Name Yearbook

Top baby names of 1887

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
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

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	8,110
2	William	7,470
3	James	4,767
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