Popular baby names of 1887

In 1887, the most popular baby names in the United States were Mary for girls (9,888 babies) and John for boys (8,110). Social Security records show 247,391 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 1,306 girls' names and 1,067 boys' names.

1887 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 21.9% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 39.9% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Mildred, Amelia, Ollie, Susan.
New in the boys' top 100: Leslie, Warren, Leon, Emil.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1887

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1886
1	Mary	9,888	–
2	Anna	4,227	–
3	Elizabeth	2,681	↑1
4	Emma	2,647	↓1
5	Margaret	2,419	↑1
6	Minnie	2,215	↓1
7	Bertha	2,037	↑1
8	Clara	1,984	↑1
9	Florence	1,964	↑1
10	Ida	1,929	↓3
11	Ethel	1,907	↑4
12	Annie	1,844	↑1
13	Bessie	1,838	↓1
14	Alice	1,819	↓3
15	Grace	1,692	↓1
16	Ella	1,521	↑3
17	Martha	1,504	↑1
18	Mabel	1,494	↑2
19	Nellie	1,457	↓2
20	Sarah	1,436	↓4
21	Helen	1,405	↑4
22	Laura	1,364	–
23	Carrie	1,344	↓2
24	Edna	1,339	↓1
25	Pearl	1,316	↑4
26	Lillian	1,308	↓2
27	Cora	1,257	↑1
28	Gertrude	1,251	↓1
29	Edith	1,243	↑2
30	Rose	1,242	↓4
31	Maude	1,162	↓1
32	Hattie	1,135	↑1
33	Eva	1,125	↓1
34	Frances	1,105	↑4
35	Louise	1,088	↑2
36	Myrtle	1,087	↓1
37	Lillie	1,072	↑5
38	Jennie	1,047	↓4
39	Julia	1,043	↓3
40	Mattie	1,031	↓1
41	Jessie	1,012	–
42	Lena	1,004	↑1
43	Marie	994	↑1
44	Catherine	967	↑1
45	Ada	910	↑1
46	Agnes	896	↑6
47	Lula	891	↓7
48	Dora	842	↑1
49	Elsie	833	↑9
50	Josephine	815	↓3
51	Lucy	811	↓1
52	Fannie	798	↓4
53	Katherine	794	↑1
54	Blanche	763	↓3
55	Maggie	740	↓2
56	Nora	735	–
57	Mamie	716	↓2
58	Mae	680	↑3
59	Stella	664	↓2
60	Rosa	659	↓1
61	May	648	↑3
62	Ruth	627	↑4
63	Alma	623	↓1
64	Effie	615	↓4
65	Nettie	595	–
66	Ellen	579	↑4
67	Daisy	532	↓4
68	Lizzie	525	↑3
69	Sallie	525	↑4
70	Sadie	519	↓2
71	Nancy	511	↑1
72	Hazel	504	↑9
73	Irene	504	↑5
74	Della	496	↓7
75	Susie	485	↓6
76	Lydia	448	↑11
77	Katie	440	↑3
78	Etta	437	↑1
79	Esther	431	↑6
80	Viola	420	↓3
81	Lottie	414	↓6
82	Flora	408	↓6
83	Maud	402	↓9
84	Caroline	398	↑8
85	Olive	394	↓1
86	Addie	393	↓3
87	Kathryn	384	↑2
88	Willie	379	–
89	Mildred	373	new
90	Beulah	355	↑8
91	Charlotte	351	↑3
92	Georgia	351	↓6
93	Amelia	344	new
94	Harriet	342	↑5
95	Nannie	340	↑2
96	Amanda	338	↓5
97	Ollie	338	new
98	Emily	335	↓5
99	Susan	335	new
100	Mollie	333	↓18

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1886
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	↑1
9	Thomas	2,151	↑1
10	Edward	2,125	↑1
11	Robert	2,125	↓3
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	↑2
23	Ernest	653	↑2
24	Charlie	642	↓2
25	Richard	622	↓2
26	Jesse	601	↑4
27	Willie	590	↑1
28	Carl	588	↑4
29	Oscar	574	↓3
30	Will	561	↓3
31	Daniel	556	↑2
32	Earl	537	↓1
33	Andrew	520	↓4
34	Benjamin	473	↑5
35	Alfred	468	↑1
36	Elmer	467	↓1
37	Frederick	464	↑3
38	Ralph	463	↑3
39	Sam	463	↓5
40	Paul	449	↓2
41	Herbert	445	↑5
42	Howard	429	↓5
43	Peter	421	↓1
44	Lee	400	↑3
45	Herman	394	↓1
46	Claude	375	↑2
47	Raymond	372	↑5
48	Michael	344	↑5
49	Lewis	343	↓6
50	Jim	339	↓1
51	Martin	331	↑7
52	Tom	329	↓2
53	Eugene	327	↓2
54	Francis	327	↑1
55	Clyde	320	↑7
56	Jacob	317	↓2
57	Edwin	310	↑2
58	Ben	305	↓2
59	Grover	290	↓14
60	Lawrence	283	↓3
61	Harold	279	↑17
62	Ed	275	↑1
63	Luther	267	↑8
64	Edgar	266	↓3
65	Harvey	262	↓5
66	Ray	258	↑1
67	Otto	253	↑1
68	Jack	251	↓4
69	Hugh	250	↑8
70	Homer	248	↑9
71	Guy	238	↓1
72	Bert	237	↑4
73	Floyd	232	↓7
74	Leo	232	↓1
75	Charley	221	↑6
76	Patrick	218	↓4
77	Ira	215	↑8
78	Chester	207	↓13
79	Leonard	207	↓5
80	Oliver	203	↓5
81	Allen	202	↑1
82	Theodore	201	↓13
83	August	194	↑1
84	Isaac	194	↓4
85	Archie	184	↑7
86	Jessie	182	↑3
87	Alexander	180	↓4
88	Leroy	177	↑12
89	Lester	168	↑9
90	Leslie	166	new
91	Clifford	165	↑4
92	Stephen	165	↓2
93	Julius	164	↑1
94	Warren	163	new
95	Philip	161	↓8
96	Horace	160	↑3
97	Bernard	159	↓6
98	Anthony	153	↓5
99	Leon	147	new
100	Emil	146	new

Every name given in 1887

All 2,373 names Social Security recorded for 1887, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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