Baby name rankings

Top 100 baby names in the United States in 1887

See the most popular baby names, how many were recorded, and how each rank changed from 1886.

Top 100

Rank	Name	Recorded count	Change from 1886
1	Mary	9,935	0
2	John	8,166	0
3	William	7,514	0
4	James	4,786	0
5	George	4,318	0
6	Anna	4,240	+1
7	Charles	4,064	-1
8	Frank	2,902	0
9	Elizabeth	2,695	+1
10	Emma	2,661	-1
11	Joseph	2,469	0
12	Margaret	2,432	+5
13	Henry	2,238	0
14	Minnie	2,226	0
15	Thomas	2,158	0
16	Edward	2,136	0
17	Robert	2,133	-5
18	Harry	2,070	0
19	Bertha	2,048	+1
20	Clara	1,993	+1
21	Florence	1,980	+2
22	Ida	1,938	-3
23	Ethel	1,917	+5
24	Annie	1,857	+2
25	Bessie	1,843	0
26	Alice	1,829	-2
27	Walter	1,704	-5
28	Grace	1,692	-1
29	Ella	1,521	+6
30	Martha	1,509	+2
31	Mabel	1,499	+5
32	Arthur	1,498	-3
33	Nellie	1,467	0
34	Fred	1,465	-4
35	Sarah	1,436	-4
36	Helen	1,405	+6
37	Pearl	1,380	+4
38	Laura	1,370	0
39	Carrie	1,344	-2
40	Edna	1,339	-1
41	Lillian	1,314	-1
42	Albert	1,301	-8
43	Cora	1,257	+2
44	Gertrude	1,251	0
45	Edith	1,250	+1
46	Rose	1,248	-4
47	Jessie	1,194	+1
48	Maude	1,162	-1
49	Hattie	1,141	+1
50	Eva	1,131	-1
51	Frances	1,117	+2
52	Louise	1,100	+3
53	Myrtle	1,094	-2
54	Lillie	1,072	+5
55	Julia	1,049	-1
56	Jennie	1,047	-4
57	Mattie	1,031	-1
58	Lena	1,004	+3
59	Marie	994	+3
60	Catherine	972	+4
61	Willie	969	-3
62	Ada	915	+1
63	Agnes	901	+9
64	Clarence	897	-4
65	Lula	891	-8
66	Dora	847	+3
67	Elsie	833	+14
68	Josephine	815	-1
69	Lucy	811	+1
70	Samuel	802	-5
71	Fannie	798	-3
71	Louis	798	-5
73	Katherine	794	+3
74	Blanche	768	-3
75	Nora	743	+4
76	Maggie	740	-1
77	Roy	733	-3
78	Mamie	722	+2
79	Joe	695	-6
80	David	682	+3
81	Mae	680	+8
82	Rosa	664	+2
82	Stella	664	0
84	Ernest	660	0
85	Charlie	653	-8
85	May	653	+7
87	Alma	633	+6
88	Ruth	632	+8
89	Richard	629	-11
90	Effie	620	-4
91	Jesse	611	-1
92	Carl	595	+7
92	Nettie	595	+3
94	Ellen	579	+9
95	Oscar	574	-8
96	Will	570	-8
97	Daniel	556	+5
98	Earl	537	-1
99	Daisy	532	-5
100	Lizzie	525	+5
100	Sallie	525	+7