Most Popular Baby Names of 1887

In 1887, Mary (9,888 births) was the most common U.S. girl name and John (8,110 births) the most common boy name.

Top 100 boy names, 1887
Rank	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
10	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
38	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
51	Martin	331
52	Tom	329
53	Eugene	327
53	Francis	327
55	Clyde	320
56	Jacob	317
57	Edwin	310
58	Ben	305
59	Grover	290
60	Lawrence	283
61	Harold	279
62	Ed	275
63	Luther	267
64	Edgar	266
65	Harvey	262
66	Ray	258
67	Otto	253
68	Jack	251
69	Hugh	250
70	Homer	248
71	Guy	238
72	Bert	237
73	Floyd	232
73	Leo	232
75	Charley	221
76	Patrick	218
77	Ira	215
78	Chester	207
78	Leonard	207
80	Oliver	203
81	Allen	202
82	Theodore	201
83	August	194
83	Isaac	194
85	Archie	184
86	Jessie	182
87	Alexander	180
88	Leroy	177
89	Lester	168
90	Leslie	166
91	Clifford	165
91	Stephen	165
93	Julius	164
94	Warren	163
95	Philip	161
96	Horace	160
97	Bernard	159
98	Anthony	153
99	Leon	147
100	Emil	146

Full Boy list for 1887

Top 100 girl names, 1887
Rank	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
51	Lucy	811
52	Fannie	798
53	Katherine	794
54	Blanche	763
55	Maggie	740
56	Nora	735
57	Mamie	716
58	Mae	680
59	Stella	664
60	Rosa	659
61	May	648
62	Ruth	627
63	Alma	623
64	Effie	615
65	Nettie	595
66	Ellen	579
67	Daisy	532
68	Lizzie	525
68	Sallie	525
70	Sadie	519
71	Nancy	511
72	Hazel	504
72	Irene	504
74	Della	496
75	Susie	485
76	Lydia	448
77	Katie	440
78	Etta	437
79	Esther	431
80	Viola	420
81	Lottie	414
82	Flora	408
83	Maud	402
84	Caroline	398
85	Olive	394
86	Addie	393
87	Kathryn	384
88	Willie	379
89	Mildred	373
90	Beulah	355
91	Charlotte	351
91	Georgia	351
93	Amelia	344
94	Harriet	342
95	Nannie	340
96	Amanda	338
96	Ollie	338
98	Emily	335
98	Susan	335
100	Mollie	333

Full Girl list for 1887

Biggest movers since 1886

Names with at least 500 births in both years, by percent change in births.

Rising boy names, 1886 to 1887
Name	Births 1886	Births 1887	Change	Rank 1886 → 1887
Carl	556	588	+6%	32 → 28
Daniel	555	556	0%	33 → 31

Falling boy names, 1886 to 1887
Name	Births 1886	Births 1887	Change	Rank 1886 → 1887
Andrew	614	520	-15%	29 → 33
Richard	720	622	-14%	23 → 25
Albert	1,488	1,294	-13%	16 → 16
Robert	2,443	2,125	-13%	8 → 10
Will	642	561	-13%	27 → 30
Charlie	723	642	-11%	22 → 24
Charles	4,533	4,031	-11%	5 → 5
Oscar	645	574	-11%	26 → 29
James	5,355	4,768	-11%	3 → 3
Clarence	995	892	-10%	17 → 17

Rising girl names, 1886 to 1887
Name	Births 1886	Births 1887	Change	Rank 1886 → 1887
Elsie	698	833	+19%	58 → 49
Agnes	779	896	+15%	52 → 46
Ethel	1,699	1,907	+12%	15 → 11
Helen	1,267	1,405	+11%	25 → 21
Pearl	1,204	1,316	+9%	29 → 25
Ruth	581	627	+8%	66 → 62
Lillie	995	1,072	+8%	42 → 37
May	602	648	+8%	63 → 61
Katherine	744	794	+7%	54 → 53
Margaret	2,275	2,419	+6%	6 → 5

Falling girl names, 1886 to 1887
Name	Births 1886	Births 1887	Change	Rank 1886 → 1887
Lula	1,040	891	-14%	40 → 47
Daisy	602	532	-12%	63 → 67
Effie	672	615	-8%	60 → 64
Sarah	1,569	1,436	-8%	16 → 20
Sadie	562	519	-8%	68 → 70
Minnie	2,372	2,215	-7%	5 → 6
Ida	2,049	1,929	-6%	7 → 10
Stella	702	664	-5%	57 → 59
Jennie	1,100	1,047	-5%	34 → 38
Fannie	837	798	-5%	48 → 52

