Top baby names of 1887

The 50 most popular girl and boy names, ranked by births

Girls

  1. Mary9,888
  2. Anna4,227
  3. Elizabeth2,681
  4. Emma2,647
  5. Margaret2,419
  6. Minnie2,215
  7. Bertha2,037
  8. Clara1,984
  9. Florence1,964
  10. Ida1,929
  11. Ethel1,907
  12. Annie1,844
  13. Bessie1,838
  14. Alice1,819
  15. Grace1,692
  16. Ella1,521
  17. Martha1,504
  18. Mabel1,494
  19. Nellie1,457
  20. Sarah1,436
  21. Helen1,405
  22. Laura1,364
  23. Carrie1,344
  24. Edna1,339
  25. Pearl1,316
  26. Lillian1,308
  27. Cora1,257
  28. Gertrude1,251
  29. Edith1,243
  30. Rose1,242
  31. Maude1,162
  32. Hattie1,135
  33. Eva1,125
  34. Frances1,105
  35. Louise1,088
  36. Myrtle1,087
  37. Lillie1,072
  38. Jennie1,047
  39. Julia1,043
  40. Mattie1,031
  41. Jessie1,012
  42. Lena1,004
  43. Marie994
  44. Catherine967
  45. Ada910
  46. Agnes896
  47. Lula891
  48. Dora842
  49. Elsie833
  50. Josephine815

Boys

  1. John8,110
  2. William7,470
  3. James4,768
  4. George4,284
  5. Charles4,031
  6. Frank2,883
  7. Joseph2,456
  8. Henry2,228
  9. Thomas2,151
  10. Robert2,125
  11. Edward2,125
  12. Harry2,057
  13. Walter1,704
  14. Arthur1,489
  15. Fred1,454
  16. Albert1,294
  17. Clarence892
  18. Samuel802
  19. Louis791
  20. Roy726
  21. Joe685
  22. David673
  23. Ernest653
  24. Charlie642
  25. Richard622
  26. Jesse601
  27. Willie590
  28. Carl588
  29. Oscar574
  30. Will561
  31. Daniel556
  32. Earl537
  33. Andrew520
  34. Benjamin473
  35. Alfred468
  36. Elmer467
  37. Frederick464
  38. Sam463
  39. Ralph463
  40. Paul449
  41. Herbert445
  42. Howard429
  43. Peter421
  44. Lee400
  45. Herman394
  46. Claude375
  47. Raymond372
  48. Michael344
  49. Lewis343
  50. Jim339