Top names of 1887

Girls

1Mary9,888– 2Anna4,227– 3Elizabeth2,681▲ 1 4Emma2,647▼ 1 5Margaret2,419▲ 1 6Minnie2,215▼ 1 7Bertha2,037▲ 1 8Clara1,984▲ 1 9Florence1,964▲ 1 10Ida1,929▼ 3 11Ethel1,907▲ 4 12Annie1,844▲ 1 13Bessie1,838▼ 1 14Alice1,819▼ 3 15Grace1,692▼ 1 16Ella1,521▲ 3 17Martha1,504▲ 1 18Mabel1,494▲ 2 19Nellie1,457▼ 2 20Sarah1,436▼ 4 21Helen1,405▲ 4 22Laura1,364– 23Carrie1,344▼ 2 24Edna1,339▼ 1 25Pearl1,316▲ 4 26Lillian1,308▼ 2 27Cora1,257▲ 1 28Gertrude1,251▼ 1 29Edith1,243▲ 2 30Rose1,242▼ 4 31Maude1,162▼ 1 32Hattie1,135▲ 1 33Eva1,125▼ 1 34Frances1,105▲ 4 35Louise1,088▲ 1 36Myrtle1,087▼ 1 37Lillie1,072▲ 5 38Jennie1,047▼ 4 39Julia1,043▼ 3 40Mattie1,031▼ 1 41Jessie1,012– 42Lena1,004▲ 1 43Marie994▲ 1 44Catherine967▲ 1 45Ada910▲ 1 46Agnes896▲ 6 47Lula891▼ 7 48Dora842▲ 1 49Elsie833▲ 9 50Josephine815▼ 3 51Lucy811▼ 1 52Fannie798▼ 4 53Katherine794▲ 1 54Blanche763▼ 3 55Maggie740▼ 2 56Nora735– 57Mamie716▼ 2 58Mae680▲ 3 59Stella664▼ 2 60Rosa659▼ 1 61May648▲ 2 62Ruth627▲ 4 63Alma623▼ 1 64Effie615▼ 4 65Nettie595– 66Ellen579▲ 4 67Daisy532▼ 4 68Lizzie525▲ 3 69Sallie525▲ 4 70Sadie519▼ 2 71Nancy511▲ 1 72Hazel504▲ 9 73Irene504▲ 5 74Della496▼ 7 75Susie485▼ 6 76Lydia448▲ 11 77Katie440▲ 3 78Etta437▲ 1 79Esther431▲ 6 80Viola420▼ 3 81Lottie414▼ 6 82Flora408▼ 6 83Maud402▼ 9 84Caroline398▲ 7 85Olive394▼ 1 86Addie393▼ 3 87Kathryn384▲ 2 88Willie379– 89Mildred373▲ 18 90Beulah355▲ 8 91Charlotte351▲ 3 92Georgia351▼ 6 93Amelia344▲ 8 94Harriet342▲ 5 95Nannie340▲ 2 96Amanda338▼ 5 97Ollie338▲ 6 98Emily335▼ 5 99Susan335▲ 3 100Mollie333▼ 18

Boys

1John8,110– 2William7,470– 3James4,767– 4George4,284– 5Charles4,031– 6Frank2,883– 7Joseph2,456– 8Henry2,228▲ 1 9Thomas2,151▲ 1 10Edward2,125▲ 1 11Robert2,125▼ 3 12Harry2,057– 13Walter1,704– 14Arthur1,489– 15Fred1,454– 16Albert1,294– 17Clarence892– 18Samuel802– 19Louis791– 20Roy726– 21Joe685– 22David673▲ 2 23Ernest653▲ 2 24Charlie642▼ 2 25Richard622▼ 2 26Jesse601▲ 3 27Willie590▲ 1 28Carl588▲ 4 29Oscar574▼ 3 30Will561▼ 3 31Daniel556▲ 2 32Earl537▼ 1 33Andrew520▼ 4 34Benjamin473▲ 5 35Alfred468▲ 1 36Elmer467▼ 1 37Frederick464▲ 3 38Ralph463▲ 3 39Sam463▼ 5 40Paul449▼ 2 41Herbert445▲ 5 42Howard429▼ 5 43Peter421▼ 1 44Lee400▲ 3 45Herman394▼ 1 46Claude375▲ 2 47Raymond372▲ 5 48Michael344▲ 5 49Lewis343▼ 6 50Jim339▼ 1 51Martin331▲ 7 52Tom329▼ 2 53Eugene327▼ 2 54Francis327▲ 1 55Clyde320▲ 7 56Jacob317▼ 2 57Edwin310▲ 2 58Ben305▼ 2 59Grover290▼ 14 60Lawrence283▼ 3 61Harold279▲ 17 62Ed275▲ 1 63Luther267▲ 8 64Edgar266▼ 3 65Harvey262▼ 5 66Ray258▲ 1 67Otto253▲ 1 68Jack251▼ 4 69Hugh250▲ 8 70Homer248▲ 8 71Guy238▼ 1 72Bert237▲ 4 73Floyd232▼ 7 74Leo232▼ 1 75Charley221▲ 6 76Patrick218▼ 4 77Ira215▲ 8 78Chester207▼ 13 79Leonard207▼ 5 80Oliver203▼ 5 81Allen202▲ 1 82Theodore201▼ 13 83August194▲ 1 84Isaac194▼ 6 85Archie184▲ 7 86Jessie182▲ 3 87Alexander180▼ 4 88Leroy177▲ 12 89Lester168▲ 9 90Leslie166▲ 24 91Clifford165▲ 4 92Stephen165▼ 3 93Julius164▲ 1 94Warren163▲ 13 95Philip161▼ 8 96Horace160▲ 3 97Bernard159▼ 6 98Anthony153▼ 5 99Leon147▲ 10 100Emil146▲ 16