Most popular girls’ names in California, 1987
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jessica | 6,848 |
| 2 | Ashley | 4,978 |
| 3 | Jennifer | 4,286 |
| 4 | Amanda | 3,874 |
| 5 | Stephanie | 3,094 |
| 6 | Sarah | 2,933 |
| 7 | Nicole | 2,547 |
| 8 | Melissa | 2,534 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 2,402 |
| 10 | Christina | 2,173 |
| 11 | Michelle | 2,118 |
| 12 | Vanessa | 2,046 |
| 13 | Brittany | 1,945 |
| 14 | Danielle | 1,903 |
| 15 | Heather | 1,794 |
| 16 | Samantha | 1,790 |
| 17 | Lauren | 1,713 |
| 18 | Megan | 1,666 |
| 19 | Amber | 1,548 |
| 20 | Maria | 1,535 |
| 21 | Laura | 1,512 |
| 22 | Rachel | 1,496 |
| 23 | Tiffany | 1,470 |
| 24 | Crystal | 1,444 |
| 25 | Kimberly | 1,441 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Rebecca | 1,207 |
| 27 | Emily | 1,178 |
| 28 | Erica | 1,169 |
| 29 | Andrea | 1,117 |
| 30 | Katherine | 1,108 |
| 31 | Amy | 1,100 |
| 32 | Sara | 1,086 |
| 33 | Diana | 1,074 |
| 34 | Natalie | 1,063 |
| 35 | Monica | 1,043 |
| 36 | Veronica | 997 |
| 37 | Angela | 985 |
| 38 | Kelly | 981 |
| 39 | Christine | 965 |
| 40 | Lisa | 961 |
| 41 | Jacqueline | 946 |
| 42 | Cynthia | 944 |
| 43 | Erika | 919 |
| 44 | Mayra | 877 |
| 45 | Nancy | 860 |
| 45 | Yesenia | 860 |
| 47 | Victoria | 839 |
| 48 | Alicia | 820 |
| 49 | Alexandra | 810 |
| 50 | Erin | 799 |
| 51 | Jamie | 783 |
| 52 | Courtney | 782 |
| 53 | Allison | 772 |
| 54 | Katie | 765 |
| 55 | Chelsea | 747 |
| 56 | Kayla | 738 |
| 57 | Patricia | 730 |
| 58 | Brenda | 701 |
| 59 | Shannon | 699 |
| 60 | Kristina | 688 |
| 61 | Sandra | 687 |
| 62 | Alyssa | 679 |
| 63 | Kristen | 666 |
| 64 | Mary | 648 |
| 65 | Anna | 645 |
| 66 | Jasmine | 618 |
| 67 | Brittney | 608 |
| 68 | Angelica | 607 |
| 68 | Whitney | 607 |
| 70 | Ana | 595 |
| 71 | Lindsay | 593 |
| 72 | Claudia | 583 |
| 73 | Lindsey | 573 |
| 74 | Cindy | 565 |
| 74 | Kathryn | 565 |
| 76 | Valerie | 556 |
| 77 | Jenna | 549 |
| 78 | Julie | 548 |
| 79 | Monique | 544 |
| 80 | Cassandra | 533 |
| 81 | Kristin | 532 |
| 82 | Krystal | 529 |
| 83 | April | 528 |
| 84 | Caitlin | 518 |
| 85 | Adriana | 516 |
| 86 | Linda | 496 |
| 87 | Denise | 486 |
| 88 | Desiree | 485 |
| 89 | Gabriela | 482 |
| 90 | Cristina | 476 |
| 91 | Leslie | 469 |
| 91 | Sabrina | 469 |
| 93 | Marissa | 467 |
| 94 | Kelsey | 453 |
| 95 | Julia | 452 |
| 96 | Kathleen | 445 |
| 97 | Natasha | 442 |
| 98 | Priscilla | 434 |
| 99 | Joanna | 428 |
| 100 | Hannah | 426 |