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› BoysThe 200 most popular boys’ names of 1887
1,067 different boys’ names were
recorded in 1887, covering
101,410 births. These are the top 200.
# Name Births 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 9 Thomas 2,151 10 Robert 2,125 10 Edward 2,125 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 23 Ernest 653 24 Charlie 642 25 Richard 622 26 Jesse 601 27 Willie 590 28 Carl 588 29 Oscar 574 30 Will 561 31 Daniel 556 32 Earl 537 33 Andrew 520 34 Benjamin 473 35 Alfred 468 36 Elmer 467 37 Frederick 464 38 Sam 463 38 Ralph 463 40 Paul 449 41 Herbert 445 42 Howard 429 43 Peter 421 44 Lee 400 45 Herman 394 46 Claude 375 47 Raymond 372 48 Michael 344 49 Lewis 343 50 Jim 339 51 Martin 331 52 Tom 329 53 Francis 327 53 Eugene 327 55 Clyde 320 56 Jacob 317 57 Edwin 310 58 Ben 305 59 Grover 290 60 Lawrence 283 61 Harold 279 62 Ed 275 63 Luther 267 64 Edgar 266 65 Harvey 262 66 Ray 258 67 Otto 253 68 Jack 251 69 Hugh 250 70 Homer 248 71 Guy 238 72 Bert 237 73 Leo 232 73 Floyd 232 75 Charley 221 76 Patrick 218 77 Ira 215 78 Leonard 207 78 Chester 207 80 Oliver 203 81 Allen 202 82 Theodore 201 83 Isaac 194 83 August 194 85 Archie 184 86 Jessie 182 87 Alexander 180 88 Leroy 177 89 Lester 168 90 Leslie 166 91 Clifford 165 91 Stephen 165 93 Julius 164 94 Warren 163 95 Philip 161 96 Horace 160 97 Bernard 159 98 Anthony 153 99 Leon 147 100 Emil 146 101 Sidney 144 102 Dan 140 102 Everett 140 104 Alex 136 105 Marion 131 106 Eddie 129 107 Alvin 128 108 Lloyd 127 109 Jess 124 110 Percy 123 111 Milton 122 111 Calvin 122 113 Rufus 119 113 Norman 119 113 Victor 119 116 Wesley 115 117 Willis 113 118 Perry 112 118 Wilbur 112 120 Dave 111 121 Stanley 110 122 Mack 109 123 Matthew 108 124 Nathan 106 124 Jay 106 126 Amos 104 127 Gilbert 102 127 Roscoe 102 129 Earnest 99 129 Harrison 99 131 Jerry 98 132 Otis 97 133 Russell 96 134 Melvin 95 134 Willard 95 134 Jose 95 134 Morris 95 138 Noah 94 139 Dennis 93 140 Jake 90 140 Adolph 90 140 Emmett 90 143 Franklin 89 144 Alonzo 88 144 Maurice 88 144 Wallace 88 147 Moses 87 148 Glenn 86 149 Ross 85 150 Adam 84 151 Fredrick 82 151 Gus 82 151 Felix 82 151 Elbert 82 155 Cecil 80 155 Phillip 80 157 Cornelius 79 157 Nicholas 79 157 Vernon 79 160 Aaron 78 160 Hubert 78 160 Sherman 78 163 Claud 77 163 Virgil 77 163 Harley 77 166 Lonnie 76 166 Mark 76 168 Levi 75 168 Elijah 75 168 Hiram 75 168 Abraham 75 172 Clayton 74 172 Bob 74 174 Mike 73 174 Max 73 176 Manuel 72 177 Sylvester 71 177 Clinton 71 177 Rudolph 71 180 Marvin 70 180 Jeff 70 182 Marshall 69 183 Ollie 68 183 Owen 68 185 Simon 67 185 Anton 67 185 Millard 67 188 Wiley 66 188 Ellis 66 190 Jasper 65 191 Pearl 64 191 Silas 64 193 Ora 63 193 Bill 63 195 Nelson 62 196 Curtis 61 196 Edmund 61 198 Edd 60 198 Donald 60 200 Johnnie 59
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files.
A name given to fewer than five boys in
1887 is not published, so it is missing from both
the count and the total above.
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