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The most popular names in 1887

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Top 1,000 girls' names · 1–100

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

Top 1,000 boys' names · 1–100

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