Popular Names of 1887

The 20 most popular names given to female and to male babies born in 1887, as recorded, with each name’s rank in 2025. Claude peaked among human males this year, at 46th.

Table 1. Female names, 1887
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	Mary	9,888	125
2	Anna	4,227	107
3	Elizabeth	2,681	17
4	Emma	2,647	3
5	Margaret	2,419	112
6	Minnie	2,215	3,060
7	Bertha	2,037	4,569
8	Clara	1,984	63
9	Florence	1,964	391
10	Ida	1,929	1,120
11	Ethel	1,907	4,211
12	Annie	1,844	182
13	Bessie	1,838	6,889
14	Alice	1,819	65
15	Grace	1,692	38
16	Ella	1,521	29
17	Martha	1,504	713
18	Mabel	1,494	201
19	Nellie	1,457	533
20	Sarah	1,436	90

Table 2. Male names, 1887
Rank	Name	Number	Rank in 2025
1	John	8,110	23
2	William	7,470	9
3	James	4,767	6
4	George	4,284	126
5	Charles	4,031	48
6	Frank	2,883	514
7	Joseph	2,456	29
8	Henry	2,228	5
9	Thomas	2,151	34
10	Edward	2,125	224
11	Robert	2,125	92
12	Harry	2,057	775
13	Walter	1,704	252
14	Arthur	1,489	87
15	Fred	1,454	1,936
16	Albert	1,294	614
17	Clarence	892	1,500
18	Samuel	802	18
19	Louis	791	249
20	Roy	726	525

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As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.