Name.Baby Names by year 1880s 1887 Most Popular Baby Names of 1887 Social Security has card records for 264,734 people born in the U.S. in 1887. Mary was the top girl name (9,888 babies) and John the top boy name (8,110).
Top 100 names of 1887 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1887, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Mary 9,888 #125 2 Anna 4,227 #107 3 Elizabeth 2,681 #17 4 Emma 2,647 #3 5 Margaret 2,419 #112 6 Minnie 2,215 #3,028 7 Bertha 2,037 #4,546 8 Clara 1,984 #63 9 Florence 1,964 #391 10 Ida 1,929 #1,120 11 Ethel 1,907 #4,172 12 Annie 1,844 #182 13 Bessie 1,838 #6,838 14 Alice 1,819 #65 15 Grace 1,692 #38 16 Ella 1,521 #29 17 Martha 1,504 #712 18 Mabel 1,494 #201 19 Nellie 1,457 #533 20 Sarah 1,436 #90 21 Helen 1,405 #461 22 Laura 1,364 #379 23 Carrie 1,344 #2,719 24 Edna 1,339 #2,458 25 Pearl 1,316 #776 26 Lillian 1,308 #57 27 Cora 1,257 #113 28 Gertrude 1,251 #6,546 29 Edith 1,243 #499 30 Rose 1,242 #114 31 Maude 1,162 #3,342 32 Hattie 1,135 #334 33 Eva 1,125 #134 34 Frances 1,105 #318 35 Louise 1,088 #514 36 Myrtle 1,087 #10,917 37 Lillie 1,072 #675 38 Jennie 1,047 #2,298 39 Julia 1,043 #131 40 Mattie 1,031 #1,004 41 Jessie 1,012 #823 42 Lena 1,004 #279 43 Marie 994 #617 44 Catherine 967 #313 45 Ada 910 #219 46 Agnes 896 #1,016 47 Lula 891 #1,927 48 Dora 842 #2,387 49 Elsie 833 #123 50 Josephine 815 #53
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1887, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Lucy 811 #24 52 Fannie 798 #3,342 53 Katherine 794 #186 54 Blanche 763 #6,838 55 Maggie 740 #294 56 Nora 735 #20 57 Mamie 716 #6,116 58 Mae 680 #500 59 Stella 664 #52 60 Rosa 659 #652 61 May 648 #1,229 62 Ruth 627 #173 63 Alma 623 #449 64 Effie 615 #2,239 65 Nettie 595 #5,554 66 Ellen 579 #1,062 67 Daisy 532 #75 68 Lizzie 525 #2,139 68 Sallie 525 #4,265 70 Sadie 519 #50 71 Nancy 511 #965 72 Hazel 504 #21 72 Irene 504 #651 74 Della 496 #563 75 Susie 485 #1,911 76 Lydia 448 #92 77 Katie 440 #646 78 Etta 437 #928 79 Esther 431 #119 80 Viola 420 #1,013 81 Lottie 414 #527 82 Flora 408 #607 83 Maud 402 – 84 Caroline 398 #96 85 Olive 394 #197 86 Addie 393 #1,272 87 Kathryn 384 #729 88 Willie 379 #10,107 89 Mildred 373 #1,962 90 Beulah 355 #5,917 91 Charlotte 351 #2 91 Georgia 351 #99 93 Amelia 344 #4 94 Harriet 342 #1,071 95 Nannie 340 – 96 Amanda 338 #493 96 Ollie 338 #2,276 98 Emily 335 #34 98 Susan 335 #1,085 100 Mollie 333 #1,113
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1887, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 John 8,110 #23 2 William 7,470 #9 3 James 4,767 #6 4 George 4,284 #126 5 Charles 4,031 #48 6 Frank 2,883 #513 7 Joseph 2,456 #29 8 Henry 2,228 #5 9 Thomas 2,151 #34 10 Edward 2,125 #224 10 Robert 2,125 #92 12 Harry 2,057 #775 13 Walter 1,704 #251 14 Arthur 1,489 #87 15 Fred 1,454 #1,932 16 Albert 1,294 #614 17 Clarence 892 #1,499 18 Samuel 802 #18 19 Louis 791 #249 20 Roy 726 #525 21 Joe 685 #991 22 David 673 #35 23 Ernest 653 #1,038 24 Charlie 642 #145 25 Richard 622 #234 26 Jesse 601 #184 27 Willie 590 #1,315 28 Carl 588 #1,132 29 Oscar 574 #223 30 Will 561 #1,193 31 Daniel 556 #22 32 Earl 537 #2,230 33 Andrew 520 #73 34 Benjamin 473 #11 35 Alfred 468 #840 36 Elmer 467 #1,222 37 Frederick 464 #435 38 Ralph 463 #1,046 38 Sam 463 #647 40 Paul 449 #262 41 Herbert 445 #2,641 42 Howard 429 #1,002 43 Peter 421 #187 44 Lee 400 #725 45 Herman 394 #2,363 46 Claude 375 #3,036 47 Raymond 372 #394 48 Michael 344 #21 49 Lewis 343 #433 50 Jim 339 #3,128
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1887, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Martin 331 #335 52 Tom 329 #2,183 53 Eugene 327 #943 53 Francis 327 #420 55 Clyde 320 #742 56 Jacob 317 #43 57 Edwin 310 #398 58 Ben 305 #843 59 Grover 290 #4,249 60 Lawrence 283 #518 61 Harold 279 #991 62 Ed 275 – 63 Luther 267 #1,459 64 Edgar 266 #486 65 Harvey 262 #251 66 Ray 258 #791 67 Otto 253 #277 68 Jack 251 #15 69 Hugh 250 #732 70 Homer 248 #4,707 71 Guy 238 #1,634 72 Bert 237 #10,695 73 Floyd 232 #2,230 73 Leo 232 #19 75 Charley 221 #1,826 76 Patrick 218 #235 77 Ira 215 #819 78 Chester 207 #1,585 78 Leonard 207 #637 80 Oliver 203 #3 81 Allen 202 #578 82 Theodore 201 #4 83 August 194 #81 83 Isaac 194 #47 85 Archie 184 #301 86 Jessie 182 #1,425 87 Alexander 180 #30 88 Leroy 177 #883 89 Lester 168 #1,634 90 Leslie 166 #3,513 91 Clifford 165 #1,352 91 Stephen 165 #383 93 Julius 164 #424 94 Warren 163 #240 95 Philip 161 #527 96 Horace 160 #6,143 97 Bernard 159 #1,362 98 Anthony 153 #46 99 Leon 147 #138 100 Emil 146 #1,267
Entered the top 100 in 1887
