Name Count Box

Most popular baby names of 1887

John and Mary topped the list in 1887. The 10 most popular names went to 40% of boys and 22% of girls, from 1,066 boy names and 1,306 girl names in all.

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Top boy names of 1887

  1. John 8,110
  2. William 7,470
  3. James 4,767
  4. George 4,284
  5. Charles 4,031
  6. Frank 2,883
  7. Joseph 2,456
  8. Henry 2,228
  9. Thomas 2,151
  10. Edward 2,125
  11. Robert 2,125
  12. Harry 2,057
  13. Walter 1,704
  14. Arthur 1,489
  15. Fred 1,454
  16. Albert 1,294
  17. Clarence 892
  18. Samuel 802
  19. Louis 791
  20. Roy 726
  21. Joe 685
  22. David 673
  23. Ernest 653
  24. Charlie 642
  25. Richard 622
  26. Jesse 601
  27. Willie 590
  28. Carl 588
  29. Oscar 574
  30. Will 561
  31. Daniel 556
  32. Earl 537
  33. Andrew 520
  34. Benjamin 473
  35. Alfred 468
  36. Elmer 467
  37. Frederick 464
  38. Ralph 463
  39. Sam 463
  40. Paul 449
  41. Herbert 445
  42. Howard 429
  43. Peter 421
  44. Lee 400
  45. Herman 394
  46. Claude 375
  47. Raymond 372
  48. Michael 344
  49. Lewis 343
  50. Jim 339
  51. Martin 331
  52. Tom 329
  53. Eugene 327
  54. Francis 327
  55. Clyde 320
  56. Jacob 317
  57. Edwin 310
  58. Ben 305
  59. Grover 290
  60. Lawrence 283
  61. Harold 279
  62. Ed 275
  63. Luther 267
  64. Edgar 266
  65. Harvey 262
  66. Ray 258
  67. Otto 253
  68. Jack 251
  69. Hugh 250
  70. Homer 248
  71. Guy 238
  72. Bert 237
  73. Floyd 232
  74. Leo 232
  75. Charley 221
  76. Patrick 218
  77. Ira 215
  78. Chester 207
  79. Leonard 207
  80. Oliver 203
  81. Allen 202
  82. Theodore 201
  83. August 194
  84. Isaac 194
  85. Archie 184
  86. Jessie 182
  87. Alexander 180
  88. Leroy 177
  89. Lester 168
  90. Leslie 166
  91. Clifford 165
  92. Stephen 165
  93. Julius 164
  94. Warren 163
  95. Philip 161
  96. Horace 160
  97. Bernard 159
  98. Anthony 153
  99. Leon 147
  100. Emil 146

Top girl names of 1887

  1. Mary 9,888
  2. Anna 4,227
  3. Elizabeth 2,681
  4. Emma 2,647
  5. Margaret 2,419
  6. Minnie 2,215
  7. Bertha 2,037
  8. Clara 1,984
  9. Florence 1,964
  10. Ida 1,929
  11. Ethel 1,907
  12. Annie 1,844
  13. Bessie 1,838
  14. Alice 1,819
  15. Grace 1,692
  16. Ella 1,521
  17. Martha 1,504
  18. Mabel 1,494
  19. Nellie 1,457
  20. Sarah 1,436
  21. Helen 1,405
  22. Laura 1,364
  23. Carrie 1,344
  24. Edna 1,339
  25. Pearl 1,316
  26. Lillian 1,308
  27. Cora 1,257
  28. Gertrude 1,251
  29. Edith 1,243
  30. Rose 1,242
  31. Maude 1,162
  32. Hattie 1,135
  33. Eva 1,125
  34. Frances 1,105
  35. Louise 1,088
  36. Myrtle 1,087
  37. Lillie 1,072
  38. Jennie 1,047
  39. Julia 1,043
  40. Mattie 1,031
  41. Jessie 1,012
  42. Lena 1,004
  43. Marie 994
  44. Catherine 967
  45. Ada 910
  46. Agnes 896
  47. Lula 891
  48. Dora 842
  49. Elsie 833
  50. Josephine 815
  51. Lucy 811
  52. Fannie 798
  53. Katherine 794
  54. Blanche 763
  55. Maggie 740
  56. Nora 735
  57. Mamie 716
  58. Mae 680
  59. Stella 664
  60. Rosa 659
  61. May 648
  62. Ruth 627
  63. Alma 623
  64. Effie 615
  65. Nettie 595
  66. Ellen 579
  67. Daisy 532
  68. Lizzie 525
  69. Sallie 525
  70. Sadie 519
  71. Nancy 511
  72. Hazel 504
  73. Irene 504
  74. Della 496
  75. Susie 485
  76. Lydia 448
  77. Katie 440
  78. Etta 437
  79. Esther 431
  80. Viola 420
  81. Lottie 414
  82. Flora 408
  83. Maud 402
  84. Caroline 398
  85. Olive 394
  86. Addie 393
  87. Kathryn 384
  88. Willie 379
  89. Mildred 373
  90. Beulah 355
  91. Charlotte 351
  92. Georgia 351
  93. Amelia 344
  94. Harriet 342
  95. Nannie 340
  96. Amanda 338
  97. Ollie 338
  98. Emily 335
  99. Susan 335
  100. Mollie 333

Questions

What was the most popular baby name in 1887?
John was the #1 boy name in 1887 (8,110 babies) and Mary was the #1 girl name (9,888 babies).
How many babies were counted in 1887?
Social Security records list 247,391 babies born in 1887 with names given to at least 5 babies: 101,410 boys and 145,981 girls. Counts before 1937 are low because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.