Birth year roster
Top names in 1887
The 100 most common names on 1887 birth certificates, for girls and boys, ranked by SSA records.
Mary and John led the 1887 baby-name charts, the top names among late-19th-century births. Mary was the #1 girls’ name for 76 years in all (between 1880 and 1961); John was the #1 boys’ name for 44 years in all (1880–1923). Of the 200 names below, 99 are now endangered or extinct; the tag on each shows where it stands today.
Girls
- #1Mary Endangered9,888
- #2Anna Declining4,227
- #3Elizabeth Stable2,681
- #4Emma Declining2,647
- #5Margaret Endangered2,419
- #6Minnie Endangered2,215
- #7Bertha Endangered2,037
- #8Clara Stable1,984
- #9Florence Endangered1,964
- #10Ida Endangered1,929
- #11Ethel Endangered1,907
- #12Annie Rising1,844
- #13Bessie Endangered1,838
- #14Alice Stable1,819
- #15Grace Declining1,692
- #16Ella Declining1,521
- #17Martha Endangered1,504
- #18Mabel Rising1,494
- #19Nellie Rising1,457
- #20Sarah Endangered1,436
- #21Helen Endangered1,405
- #22Laura Endangered1,364
- #23Carrie Endangered1,344
- #24Edna Endangered1,339
- #25Pearl Endangered1,316
- #26Lillian Declining1,308
- #27Cora Stable1,257
- #28Gertrude Endangered1,251
- #29Edith Endangered1,243
- #30Rose Stable1,242
- #31Maude Endangered1,162
- #32Hattie Rising1,135
- #33Eva Declining1,125
- #34Frances Endangered1,105
- #35Louise Endangered1,088
- #36Myrtle Endangered1,087
- #37Lillie Stable1,072
- #38Jennie Endangered1,047
- #39Julia Stable1,043
- #40Mattie Endangered1,031
- #41Jessie Endangered1,012
- #42Lena Stable1,004
- #43Marie Endangered994
- #44Catherine Endangered967
- #45Ada Rising910
- #46Agnes Endangered896
- #47Lula Endangered891
- #48Dora Endangered842
- #49Elsie Rising833
- #50Josephine Rising815
- #51Lucy Stable811
- #52Fannie Endangered798
- #53Katherine Declining794
- #54Blanche Endangered763
- #55Maggie Stable740
- #56Nora Stable735
- #57Mamie Endangered716
- #58Mae Stable680
- #59Stella Stable664
- #60Rosa Stable659
- #61May Rising648
- #62Ruth Endangered627
- #63Alma Rising623
- #64Effie Endangered615
- #65Nettie Endangered595
- #66Ellen Endangered579
- #67Daisy Rising532
- #68Lizzie Rising525
- #69Sallie Endangered525
- #70Sadie Stable519
- #71Nancy Endangered511
- #72Hazel Rising504
- #73Irene Endangered504
- #74Della Rising496
- #75Susie Endangered485
- #76Lydia Stable448
- #77Katie Endangered440
- #78Etta Stable437
- #79Esther Stable431
- #80Viola Endangered420
- #81Lottie Rising414
- #82Flora Rising408
- #83Maud Declining402
- #84Caroline Declining398
- #85Olive Rising394
- #86Addie Stable393
- #87Kathryn Endangered384
- #88Willie Endangered379
- #89Mildred Endangered373
- #90Beulah Endangered355
- #91Charlotte Stable351
- #92Georgia Rising351
- #93Amelia Stable344
- #94Harriet Endangered342
- #95Nannie Extinct340
- #96Amanda Endangered338
- #97Ollie Endangered338
- #98Emily Declining335
- #99Susan Endangered335
- #100Mollie Stable333
Boys
- #1John Past peak8,110
- #2William Declining7,470
- #3James Stable4,767
- #4George Stable4,284
- #5Charles Stable4,031
- #6Frank Endangered2,883
- #7Joseph Declining2,456
- #8Henry Stable2,228
- #9Thomas Stable2,151
- #10Edward Endangered2,125
- #11Robert Endangered2,125
- #12Harry Endangered2,057
- #13Walter Stable1,704
- #14Arthur Rising1,489
- #15Fred Endangered1,454
- #16Albert Endangered1,294
- #17Clarence Endangered892
- #18Samuel Stable802
- #19Louis Stable791
- #20Roy Endangered726
- #21Joe Endangered685
- #22David Past peak673
- #23Ernest Endangered653
- #24Charlie Rising642
- #25Richard Endangered622
- #26Jesse Stable601
- #27Willie Endangered590
- #28Carl Endangered588
- #29Oscar Stable574
- #30Will Declining561
- #31Daniel Declining556
- #32Earl Endangered537
- #33Andrew Declining520
- #34Benjamin Declining473
- #35Alfred Endangered468
- #36Elmer Endangered467
- #37Frederick Stable464
- #38Ralph Endangered463
- #39Sam Stable463
- #40Paul Endangered449
- #41Herbert Endangered445
- #42Howard Endangered429
- #43Peter Stable421
- #44Lee Endangered400
- #45Herman Endangered394
- #46Claude Endangered375
- #47Raymond Endangered372
- #48Michael Past peak344
- #49Lewis Rising343
- #50Jim Endangered339
- #51Martin Stable331
- #52Tom Endangered329
- #53Eugene Endangered327
- #54Francis Stable327
- #55Clyde Stable320
- #56Jacob Declining317
- #57Edwin Stable310
- #58Ben Stable305
- #59Grover Endangered290
- #60Lawrence Endangered283
- #61Harold Endangered279
- #62Ed Declining275
- #63Luther Endangered267
- #64Edgar Declining266
- #65Harvey Rising262
- #66Ray Endangered258
- #67Otto Rising253
- #68Jack Stable251
- #69Hugh Stable250
- #70Homer Endangered248
- #71Guy Endangered238
- #72Bert Endangered237
- #73Floyd Endangered232
- #74Leo Rising232
- #75Charley Stable221
- #76Patrick Declining218
- #77Ira Stable215
- #78Chester Endangered207
- #79Leonard Endangered207
- #80Oliver Stable203
- #81Allen Endangered202
- #82Theodore Rising201
- #83August Rising194
- #84Isaac Declining194
- #85Archie Rising184
- #86Jessie Endangered182
- #87Alexander Declining180
- #88Leroy Endangered177
- #89Lester Endangered168
- #90Leslie Endangered166
- #91Clifford Endangered165
- #92Stephen Endangered165
- #93Julius Stable164
- #94Warren Rising163
- #95Philip Endangered161
- #96Horace Endangered160
- #97Bernard Endangered159
- #98Anthony Declining153
- #99Leon Rising147
- #100Emil Stable146