The most popular baby names of 1887

SSA recorded 247,391 births in 1887 across all reported names — 145,981 girls and 101,410 boys.

Top 100 girls' names in 1887

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1886.
#	Name	Births	vs 1886
1	Mary	9,888	—
2	Anna	4,227	—
3	Elizabeth	2,681	+1
4	Emma	2,647	-1
5	Margaret	2,419	+1
6	Minnie	2,215	-1
7	Bertha	2,037	+1
8	Clara	1,984	+1
9	Florence	1,964	+1
10	Ida	1,929	-3
11	Ethel	1,907	+4
12	Annie	1,844	+1
13	Bessie	1,838	-1
14	Alice	1,819	-3
15	Grace	1,692	-1
16	Ella	1,521	+3
17	Martha	1,504	+1
18	Mabel	1,494	+2
19	Nellie	1,457	-2
20	Sarah	1,436	-4
21	Helen	1,405	+4
22	Laura	1,364	—
23	Carrie	1,344	-2
24	Edna	1,339	-1
25	Pearl	1,316	+4
26	Lillian	1,308	-2
27	Cora	1,257	+1
28	Gertrude	1,251	-1
29	Edith	1,243	+2
30	Rose	1,242	-4
31	Maude	1,162	-1
32	Hattie	1,135	+1
33	Eva	1,125	-1
34	Frances	1,105	+4
35	Louise	1,088	+1
36	Myrtle	1,087	-1
37	Lillie	1,072	+5
38	Jennie	1,047	-4
39	Julia	1,043	-3
40	Mattie	1,031	-1
41	Jessie	1,012	—
42	Lena	1,004	+1
43	Marie	994	+1
44	Catherine	967	+1
45	Ada	910	+1
46	Agnes	896	+6
47	Lula	891	-7
48	Dora	842	+1
49	Elsie	833	+9
50	Josephine	815	-3
51	Lucy	811	-1
52	Fannie	798	-4
53	Katherine	794	+1
54	Blanche	763	-3
55	Maggie	740	-2
56	Nora	735	—
57	Mamie	716	-2
58	Mae	680	+3
59	Stella	664	-2
60	Rosa	659	-1
61	May	648	+2
62	Ruth	627	+4
63	Alma	623	-1
64	Effie	615	-4
65	Nettie	595	—
66	Ellen	579	+4
67	Daisy	532	-4
68	Lizzie	525	+3
68	Sallie	525	+5
70	Sadie	519	-2
71	Nancy	511	+1
72	Hazel	504	+9
72	Irene	504	+6
74	Della	496	-7
75	Susie	485	-6
76	Lydia	448	+11
77	Katie	440	+3
78	Etta	437	+1
79	Esther	431	+6
80	Viola	420	-3
81	Lottie	414	-6
82	Flora	408	-6
83	Maud	402	-9
84	Caroline	398	+7
85	Olive	394	-1
86	Addie	393	-3
87	Kathryn	384	+2
88	Willie	379	—
89	Mildred	373	+18
90	Beulah	355	+8
91	Charlotte	351	+3
91	Georgia	351	-5
93	Amelia	344	+8
94	Harriet	342	+5
95	Nannie	340	+2
96	Amanda	338	-5
96	Ollie	338	+7
98	Emily	335	-5
98	Susan	335	+4
100	Mollie	333	-18

Rank, births, and the change in rank against 1886.
#	Name	Births	vs 1886
1	John	8,110	—
2	William	7,470	—
3	James	4,767	—
4	George	4,284	—
5	Charles	4,031	—
6	Frank	2,883	—
7	Joseph	2,456	—
8	Henry	2,228	+1
9	Thomas	2,151	+1
10	Edward	2,125	+1
10	Robert	2,125	-2
12	Harry	2,057	—
13	Walter	1,704	—
14	Arthur	1,489	—
15	Fred	1,454	—
16	Albert	1,294	—
17	Clarence	892	—
18	Samuel	802	—
19	Louis	791	—
20	Roy	726	—
21	Joe	685	—
22	David	673	+2
23	Ernest	653	+2
24	Charlie	642	-2
25	Richard	622	-2
26	Jesse	601	+3
27	Willie	590	+1
28	Carl	588	+4
29	Oscar	574	-3
30	Will	561	-3
31	Daniel	556	+2
32	Earl	537	-1
33	Andrew	520	-4
34	Benjamin	473	+5
35	Alfred	468	+1
36	Elmer	467	-1
37	Frederick	464	+3
38	Ralph	463	+3
38	Sam	463	-4
40	Paul	449	-2
41	Herbert	445	+5
42	Howard	429	-5
43	Peter	421	-1
44	Lee	400	+3
45	Herman	394	-1
46	Claude	375	+2
47	Raymond	372	+5
48	Michael	344	+5
49	Lewis	343	-6
50	Jim	339	-1
51	Martin	331	+7
52	Tom	329	-2
53	Eugene	327	-2
53	Francis	327	+2
55	Clyde	320	+7
56	Jacob	317	-2
57	Edwin	310	+2
58	Ben	305	-2
59	Grover	290	-14
60	Lawrence	283	-3
61	Harold	279	+17
62	Ed	275	+1
63	Luther	267	+8
64	Edgar	266	-3
65	Harvey	262	-5
66	Ray	258	+1
67	Otto	253	+1
68	Jack	251	-4
69	Hugh	250	+8
70	Homer	248	+8
71	Guy	238	-1
72	Bert	237	+4
73	Floyd	232	-7
73	Leo	232	—
75	Charley	221	+6
76	Patrick	218	-4
77	Ira	215	+8
78	Chester	207	-13
78	Leonard	207	-4
80	Oliver	203	-5
81	Allen	202	+1
82	Theodore	201	-13
83	August	194	+1
83	Isaac	194	-5
85	Archie	184	+7
86	Jessie	182	+3
87	Alexander	180	-4
88	Leroy	177	+12
89	Lester	168	+9
90	Leslie	166	+24
91	Clifford	165	+4
91	Stephen	165	-2
93	Julius	164	+1
94	Warren	163	+13
95	Philip	161	-8
96	Horace	160	+3
97	Bernard	159	-6
98	Anthony	153	-5
99	Leon	147	+10
100	Emil	146	+16

Ranked by places gained against 1886, among names with at least 200 births in both years.

Name	Rank 1887	Rank 1886	Change
Mildred girls	89	107	+18
Harold boys	61	78	+17
Lydia girls	76	87	+11
Dorothy girls	111	122	+11
Anne girls	121	132	+11
Elsie girls	49	58	+9
Hazel girls	72	81	+9
Beulah girls	90	98	+8
Amelia girls	93	101	+8
Luther boys	63	71	+8
Hugh boys	69	77	+8
Homer boys	70	78	+8
Caroline girls	84	91	+7
Ollie girls	96	103	+7
Pauline girls	104	111	+7

Name	Rank 1887	Rank 1886	Change
Mollie girls	100	82	-18
Ora girls	125	109	-16
Rebecca girls	110	95	-15
Grover boys	59	45	-14
Lulu girls	103	90	-13
Chester boys	78	65	-13
Theodore boys	82	69	-13
Sara girls	128	117	-11
Matilda girls	114	104	-10
Maud girls	83	74	-9
Lela girls	131	122	-9
Eleanor girls	122	114	-8
Lula girls	47	40	-7
Della girls	74	67	-7
Augusta girls	127	120	-7

1887 is the earliest year these names clear the SSA reporting threshold of five births.