Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1887

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1887 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1886						Change from 1886
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	9,888	6.362	0	-1	1	John	8,110	7.419	0	-916
2	Anna	4,227	2.720	0	-56	2	William	7,470	6.834	0	-782
3	Elizabeth	2,681	1.725	1	1	3	James	4,768	4.362	0	-587
4	Emma	2,647	1.703	-1	-117	4	George	4,284	3.919	0	-387
5	Margaret	2,419	1.556	1	144	5	Charles	4,031	3.688	0	-502
6	Minnie	2,215	1.425	-1	-157	6	Frank	2,883	2.637	0	-244
7	Bertha	2,037	1.311	1	36	7	Joseph	2,456	2.247	0	-138
8	Clara	1,984	1.277	1	68	8	Henry	2,228	2.038	1	-176
9	Florence	1,964	1.264	1	104	9	Thomas	2,151	1.968	1	-186
10	Ida	1,929	1.241	-3	-120	10	Edward	2,125	1.944	1	-187
11	Ethel	1,907	1.227	4	208	11	Robert	2,125	1.944	-3	-318
12	Annie	1,844	1.186	1	79	12	Harry	2,057	1.882	0	-200
13	Bessie	1,838	1.183	-1	47	13	Walter	1,704	1.559	0	-177
14	Alice	1,819	1.170	-3	8	14	Arthur	1,489	1.362	0	-167
15	Grace	1,692	1.089	-1	-31	15	Fred	1,454	1.330	0	-145
16	Ella	1,521	0.979	3	57	16	Albert	1,294	1.184	0	-194
17	Martha	1,504	0.968	1	13	17	Clarence	892	0.816	0	-103
18	Mabel	1,494	0.961	2	72	18	Samuel	802	0.734	0	-68
19	Nellie	1,457	0.937	-2	-35	19	Louis	791	0.724	0	-55
20	Sarah	1,436	0.924	-4	-133	20	Roy	726	0.664	0	-41
21	Helen	1,405	0.904	4	138	21	Joe	685	0.627	0	-74
22	Laura	1,364	0.878	0	-8	22	David	673	0.616	2	-1
23	Carrie	1,344	0.865	-2	-52	23	Ernest	653	0.597	2	-15
24	Edna	1,339	0.862	-1	25	24	Charlie	642	0.587	-2	-81
25	Pearl	1,316	0.847	4	112	25	Richard	622	0.569	-2	-98
26	Lillian	1,308	0.842	-2	26	26	Jesse	601	0.550	4	-13
27	Cora	1,257	0.809	1	26	27	Willie	590	0.540	1	-51
28	Gertrude	1,251	0.805	-1	2	28	Carl	588	0.538	4	32
29	Edith	1,243	0.800	2	59	29	Oscar	574	0.525	-3	-71
30	Rose	1,242	0.799	-4	-19	30	Will	561	0.513	-3	-81
31	Maude	1,162	0.748	-1	-27	31	Daniel	556	0.509	2	1
32	Hattie	1,135	0.730	1	-4	32	Earl	537	0.491	-1	-33
33	Eva	1,125	0.724	-1	-30	33	Andrew	520	0.476	-4	-94
34	Frances	1,105	0.711	4	46	34	Benjamin	473	0.433	5	10
35	Louise	1,088	0.700	2	27	35	Alfred	468	0.428	1	-12
36	Myrtle	1,087	0.699	-1	-7	36	Elmer	467	0.427	-1	-18
37	Lillie	1,072	0.690	5	77	37	Frederick	464	0.424	3	3
38	Jennie	1,047	0.674	-4	-53	38	Ralph	463	0.424	3	23
39	Julia	1,043	0.671	-3	-18	39	Sam	463	0.424	-5	-56
40	Mattie	1,031	0.663	-1	-13	40	Paul	449	0.411	-2	-17
41	Jessie	1,012	0.651	0	9	41	Herbert	445	0.407	5	45
42	Lena	1,004	0.646	1	12	42	Howard	429	0.392	-5	-38
43	Marie	994	0.640	1	6	43	Peter	421	0.385	-1	-16
44	Catherine	967	0.622	1	51	44	Lee	400	0.366	3	1
45	Ada	910	0.586	1	-5	45	Herman	394	0.360	-1	-24
46	Agnes	896	0.576	6	117	46	Claude	375	0.343	2	-16
47	Lula	891	0.573	-7	-149	47	Raymond	372	0.340	5	19
48	Dora	842	0.542	1	15	48	Michael	345	0.316	5	-3
49	Elsie	832	0.535	9	134	49	Lewis	343	0.314	-6	-88
50	Josephine	815	0.524	-3	-29	50	Jim	339	0.310	-1	-50

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.