Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1987
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,727 |
| 2 | Christopher | 4,132 |
| 3 | Matthew | 3,333 |
| 4 | Daniel | 3,040 |
| 5 | Joseph | 2,913 |
| 6 | David | 2,656 |
| 7 | Andrew | 2,572 |
| 8 | Anthony | 2,320 |
| 9 | Robert | 2,284 |
| 10 | John | 2,245 |
| 11 | Jonathan | 2,127 |
| 12 | James | 2,108 |
| 13 | Joshua | 1,891 |
| 14 | Nicholas | 1,827 |
| 15 | Brian | 1,759 |
| 16 | Kevin | 1,735 |
| 17 | Justin | 1,655 |
| 18 | Ryan | 1,651 |
| 19 | Jason | 1,650 |
| 20 | Thomas | 1,645 |
| 21 | William | 1,642 |
| 22 | Steven | 1,526 |
| 23 | Eric | 1,378 |
| 24 | Richard | 1,213 |
| 25 | Timothy | 1,148 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Adam | 1,088 |
| 27 | Jeffrey | 1,034 |
| 28 | Sean | 1,025 |
| 29 | Kyle | 1,001 |
| 30 | Alexander | 963 |
| 31 | Brandon | 908 |
| 32 | Mark | 906 |
| 33 | Patrick | 893 |
| 34 | Stephen | 879 |
| 35 | Paul | 868 |
| 36 | Gregory | 835 |
| 37 | Peter | 770 |
| 38 | Benjamin | 763 |
| 39 | Charles | 754 |
| 40 | Jose | 731 |
| 41 | Jeremy | 681 |
| 42 | Zachary | 674 |
| 43 | Scott | 638 |
| 44 | Edward | 613 |
| 44 | Kenneth | 613 |
| 46 | Bryan | 557 |
| 47 | Luis | 553 |
| 48 | Samuel | 530 |
| 49 | Aaron | 494 |
| 50 | Jesse | 468 |
| 51 | Jacob | 464 |
| 52 | Christian | 460 |
| 53 | George | 459 |
| 54 | Keith | 457 |
| 55 | Shawn | 436 |
| 56 | Alex | 431 |
| 57 | Carlos | 424 |
| 58 | Vincent | 422 |
| 59 | Corey | 394 |
| 59 | Frank | 394 |
| 61 | Raymond | 390 |
| 62 | Travis | 383 |
| 63 | Joel | 382 |
| 64 | Jordan | 372 |
| 65 | Derek | 369 |
| 66 | Nathan | 364 |
| 67 | Philip | 361 |
| 68 | Ronald | 341 |
| 69 | Victor | 334 |
| 70 | Juan | 331 |
| 71 | Dennis | 293 |
| 72 | Evan | 292 |
| 73 | Edwin | 291 |
| 74 | Shane | 290 |
| 75 | Jared | 288 |
| 76 | Angel | 284 |
| 77 | Gary | 283 |
| 78 | Douglas | 281 |
| 79 | Ian | 279 |
| 80 | Tyler | 274 |
| 81 | Nathaniel | 264 |
| 82 | Donald | 254 |
| 83 | Louis | 253 |
| 84 | Marc | 252 |
| 85 | Bradley | 248 |
| 86 | Craig | 247 |
| 87 | Andre | 245 |
| 87 | Cory | 245 |
| 87 | Dustin | 245 |
| 90 | Gabriel | 235 |
| 91 | Phillip | 228 |
| 92 | Miguel | 221 |
| 93 | Antonio | 218 |
| 93 | Erik | 218 |
| 95 | Brendan | 216 |
| 95 | Brett | 216 |
| 95 | Chad | 216 |
| 98 | Rafael | 215 |
| 99 | Henry | 212 |
| 100 | Devin | 207 |