Top Names of 1887

The most popular names recorded in 1887 were Mary for girls and John for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.

Girls

#NameBabies
1Mary9,888
2Anna4,227
3Elizabeth2,681
4Emma2,647
5Margaret2,419
6Minnie2,215
7Bertha2,037
8Clara1,984
9Florence1,964
10Ida1,929
11Ethel1,907
12Annie1,844
13Bessie1,838
14Alice1,819
15Grace1,692
16Ella1,521
17Martha1,504
18Mabel1,494
19Nellie1,457
20Sarah1,436
21Helen1,405
22Laura1,364
23Carrie1,344
24Edna1,339
25Pearl1,316
26Lillian1,308
27Cora1,257
28Gertrude1,251
29Edith1,243
30Rose1,242
31Maude1,162
32Hattie1,135
33Eva1,125
34Frances1,105
35Louise1,088
36Myrtle1,087
37Lillie1,072
38Jennie1,047
39Julia1,043
40Mattie1,031
41Jessie1,012
42Lena1,004
43Marie994
44Catherine967
45Ada910
46Agnes896
47Lula891
48Dora842
49Elsie833
50Josephine815

Boys

#NameBabies
1John8,110
2William7,470
3James4,768
4George4,284
5Charles4,031
6Frank2,883
7Joseph2,456
8Henry2,228
9Thomas2,151
10Edward2,125
11Robert2,125
12Harry2,057
13Walter1,704
14Arthur1,489
15Fred1,454
16Albert1,294
17Clarence892
18Samuel802
19Louis791
20Roy726
21Joe685
22David673
23Ernest653
24Charlie642
25Richard622
26Jesse601
27Willie590
28Carl588
29Oscar574
30Will561
31Daniel556
32Earl537
33Andrew520
34Benjamin473
35Alfred468
36Elmer467
37Frederick464
38Ralph463
39Sam463
40Paul449
41Herbert445
42Howard429
43Peter421
44Lee400
45Herman394
46Claude375
47Raymond372
48Michael344
49Lewis343
50Jim339