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