Names by year · United States
The names of 1887
In 1887, the SSA recorded 247,391 babies with names given at least five times. Mary was the top girls' name and John the top boys' name.
Girls
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary1 in 15 | 9,888 | #125 |
| 2 | Anna1 in 35 | 4,227 | #107 |
| 3 | Elizabeth1 in 54 | 2,681 | #17 |
| 4 | Emma1 in 55 | 2,647 | #3 |
| 5 | Margaret1 in 60 | 2,419 | #112 |
| 6 | Minnie1 in 66 | 2,215 | #3,060 |
| 7 | Bertha1 in 72 | 2,037 | #4,569 |
| 8 | Clara1 in 74 | 1,984 | #63 |
| 9 | Florence1 in 74 | 1,964 | #391 |
| 10 | Ida1 in 76 | 1,929 | #1,120 |
| 11 | Ethel1 in 77 | 1,907 | #4,211 |
| 12 | Annie1 in 79 | 1,844 | #182 |
| 13 | Bessie1 in 79 | 1,838 | #6,889 |
| 14 | Alice1 in 80 | 1,819 | #65 |
| 15 | Grace1 in 86 | 1,692 | #38 |
| 16 | Ella1 in 96 | 1,521 | #29 |
| 17 | Martha1 in 97 | 1,504 | #713 |
| 18 | Mabel1 in 98 | 1,494 | #201 |
| 19 | Nellie1 in 100 | 1,457 | #533 |
| 20 | Sarah1 in 102 | 1,436 | #90 |
| 21 | Helen1 in 104 | 1,405 | #462 |
| 22 | Laura1 in 107 | 1,364 | #379 |
| 23 | Carrie1 in 109 | 1,344 | #2,726 |
| 24 | Edna1 in 109 | 1,339 | #2,463 |
| 25 | Pearl1 in 111 | 1,316 | #777 |
Boys
| Rank | Name | born | in 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John1 in 13 | 8,110 | #23 |
| 2 | William1 in 14 | 7,470 | #9 |
| 3 | James1 in 21 | 4,767 | #6 |
| 4 | George1 in 24 | 4,284 | #126 |
| 5 | Charles1 in 25 | 4,031 | #48 |
| 6 | Frank1 in 35 | 2,883 | #514 |
| 7 | Joseph1 in 41 | 2,456 | #29 |
| 8 | Henry1 in 46 | 2,228 | #5 |
| 9 | Thomas1 in 47 | 2,151 | #34 |
| 10 | Edward1 in 48 | 2,125 | #224 |
| 11 | Robert1 in 48 | 2,125 | #92 |
| 12 | Harry1 in 49 | 2,057 | #775 |
| 13 | Walter1 in 60 | 1,704 | #252 |
| 14 | Arthur1 in 68 | 1,489 | #87 |
| 15 | Fred1 in 70 | 1,454 | #1,936 |
| 16 | Albert1 in 78 | 1,294 | #614 |
| 17 | Clarence1 in 114 | 892 | #1,500 |
| 18 | Samuel1 in 126 | 802 | #18 |
| 19 | Louis1 in 128 | 791 | #249 |
| 20 | Roy1 in 140 | 726 | #525 |
| 21 | Joe1 in 148 | 685 | #994 |
| 22 | David1 in 151 | 673 | #35 |
| 23 | Ernest1 in 155 | 653 | #1,040 |
| 24 | Charlie1 in 158 | 642 | #145 |
| 25 | Richard1 in 163 | 622 | #234 |
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