Popular Baby Names in 1887
The most popular baby names in 1887.
| Rank | Name | Gender | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | Girl | 9,888 |
| 1 | John | Boy | 8,110 |
| 2 | William | Boy | 7,470 |
| 3 | James | Boy | 4,768 |
| 4 | George | Boy | 4,284 |
| 2 | Anna | Girl | 4,227 |
| 5 | Charles | Boy | 4,031 |
| 6 | Frank | Boy | 2,883 |
| 3 | Elizabeth | Girl | 2,681 |
| 4 | Emma | Girl | 2,647 |
| 7 | Joseph | Boy | 2,456 |
| 5 | Margaret | Girl | 2,419 |
| 8 | Henry | Boy | 2,228 |
| 6 | Minnie | Girl | 2,215 |
| 9 | Thomas | Boy | 2,151 |
| 11 | Robert | Boy | 2,125 |
| 10 | Edward | Boy | 2,125 |
| 12 | Harry | Boy | 2,057 |
| 7 | Bertha | Girl | 2,037 |
| 8 | Clara | Girl | 1,984 |
| 9 | Florence | Girl | 1,964 |
| 10 | Ida | Girl | 1,929 |
| 11 | Ethel | Girl | 1,907 |
| 12 | Annie | Girl | 1,844 |
| 13 | Bessie | Girl | 1,838 |
| 14 | Alice | Girl | 1,819 |
| 13 | Walter | Boy | 1,704 |
| 15 | Grace | Girl | 1,692 |
| 16 | Ella | Girl | 1,521 |
| 17 | Martha | Girl | 1,504 |
| 18 | Mabel | Girl | 1,494 |
| 14 | Arthur | Boy | 1,489 |
| 19 | Nellie | Girl | 1,457 |
| 15 | Fred | Boy | 1,454 |
| 20 | Sarah | Girl | 1,436 |
| 21 | Helen | Girl | 1,405 |
| 22 | Laura | Girl | 1,364 |
| 23 | Carrie | Girl | 1,344 |
| 24 | Edna | Girl | 1,339 |
| 25 | Pearl | Girl | 1,316 |
| 26 | Lillian | Girl | 1,308 |
| 16 | Albert | Boy | 1,294 |
| 27 | Cora | Girl | 1,257 |
| 28 | Gertrude | Girl | 1,251 |
| 29 | Edith | Girl | 1,243 |
| 30 | Rose | Girl | 1,242 |
| 31 | Maude | Girl | 1,162 |
| 32 | Hattie | Girl | 1,135 |
| 33 | Eva | Girl | 1,125 |
| 34 | Frances | Girl | 1,105 |
| 35 | Louise | Girl | 1,088 |
| 36 | Myrtle | Girl | 1,087 |
| 37 | Lillie | Girl | 1,072 |
| 38 | Jennie | Girl | 1,047 |
| 39 | Julia | Girl | 1,043 |
| 40 | Mattie | Girl | 1,031 |
| 41 | Jessie | Girl | 1,012 |
| 42 | Lena | Girl | 1,004 |
| 43 | Marie | Girl | 994 |
| 44 | Catherine | Girl | 967 |
| 45 | Ada | Girl | 910 |
| 46 | Agnes | Girl | 896 |
| 17 | Clarence | Boy | 892 |
| 47 | Lula | Girl | 891 |
| 48 | Dora | Girl | 842 |
| 49 | Elsie | Girl | 833 |
| 50 | Josephine | Girl | 815 |
| 51 | Lucy | Girl | 811 |
| 18 | Samuel | Boy | 802 |
| 52 | Fannie | Girl | 798 |
| 53 | Katherine | Girl | 794 |
| 19 | Louis | Boy | 791 |
| 54 | Blanche | Girl | 763 |
| 55 | Maggie | Girl | 740 |
| 56 | Nora | Girl | 735 |
| 20 | Roy | Boy | 726 |
| 57 | Mamie | Girl | 716 |
| 21 | Joe | Boy | 685 |
| 58 | Mae | Girl | 680 |
| 22 | David | Boy | 673 |
| 59 | Stella | Girl | 664 |
| 60 | Rosa | Girl | 659 |
| 23 | Ernest | Boy | 653 |
| 61 | May | Girl | 648 |
| 24 | Charlie | Boy | 642 |
| 62 | Ruth | Girl | 627 |
| 63 | Alma | Girl | 623 |
| 25 | Richard | Boy | 622 |
| 64 | Effie | Girl | 615 |
| 26 | Jesse | Boy | 601 |
| 65 | Nettie | Girl | 595 |
| 27 | Willie | Boy | 590 |
| 28 | Carl | Boy | 588 |
| 66 | Ellen | Girl | 579 |
| 29 | Oscar | Boy | 574 |
| 30 | Will | Boy | 561 |
| 31 | Daniel | Boy | 556 |
| 32 | Earl | Boy | 537 |
| 67 | Daisy | Girl | 532 |
| 68 | Lizzie | Girl | 525 |