Top 100 boy names, 1887

Rank

Name

Births

John

8,110

William

7,470

James

4,768

4,284

4,031

2,883

2,456

Henry

2,228

Thomas

2,151

Edward

2,125

Robert

2,125

Harry

2,057

Walter

1,704

Arthur

1,489

Fred

1,454

Albert

1,294

Clarence

892

Samuel

802

Louis

791

Roy

726

Joe

685

David

673

Ernest

653

Charlie

642

Richard

622

Jesse

601

Willie

590

Carl

588

Oscar

574

Will

561

Daniel

556

Earl

537

Andrew

520

Benjamin

473

Alfred

468

Elmer

467

Frederick

464

Ralph

463

Sam

463

Paul

449

Herbert

445

Howard

429

Peter

421

Lee

400

Herman

394

Claude

375

Raymond

372

Michael

344

Lewis

343

Jim

339

Martin

331

Tom

329

Eugene

327

Francis

327

Clyde

320

Jacob

317

Edwin

310

Ben

305

Grover

290

Lawrence

283

Harold

279

275

Luther

267

Edgar

266

Harvey

262

Ray

258

Otto

253

Jack

251

Hugh

250

Homer

248

Guy

238

Bert

237

Floyd

232

232

221

218

215

207

207

203

Allen

202

Theodore

201

August

194

Isaac

194

Archie

184

Jessie

182

Alexander

180

Leroy

177

Lester

168

Leslie

166

Clifford

165

Stephen

165

Julius

164

Warren

163

Philip

161

Horace

160

Bernard

159

Anthony

153

Leon

147

100

Emil

146

Top 100 girl names, 1887

Rank

Name

Births

Mary

9,888

4,227

2,681

2,647

2,419

Minnie

2,215

Bertha

2,037

Clara

1,984

Florence

1,964

Ida

1,929

Ethel

1,907

Annie

1,844

Bessie

1,838

Alice

1,819

Grace

1,692

Ella

1,521

Martha

1,504

Mabel

1,494

Nellie

1,457

Sarah

1,436

Helen

1,405

Laura

1,364

Carrie

1,344

1,339

1,316

1,308

1,257

Gertrude

1,251

Edith

1,243

Rose

1,242

Maude

1,162

Hattie

1,135

Eva

1,125

Frances

1,105

Louise

1,088

Myrtle

1,087

Lillie

1,072

Jennie

1,047

Julia

1,043

Mattie

1,031

Jessie

1,012

Lena

1,004

Marie

994

967

910

896

891

Dora

842

Elsie

833

Josephine

815

Lucy

811

Fannie

798

Katherine

794

Blanche

763

Maggie

740

Nora

735

Mamie

716

Mae

680

Stella

664

Rosa

659

May

648

Ruth

627

Alma

623

Effie

615

Nettie

595

Ellen

579

Daisy

532

Lizzie

525

Sallie

525

Sadie

519

Nancy

511

Hazel

504

Irene

504

Della

496

Susie

485

Lydia

448

Katie

440

Etta

437

431

420

414

408

Maud

402

Caroline

398

Olive

394

Addie

393

Kathryn

384

Willie

379

Mildred

373

Beulah

355

351

351

344

342

Nannie

340

Amanda

338

Ollie

338

Emily

335

Susan

335

100

Mollie

333

Biggest movers since 1886

Names with at least 500 births in both years, by percent change in births.

Rising boy names, 1886 to 1887
Name	Births 1886	Births 1887	Change	Rank 1886 → 1887
Carl	556	588	+6%	32 → 28
Daniel	555	556	0%	33 → 31

Falling boy names, 1886 to 1887
Name	Births 1886	Births 1887	Change	Rank 1886 → 1887
Andrew	614	520	-15%	29 → 33
Richard	720	622	-14%	23 → 25
Albert	1,488	1,294	-13%	16 → 16
Robert	2,443	2,125	-13%	8 → 10
Will	642	561	-13%	27 → 30
Charlie	723	642	-11%	22 → 24
Charles	4,533	4,031	-11%	5 → 5
Oscar	645	574	-11%	26 → 29
James	5,355	4,768	-11%	3 → 3
Clarence	995	892	-10%	17 → 17

Rising girl names, 1886 to 1887
Name	Births 1886	Births 1887	Change	Rank 1886 → 1887
Elsie	698	833	+19%	58 → 49
Agnes	779	896	+15%	52 → 46
Ethel	1,699	1,907	+12%	15 → 11
Helen	1,267	1,405	+11%	25 → 21
Pearl	1,204	1,316	+9%	29 → 25
Ruth	581	627	+8%	66 → 62
Lillie	995	1,072	+8%	42 → 37
May	602	648	+8%	63 → 61
Katherine	744	794	+7%	54 → 53
Margaret	2,275	2,419	+6%	6 → 5

Falling girl names, 1886 to 1887
Name	Births 1886	Births 1887	Change	Rank 1886 → 1887
Lula	1,040	891	-14%	40 → 47
Daisy	602	532	-12%	63 → 67
Effie	672	615	-8%	60 → 64
Sarah	1,569	1,436	-8%	16 → 20
Sadie	562	519	-8%	68 → 70
Minnie	2,372	2,215	-7%	5 → 6
Ida	2,049	1,929	-6%	7 → 10
Stella	702	664	-5%	57 → 59
Jennie	1,100	1,047	-5%	34 → 38
Fannie	837	798	-5%	48 → 52

Top 100 boy names of 1887

Top 100 girl names of 1887

Biggest movers since 1886

Top 100 boy names of 1887

Top 100 girl names of 1887

Biggest movers since 1886