Top baby names of 1887
The most-given names in the U.S. that year, ranked by total births from Social Security Administration data.
- 4James87,234
- 5George78,380
- 6Charles73,750
- 7Anna54,394
- 8Frank52,748
- 9Joseph44,934
- 10Henry40,764
- 11Thomas39,354
- 12Edward38,878
- 13Robert38,878
- 14Harry37,634
- 15Elizabeth34,500
- 16Emma34,062
- 17Walter31,194
- 18Margaret31,128
- 19Minnie28,502
- 20Arthur27,242
- 21Fred26,602
- 22Bertha26,212
- 23Clara25,530
- 24Florence25,272
- 25Ida24,822
- 26Ethel24,540
- 27Annie23,728
- 28Albert23,674
- 29Bessie23,652
- 30Alice23,394
- 31Grace21,772
- 32Ella19,572
- 33Martha19,354
- 34Mabel19,238
- 35Nellie18,748
- 36Sarah18,478
- 37Helen18,080
- 38Laura17,552
- 39Carrie17,294
- 40Edna17,230
- 41Pearl16,934
- 42Lillian16,832
- 43Clarence16,320
- 44Cora16,176
- 45Gertrude16,098
- 46Edith15,994
- 47Rose15,982
- 48Maude14,952
- 49Samuel14,674
- 50Hattie14,606
- 51Eva14,476
- 52Louis14,472
- 53Frances14,220
- 54Louise14,000
- 55Myrtle13,988
- 56Lillie13,794
- 57Jennie13,472
- 58Julia13,422
- 59Roy13,282
- 60Mattie13,266
- 61Jessie13,022
- 62Lena12,920
- 63Marie12,790
- 64Joe12,532
- 65Catherine12,444
- 66David12,332
- 67Ernest11,948
- 68Charlie11,746
- 69Ada11,710
- 70Agnes11,530
- 71Lula11,466
- 72Richard11,380
- 73Jesse10,996
- 74Dora10,834
- 75Willie10,794
- 76Carl10,758
- 77Elsie10,706
- 78Oscar10,502
- 79Josephine10,500
- 80Will10,264
- 81Daniel10,190
- 82Earl9,824
- 83Andrew9,514
- 84Benjamin8,636
- 85Alfred8,562
- 86Elmer8,544
- 87Frederick8,490
- 88Ralph8,472
- 89Sam8,472
- 90Paul8,214
- 91Herbert8,142
- 92Howard7,830
- 93Peter7,702
- 94Lee7,318
- 95Herman7,208
- 96Claude6,860
- 97Raymond6,806
- 98Michael6,312
- 99Lewis6,276
- 100Jim6,202