The 200 most popular girls’ names of 1887

1,306 different girls’ names were recorded in 1887, covering 145,981 births. These are the top 200.

#	Name	Births
1	Mary	9,888
2	Anna	4,227
3	Elizabeth	2,681
4	Emma	2,647
5	Margaret	2,419
6	Minnie	2,215
7	Bertha	2,037
8	Clara	1,984
9	Florence	1,964
10	Ida	1,929
11	Ethel	1,907
12	Annie	1,844
13	Bessie	1,838
14	Alice	1,819
15	Grace	1,692
16	Ella	1,521
17	Martha	1,504
18	Mabel	1,494
19	Nellie	1,457
20	Sarah	1,436
21	Helen	1,405
22	Laura	1,364
23	Carrie	1,344
24	Edna	1,339
25	Pearl	1,316
26	Lillian	1,308
27	Cora	1,257
28	Gertrude	1,251
29	Edith	1,243
30	Rose	1,242
31	Maude	1,162
32	Hattie	1,135
33	Eva	1,125
34	Frances	1,105
35	Louise	1,088
36	Myrtle	1,087
37	Lillie	1,072
38	Jennie	1,047
39	Julia	1,043
40	Mattie	1,031
41	Jessie	1,012
42	Lena	1,004
43	Marie	994
44	Catherine	967
45	Ada	910
46	Agnes	896
47	Lula	891
48	Dora	842
49	Elsie	833
50	Josephine	815
51	Lucy	811
52	Fannie	798
53	Katherine	794
54	Blanche	763
55	Maggie	740
56	Nora	735
57	Mamie	716
58	Mae	680
59	Stella	664
60	Rosa	659
61	May	648
62	Ruth	627
63	Alma	623
64	Effie	615
65	Nettie	595
66	Ellen	579
67	Daisy	532
68	Sallie	525
68	Lizzie	525
70	Sadie	519
71	Nancy	511
72	Irene	504
72	Hazel	504
74	Della	496
75	Susie	485
76	Lydia	448
77	Katie	440
78	Etta	437
79	Esther	431
80	Viola	420
81	Lottie	414
82	Flora	408
83	Maud	402
84	Caroline	398
85	Olive	394
86	Addie	393
87	Kathryn	384
88	Willie	379
89	Mildred	373
90	Beulah	355
91	Georgia	351
91	Charlotte	351
93	Amelia	344
94	Harriet	342
95	Nannie	340
96	Amanda	338
96	Ollie	338
98	Susan	335
98	Emily	335
100	Mollie	333
101	Virginia	332
102	Kate	331
103	Lulu	322
104	Pauline	314
105	Ruby	309
106	Eliza	290
107	Jane	288
108	Theresa	284
109	Hannah	279
110	Rebecca	275
111	Belle	272
111	Dorothy	272
113	Henrietta	269
114	Matilda	266
114	Nina	266
116	Beatrice	262
117	Estella	260
118	Marion	254
119	Iva	253
120	Amy	251
121	Anne	249
122	Eleanor	247
123	Lola	246
124	Ann	239
125	Ora	231
126	Rachel	226
127	Augusta	221
128	Sara	214
128	Mayme	214
130	Leona	208
131	Lela	207
132	Barbara	204
133	Maria	203
134	Gladys	201
135	Evelyn	194
136	Josie	192
136	Sophia	192
138	Eula	188
139	Alta	187
140	Essie	185
141	Allie	183
142	Mable	182
143	Inez	180
144	Betty	178
144	Ina	178
144	Marguerite	178
147	Estelle	170
147	Ola	170
149	Millie	168
150	Callie	167
150	Vera	167
152	Rosie	162
153	Christine	161
154	Goldie	159
155	Victoria	157
156	Hilda	156
157	Janie	155
157	Rena	155
157	Bess	155
160	Winifred	154
160	Celia	154
162	Olga	153
163	Delia	150
164	Sophie	149
164	Genevieve	149
164	Lucille	149
167	Lou	147
168	Nell	146
169	Tillie	140
170	Louisa	138
170	Mathilda	138
172	Eunice	136
173	Sylvia	135
174	Loretta	134
175	Birdie	133
176	Lois	129
176	Verna	129
178	Luella	127
178	Bernice	127
180	Sue	123
180	Frieda	123
180	Flossie	123
183	Bettie	117
184	Alberta	116
185	Winnie	114
186	Cornelia	112
186	Leila	112
186	Sally	112
186	Jean	112
190	Roxie	111
191	Katharine	110
192	Isabel	109
193	Isabelle	108
193	Bertie	108
193	Hulda	108
196	Teresa	107
197	Rhoda	104
197	Abbie	104
197	Adelaide	104
200	Dollie	103

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five girls in 1887 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.

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