Most Popular Baby Names in 1887

Top Boy Names

#	Name	Births
1	John	8,110
2	William	7,470
3	James	4,768
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

Top Girl Names

#	Name	Births
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