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Most popular baby names of 1887

In 1887, the most popular names in the US were Mary for girls and John for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name.

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Girls

  1. 1Mary9,888
  2. 2Anna4,227
  3. 3Elizabeth2,681
  4. 4Emma2,647
  5. 5Margaret2,419
  6. 6Minnie2,215
  7. 7Bertha2,037
  8. 8Clara1,984
  9. 9Florence1,964
  10. 10Ida1,929
  11. 11Ethel1,907
  12. 12Annie1,844
  13. 13Bessie1,838
  14. 14Alice1,819
  15. 15Grace1,692
  16. 16Ella1,521
  17. 17Martha1,504
  18. 18Mabel1,494
  19. 19Nellie1,457
  20. 20Sarah1,436
  21. 21Helen1,405
  22. 22Laura1,364
  23. 23Carrie1,344
  24. 24Edna1,339
  25. 25Pearl1,316
  26. 26Lillian1,308
  27. 27Cora1,257
  28. 28Gertrude1,251
  29. 29Edith1,243
  30. 30Rose1,242
  31. 31Maude1,162
  32. 32Hattie1,135
  33. 33Eva1,125
  34. 34Frances1,105
  35. 35Louise1,088
  36. 36Myrtle1,087
  37. 37Lillie1,072
  38. 38Jennie1,047
  39. 39Julia1,043
  40. 40Mattie1,031
  41. 41Jessie1,012
  42. 42Lena1,004
  43. 43Marie994
  44. 44Catherine967
  45. 45Ada910
  46. 46Agnes896
  47. 47Lula891
  48. 48Dora842
  49. 49Elsie833
  50. 50Josephine815
  51. 51Lucy811
  52. 52Fannie798
  53. 53Katherine794
  54. 54Blanche763
  55. 55Maggie740
  56. 56Nora735
  57. 57Mamie716
  58. 58Mae680
  59. 59Stella664
  60. 60Rosa659
  61. 61May648
  62. 62Ruth627
  63. 63Alma623
  64. 64Effie615
  65. 65Nettie595
  66. 66Ellen579
  67. 67Daisy532
  68. 68Lizzie525
  69. 69Sallie525
  70. 70Sadie519
  71. 71Nancy511
  72. 72Hazel504
  73. 73Irene504
  74. 74Della496
  75. 75Susie485
  76. 76Lydia448
  77. 77Katie440
  78. 78Etta437
  79. 79Esther431
  80. 80Viola420
  81. 81Lottie414
  82. 82Flora408
  83. 83Maud402
  84. 84Caroline398
  85. 85Olive394
  86. 86Addie393
  87. 87Kathryn384
  88. 88Willie379
  89. 89Mildred373
  90. 90Beulah355
  91. 91Charlotte351
  92. 92Georgia351
  93. 93Amelia344
  94. 94Harriet342
  95. 95Nannie340
  96. 96Amanda338
  97. 97Ollie338
  98. 98Emily335
  99. 99Susan335
  100. 100Mollie333

Boys

  1. 1John8,110
  2. 2William7,470
  3. 3James4,767
  4. 4George4,284
  5. 5Charles4,031
  6. 6Frank2,883
  7. 7Joseph2,456
  8. 8Henry2,228
  9. 9Thomas2,151
  10. 10Edward2,125
  11. 11Robert2,125
  12. 12Harry2,057
  13. 13Walter1,704
  14. 14Arthur1,489
  15. 15Fred1,454
  16. 16Albert1,294
  17. 17Clarence892
  18. 18Samuel802
  19. 19Louis791
  20. 20Roy726
  21. 21Joe685
  22. 22David673
  23. 23Ernest653
  24. 24Charlie642
  25. 25Richard622
  26. 26Jesse601
  27. 27Willie590
  28. 28Carl588
  29. 29Oscar574
  30. 30Will561
  31. 31Daniel556
  32. 32Earl537
  33. 33Andrew520
  34. 34Benjamin473
  35. 35Alfred468
  36. 36Elmer467
  37. 37Frederick464
  38. 38Ralph463
  39. 39Sam463
  40. 40Paul449
  41. 41Herbert445
  42. 42Howard429
  43. 43Peter421
  44. 44Lee400
  45. 45Herman394
  46. 46Claude375
  47. 47Raymond372
  48. 48Michael344
  49. 49Lewis343
  50. 50Jim339
  51. 51Martin331
  52. 52Tom329
  53. 53Eugene327
  54. 54Francis327
  55. 55Clyde320
  56. 56Jacob317
  57. 57Edwin310
  58. 58Ben305
  59. 59Grover290
  60. 60Lawrence283
  61. 61Harold279
  62. 62Ed275
  63. 63Luther267
  64. 64Edgar266
  65. 65Harvey262
  66. 66Ray258
  67. 67Otto253
  68. 68Jack251
  69. 69Hugh250
  70. 70Homer248
  71. 71Guy238
  72. 72Bert237
  73. 73Floyd232
  74. 74Leo232
  75. 75Charley221
  76. 76Patrick218
  77. 77Ira215
  78. 78Chester207
  79. 79Leonard207
  80. 80Oliver203
  81. 81Allen202
  82. 82Theodore201
  83. 83August194
  84. 84Isaac194
  85. 85Archie184
  86. 86Jessie182
  87. 87Alexander180
  88. 88Leroy177
  89. 89Lester168
  90. 90Leslie166
  91. 91Clifford165
  92. 92Stephen165
  93. 93Julius164
  94. 94Warren163
  95. 95Philip161
  96. 96Horace160
  97. 97Bernard159
  98. 98Anthony153
  99. 99Leon147
  100. 100Emil146

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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