100 Most Popular Baby Names of 1887

Top Male Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 John 0 8,109
2 William 0 7,470
3 James 0 4,768
4 George 0 4,284
5 Charles 0 4,031
6 Frank 0 2,883
7 Joseph 0 2,456
8 Henry +1 2,228
9 Thomas +1 2,151
10 Edward +1 2,125
11 Robert -3 2,125
12 Harry 0 2,057
13 Walter 0 1,705
14 Arthur 0 1,489
15 Fred 0 1,454
16 Albert 0 1,294
17 Clarence 0 892
18 Samuel 0 802
19 Louis 0 791
20 Roy 0 726
21 Joe 0 685
22 David +2 674
23 Ernest +2 653
24 Charlie -2 642
25 Richard -2 622
26 Jesse +4 601
27 Willie +1 590
28 Carl +4 588
29 Oscar -3 574
30 Will -3 561
31 Daniel +2 557
32 Earl -1 537
33 Andrew -4 520
34 Benjamin +5 472
35 Alfred +1 468
36 Elmer -1 467
37 Frederick +3 464
38 Ralph +3 463
39 Sam -5 463
40 Paul -2 449
41 Herbert +5 445
42 Howard -5 428
43 Peter -1 421
44 Lee +3 400
45 Herman -1 394
46 Claude +2 375
47 Raymond +5 372
48 Michael +5 345
49 Lewis -6 343
50 Jim -1 339
51 Martin +7 331
52 Tom -2 329
53 Eugene -2 327
54 Francis +1 327
55 Clyde +7 320
56 Jacob -2 317
57 Edwin +2 310
58 Ben -2 305
59 Grover -14 290
60 Lawrence -3 283
61 Harold +17 279
62 Ed +1 275
63 Luther +8 267
64 Edgar -3 266
65 Harvey -5 262
66 Ray +1 258
67 Otto +1 253
68 Jack -4 251
69 Hugh +8 250
70 Homer +9 248
71 Guy -1 238
72 Bert +4 237
73 Floyd -7 232
74 Leo -1 232
75 Charley +6 221
76 Patrick -4 218
77 Ira +8 215
78 Chester -13 207
79 Leonard -5 207
80 Oliver -5 203
81 Allen +1 202
82 Theodore -13 201
83 August +1 194
84 Isaac -4 194
85 Archie +7 184
86 Jessie +3 182
87 Alexander -4 180
88 Leroy +12 177
89 Lester +9 168
90 Leslie +24 166
91 Clifford +4 165
92 Stephen -2 165
93 Julius +1 164
94 Warren +14 163
95 Philip -8 161
96 Horace +3 160
97 Bernard -6 159
98 Anthony -5 153
99 Leon +10 147
100 Emil +16 146
Top Female Names
Rank Name +/- Quantity Add
1 Mary 0 9,888
2 Anna 0 4,227
3 Elizabeth +1 2,681
4 Emma -1 2,647
5 Margaret +1 2,419
6 Minnie -1 2,215
7 Bertha +1 2,037
8 Clara +1 1,984
9 Florence +1 1,964
10 Ida -3 1,929
11 Ethel +4 1,907
12 Annie +1 1,844
13 Bessie -1 1,838
14 Alice -3 1,818
15 Grace -1 1,692
16 Ella +3 1,521
17 Martha +1 1,504
18 Mabel +2 1,495
19 Nellie -2 1,457
20 Sarah -4 1,436
21 Helen +4 1,405
22 Laura 0 1,364
23 Carrie -2 1,344
24 Edna -1 1,339
25 Pearl +4 1,316
26 Lillian -2 1,308
27 Cora +1 1,257
28 Gertrude -1 1,251
29 Edith +2 1,243
30 Rose -4 1,242
31 Maude -1 1,162
32 Hattie +1 1,135
33 Eva -1 1,125
34 Frances +4 1,105
35 Louise +2 1,088
36 Myrtle -1 1,087
37 Lillie +5 1,072
38 Jennie -4 1,047
39 Julia -3 1,043
40 Mattie -1 1,031
41 Jessie 0 1,012
42 Lena +1 1,004
43 Marie +1 994
44 Catherine +1 967
45 Ada +1 910
46 Agnes +6 896
47 Lula -7 891
48 Dora +1 842
49 Elsie +9 832
50 Josephine -3 816
51 Lucy -1 811
52 Fannie -4 798
53 Katherine +1 794
54 Blanche -3 763
55 Maggie -2 740
56 Nora 0 735
57 Mamie -2 716
58 Mae +3 680
59 Stella -2 664
60 Rosa -1 659
61 May +3 648
62 Ruth +4 627
63 Alma -1 623
64 Effie -4 615
65 Nettie 0 595
66 Ellen +4 579
67 Daisy -4 532
68 Lizzie +3 525
69 Sallie +4 525
70 Sadie -2 519
71 Nancy +1 511
72 Hazel +9 504
73 Irene +5 504
74 Della -7 496
75 Susie -6 485
76 Lydia +11 448
77 Katie +3 440
78 Etta +1 437
79 Esther +6 431
80 Viola -3 420
81 Lottie -6 414
82 Flora -6 408
83 Maud -9 402
84 Caroline +8 398
85 Olive -1 394
86 Addie -3 393
87 Kathryn +2 384
88 Willie 0 379
89 Mildred +18 373
90 Beulah +8 355
91 Charlotte +3 351
92 Georgia -6 351
93 Amelia +8 344
94 Harriet +5 342
95 Nannie +2 340
96 Amanda -5 338
97 Ollie +6 338
98 Emily -5 335
99 Susan +3 335
100 Mollie -18 333