Most Popular Names of 1887
Rankings below use available national records for one year and keep the source sex categories separate.
Popular Girl Names in 1887
#1 Mary9,888 births#2 Anna4,227 births#3 Elizabeth2,681 births#4 Emma2,647 births#5 Margaret2,419 births#6 Minnie2,215 births#7 Bertha2,037 births#8 Clara1,984 births#9 Florence1,964 births#10 Ida1,929 births#11 Ethel1,907 births#12 Annie1,844 births#13 Bessie1,838 births#14 Alice1,819 births#15 Grace1,692 births#16 Ella1,521 births#17 Martha1,504 births#18 Mabel1,494 births#19 Nellie1,457 births#20 Sarah1,436 births#21 Helen1,405 births#22 Laura1,364 births#23 Carrie1,344 births#24 Edna1,339 births#25 Pearl1,316 births#26 Lillian1,308 births#27 Cora1,257 births#28 Gertrude1,251 births#29 Edith1,243 births#30 Rose1,242 births#31 Maude1,162 births#32 Hattie1,135 births#33 Eva1,125 births#34 Frances1,105 births#35 Louise1,088 births#36 Myrtle1,087 births#37 Lillie1,072 births#38 Jennie1,047 births#39 Julia1,043 births#40 Mattie1,031 births#41 Jessie1,012 births#42 Lena1,004 births#43 Marie994 births#44 Catherine967 births#45 Ada910 births#46 Agnes896 births#47 Lula891 births#48 Dora842 births#49 Elsie833 births#50 Josephine815 births#51 Lucy811 births#52 Fannie798 births#53 Katherine794 births#54 Blanche763 births#55 Maggie740 births#56 Nora735 births#57 Mamie716 births#58 Mae680 births#59 Stella664 births#60 Rosa659 births#61 May648 births#62 Ruth627 births#63 Alma623 births#64 Effie615 births#65 Nettie595 births#66 Ellen579 births#67 Daisy532 births#68 Lizzie525 births#68 Sallie525 births#70 Sadie519 births#71 Nancy511 births#72 Hazel504 births#72 Irene504 births#74 Della496 births#75 Susie485 births#76 Lydia448 births#77 Katie440 births#78 Etta437 births#79 Esther431 births#80 Viola420 births#81 Lottie414 births#82 Flora408 births#83 Maud402 births#84 Caroline398 births#85 Olive394 births#86 Addie393 births#87 Kathryn384 births#88 Willie379 births#89 Mildred373 births#90 Beulah355 births#91 Charlotte351 births#91 Georgia351 births#93 Amelia344 births#94 Harriet342 births#95 Nannie340 births#96 Amanda338 births#96 Ollie338 births#98 Emily335 births#98 Susan335 births#100 Mollie333 births
Popular Boy Names in 1887
#1 John8,110 births#2 William7,470 births#3 James4,767 births#4 George4,284 births#5 Charles4,031 births#6 Frank2,883 births#7 Joseph2,456 births#8 Henry2,228 births#9 Thomas2,151 births#10 Edward2,125 births#10 Robert2,125 births#12 Harry2,057 births#13 Walter1,704 births#14 Arthur1,489 births#15 Fred1,454 births#16 Albert1,294 births#17 Clarence892 births#18 Samuel802 births#19 Louis791 births#20 Roy726 births#21 Joe685 births#22 David673 births#23 Ernest653 births#24 Charlie642 births#25 Richard622 births#26 Jesse601 births#27 Willie590 births#28 Carl588 births#29 Oscar574 births#30 Will561 births#31 Daniel556 births#32 Earl537 births#33 Andrew520 births#34 Benjamin473 births#35 Alfred468 births#36 Elmer467 births#37 Frederick464 births#38 Ralph463 births#38 Sam463 births#40 Paul449 births#41 Herbert445 births#42 Howard429 births#43 Peter421 births#44 Lee400 births#45 Herman394 births#46 Claude375 births#47 Raymond372 births#48 Michael344 births#49 Lewis343 births#50 Jim339 births#51 Martin331 births#52 Tom329 births#53 Eugene327 births#53 Francis327 births#55 Clyde320 births#56 Jacob317 births#57 Edwin310 births#58 Ben305 births#59 Grover290 births#60 Lawrence283 births#61 Harold279 births#62 Ed275 births#63 Luther267 births#64 Edgar266 births#65 Harvey262 births#66 Ray258 births#67 Otto253 births#68 Jack251 births#69 Hugh250 births#70 Homer248 births#71 Guy238 births#72 Bert237 births#73 Floyd232 births#73 Leo232 births#75 Charley221 births#76 Patrick218 births#77 Ira215 births#78 Chester207 births#78 Leonard207 births#80 Oliver203 births#81 Allen202 births#82 Theodore201 births#83 August194 births#83 Isaac194 births#85 Archie184 births#86 Jessie182 births#87 Alexander180 births#88 Leroy177 births#89 Lester168 births#90 Leslie166 births#91 Clifford165 births#91 Stephen165 births#93 Julius164 births#94 Warren163 births#95 Philip161 births#96 Horace160 births#97 Bernard159 births#98 Anthony153 births#99 Leon147 births#100 Emil146 births