Domains registered in 1987
The ARPANET pioneers · a 1987 domain is 39 years old in 2026
DNS is brand new. Registration is free, manual, and almost entirely computer companies, defense contractors and universities — the first .com (symbolics.com) arrives March 15, 1985.
53
analyzed domains registered in 1987
0.06%
of the 87,839 domains with verified dates
apple.com
highest-ranked 1987 registration
The biggest domains registered in 1987
Up to 50 of the year's registrations, ranked by Tranco popularity — dates as the registries report them.
| Domain | Registered | Tranco rank |
|---|---|---|
| apple.com | February 19, 1987 | #10 |
| cisco.com | May 14, 1987 | #233 |
| philips.com | April 4, 1987 | #2,773 |
| uu.net | May 20, 1987 | #4,681 |
| rand.org | April 2, 1987 | #5,494 |
| tudelft.nl | July 23, 1987 | #5,620 |
| tue.nl | July 2, 1987 | #6,788 |
| liu.se | February 25, 1987 | #7,684 |
| umu.se | July 2, 1987 | #10,371 |
| usenix.org | July 14, 1987 | #12,018 |
| surfnet.nl | March 31, 1987 | #12,173 |
| su.se | January 1, 1987 | #12,697 |
| slb.com | May 20, 1987 | #14,432 |
| dupont.com | July 27, 1987 | #15,124 |
| ncr.com | April 30, 1987 | #15,673 |
| cgi.com | January 19, 1987 | #21,376 |
| mcnc.org | January 15, 1987 | #21,676 |
| gene.com | September 22, 1987 | #24,140 |
| tno.nl | June 1, 1987 | #27,728 |
| utc.com | May 27, 1987 | #39,457 |
| rti.org | May 1, 1987 | #50,290 |
| nikhef.nl | January 7, 1987 | #52,275 |
| nluug.nl | December 28, 1987 | #84,111 |
| sco.com | September 3, 1987 | #85,366 |
| cts.com | January 19, 1987 | #122,807 |
| allied.com | September 3, 1987 | #173,747 |
| dsc.com | September 3, 1987 | #262,685 |
| trw.com | July 9, 1987 | #282,569 |
| marble.com | November 9, 1987 | #419,521 |
| toad.com | August 18, 1987 | #464,687 |
| wyse.com | October 14, 1987 | #702,172 |
| vine.com | April 23, 1987 | #866,893 |
| kai.com | April 23, 1987 | #988,587 |
| wlk.com | September 22, 1987 | #996,509 |
| spdcc.com | January 19, 1987 | — |
| nma.com | March 4, 1987 | — |
| prime.com | March 4, 1987 | — |
| datacube.com | April 23, 1987 | — |
| tic.com | April 23, 1987 | — |
| rdl.com | May 14, 1987 | — |
| parcplace.com | May 27, 1987 | — |
| ide.com | June 26, 1987 | — |
| unipress.com | July 13, 1987 | — |
| lockheed.com | July 27, 1987 | — |
| rosetta.com | July 28, 1987 | — |
| quick.com | August 31, 1987 | — |
| kccs.com | September 22, 1987 | — |
| spectra.com | September 22, 1987 | — |
| cfg.com | November 2, 1987 | — |
| cayman.com | November 16, 1987 | — |
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