Top 200 Boy Names of 1887

John was the most common U.S. boy name in 1887 with 8,110 births. The list ends at 59 births; names with fewer births are not in the list.

Boy names ranked by births, 1887
Rank	Name	Births
1	John	8,110
2	William	7,470
3	James	4,768
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	Edward	2,125
10	Robert	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	Ralph	463
38	Sam	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	Eugene	327
53	Francis	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	Floyd	232
73	Leo	232
75	Charley	221
76	Patrick	218
77	Ira	215
78	Chester	207
78	Leonard	207
80	Oliver	203
81	Allen	202
82	Theodore	201
83	August	194
83	Isaac	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	Calvin	122
111	Milton	122
113	Norman	119
113	Rufus	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	Jay	106
124	Nathan	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	Jose	95
134	Melvin	95
134	Morris	95
134	Willard	95
138	Noah	94
139	Dennis	93
140	Adolph	90
140	Emmett	90
140	Jake	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	Elbert	82
151	Felix	82
151	Fredrick	82
151	Gus	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	Harley	77
163	Virgil	77
166	Lonnie	76
166	Mark	76
168	Abraham	75
168	Elijah	75
168	Hiram	75
168	Levi	75
172	Bob	74
172	Clayton	74
174	Max	73
174	Mike	73
176	Manuel	72
177	Clinton	71
177	Rudolph	71
177	Sylvester	71
180	Jeff	70
180	Marvin	70
182	Marshall	69
183	Ollie	68
183	Owen	68
185	Anton	67
185	Millard	67
185	Simon	67
188	Ellis	66
188	Wiley	66
190	Jasper	65
191	Pearl	64
191	Silas	64
193	Bill	63
193	Ora	63
195	Nelson	62
196	Curtis	61
196	Edmund	61
198	Donald	60
198	Edd	60
200	Johnnie	59