 (2.4%)1,009
7Brandon1 in 42 (2.4%)990
8Justin1 in 42 (2.4%)980
9David1 in 50 (2%)838
10Robert1 in 51 (1.9%)806
11John1 in 54 (1.8%)766
12Jonathan1 in 55 (1.8%)750
13Daniel1 in 59 (1.7%)698
14Andrew1 in 65 (1.5%)641
15Joseph1 in 73 (1.4%)570
16Timothy1 in 85 (1.2%)487
17Jeremy1 in 88 (1.1%)473
18Thomas1 in 88 (1.1%)469
19Kevin1 in 95 (1.1%)439
20Ryan1 in 95 (1.1%)438
21Anthony1 in 95 (1.1%)437
22Charles1 in 95 (1.1%)436
23Brian1 in 98 (1%)425
24Dustin1 in 100 (1%)416
25Jason1 in 103 (1%)404
26Adam1 in 104 (1%)398
27Eric1 in 105 (1%)397
28Travis1 in 110 (0.9%)376
29Steven1 in 112 (0.9%)371
30Nicholas1 in 117 (0.9%)354
31Benjamin1 in 120 (0.8%)345
32Richard1 in 123 (0.8%)336
33Stephen1 in 129 (0.8%)322
34Zachary1 in 133 (0.7%)311
35Jacob1 in 136 (0.7%)306
36Aaron1 in 143 (0.7%)290
37Patrick1 in 160 (0.6%)259
38Jordan1 in 165 (0.6%)252
39Kenneth1 in 166 (0.6%)250
40Jeffrey1 in 167 (0.6%)248
41Samuel1 in 172 (0.6%)241
42Kyle1 in 179 (0.6%)232
43Bryan1 in 180 (0.6%)231
44Mark1 in 185 (0.5%)224
45Nathan1 in 191 (0.5%)217
46Bradley1 in 193 (0.5%)215
47Tyler1 in 210 (0.5%)198
48Jesse1 in 218 (0.5%)190
49Antonio1 in 220 (0.5%)189
50Gregory1 in 223 (0.4%)186
51Corey1 in 232 (0.4%)179
52Phillip1 in 232 (0.4%)179
53Alexander1 in 240 (0.4%)173
54Marcus1 in 240 (0.4%)173
55Derek1 in 247 (0.4%)168
56Donald1 in 266 (0.4%)156
57Paul1 in 266 (0.4%)156
58Sean1 in 277 (0.4%)150
59Cameron1 in 286 (0.3%)145
60Cory1 in 303 (0.3%)137
61Derrick1 in 307 (0.3%)135
62Cody1 in 310 (0.3%)134
63Scott1 in 322 (0.3%)129
64Wesley1 in 322 (0.3%)129
65Jared1 in 349 (0.3%)119
66Terry1 in 352 (0.3%)118
67Shawn1 in 355 (0.3%)117
68Edward1 in 358 (0.3%)116
69Johnathan1 in 367 (0.3%)113
70Gary1 in 391 (0.3%)106
71Jerry1 in 391 (0.3%)106
72Chad1 in 407 (0.2%)102
73Larry1 in 411 (0.2%)101
74Ricky1 in 411 (0.2%)101
75Tony1 in 411 (0.2%)101
76Ronald1 in 415 (0.2%)100
77Bobby1 in 415 (0.2%)100
78Casey1 in 423 (0.2%)98
79Austin1 in 428 (0.2%)97
80George1 in 437 (0.2%)95
81Curtis1 in 466 (0.2%)89
82Brett1 in 472 (0.2%)88
83Alex1 in 477 (0.2%)87
84Evan1 in 477 (0.2%)87
85Seth1 in 482 (0.2%)86
86Randy1 in 494 (0.2%)84
87Philip1 in 494 (0.2%)84
88Nathaniel1 in 494 (0.2%)84
89Dennis1 in 506 (0.2%)82
90Joel1 in 506 (0.2%)82
91Keith1 in 506 (0.2%)82
92Douglas1 in 512 (0.2%)81
93Jeffery1 in 519 (0.2%)80
94Allen1 in 525 (0.2%)79
95Jamie1 in 539 (0.2%)77
96Randall1 in 546 (0.2%)76
97Johnny1 in 553 (0.2%)75
98Shane1 in 561 (0.2%)74
99Billy1 in 561 (0.2%)74
100Devin1 in 568 (0.2%)73


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