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

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1887 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	9,888	6.362	-125	-7,561	1	John	8,110	7.419	-26	1,009
2	Anna	4,227	2.720	-52	-82	2	William	7,470	6.834	-1	7,046
3	Elizabeth	2,681	1.725	-10	5,832	3	James	4,768	4.362	-1	8,757
4	Emma	2,647	1.703	3	16,041	4	George	4,284	3.919	-123	-1,225
5	Margaret	2,419	1.556	-122	-107	5	Charles	4,031	3.688	-47	2,573
6	Minnie	2,215	1.425	-2,613	-2,149	6	Frank	2,883	2.637	-386	-2,080
7	Bertha	2,037	1.311	-4,752	-2,009	7	Joseph	2,456	2.247	-16	7,099
8	Clara	1,984	1.277	-95	893	8	Henry	2,228	2.038	-8	8,421
9	Florence	1,964	1.264	-962	-1,695	9	Thomas	2,151	1.968	-40	4,628
10	Ida	1,929	1.241	-1,211	-1,739	10	Edward	2,125	1.944	-159	143
11	Ethel	1,907	1.227	-4,345	-1,875	11	Robert	2,125	1.944	-60	3,015
12	Annie	1,844	1.186	-296	-764	12	Harry	2,057	1.882	-608	-1,630
13	Bessie	1,838	1.183	-10,612	-1,829	13	Walter	1,704	1.559	-258	-401
14	Alice	1,819	1.170	-57	1,824	14	Arthur	1,489	1.362	-216	153
15	Grace	1,692	1.089	-9	5,032	15	Fred	1,454	1.330	-1,635	-1,357
16	Ella	1,521	0.979	1	6,534	16	Albert	1,294	1.184	-436	-637
17	Martha	1,504	0.968	-780	-1,163	17	Clarence	892	0.816	-1,099	-720
18	Mabel	1,494	0.961	-418	-772	18	Samuel	802	0.734	-3	8,932
19	Nellie	1,457	0.937	-1,052	-1,221	19	Louis	791	0.724	-244	577
20	Sarah	1,436	0.924	-47	2,298	20	Roy	726	0.664	-522	-212
21	Helen	1,405	0.904	-392	-660	21	Joe	685	0.627	-674	-340
22	Laura	1,364	0.878	-318	-429	22	David	673	0.616	0	9,024
23	Carrie	1,344	0.865	-1,745	-1,229	23	Ernest	653	0.597	-955	-443
24	Edna	1,339	0.862	-1,713	-1,222	24	Charlie	642	0.587	-194	1,074
25	Pearl	1,316	0.847	-622	-861	25	Richard	622	0.569	-163	1,497
26	Lillian	1,308	0.842	-8	4,226	26	Jesse	601	0.550	-159	1,525
27	Cora	1,257	0.809	-46	2,317	27	Willie	590	0.540	-907	-366
28	Gertrude	1,251	0.805	-5,458	-1,228	28	Carl	588	0.538	-672	-246
29	Edith	1,243	0.800	-489	-644	29	Oscar	574	0.525	-177	1,371
30	Rose	1,242	0.799	-93	1,190	30	Will	561	0.513	-862	-319
31	Maude	1,162	0.748	-5,194	-1,137	31	Daniel	556	0.509	16	10,617
32	Hattie	1,135	0.730	-463	-511	32	Earl	537	0.491	-1,632	-442
33	Eva	1,125	0.724	-42	2,417	33	Andrew	520	0.476	-10	6,714
34	Frances	1,105	0.711	-411	-390	34	Benjamin	473	0.433	28	12,908
35	Louise	1,088	0.700	-765	-749	35	Alfred	468	0.428	-837	-219
36	Myrtle	1,087	0.699	OLD	-1,087	36	Elmer	467	0.427	-1,223	-322
37	Lillie	1,072	0.690	-631	-633	37	Frederick	464	0.424	-459	111
38	Jennie	1,047	0.674	-3,406	-1,002	38	Ralph	463	0.424	-913	-246
39	Julia	1,043	0.671	-54	1,946	39	Sam	463	0.424	-564	-12
40	Mattie	1,031	0.663	-1,017	-791	40	Paul	449	0.411	-194	1,176
41	Jessie	1,012	0.651	-615	-565	41	Herbert	445	0.407	-1,986	-374
42	Lena	1,004	0.646	-259	90	42	Howard	429	0.392	-926	-216
43	Marie	994	0.640	-533	-464	43	Peter	421	0.385	-168	1,391
44	Catherine	967	0.622	-160	531	44	Lee	400	0.366	-645	-50
45	Ada	910	0.586	-206	378	45	Herman	394	0.360	-2,187	-333
46	Agnes	896	0.576	-1,158	-701	46	Claude	375	0.343	-2,453	-324
47	Lula	891	0.573	-1,813	-783	47	Raymond	372	0.340	-252	777
48	Dora	842	0.542	-2,383	-769	48	Michael	345	0.316	34	11,275
49	Elsie	832	0.535	-231	346	49	Lewis	343	0.314	-497	163
50	Josephine	815	0.524	-41	2,208	50	Jim	339	0.310	-2,947	-300

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.