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Top Baby Names 1887

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 145,981 · Total Boys: 101,411

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	9,888	6.773%
2	Anna	4,227	2.896%
3	Elizabeth	2,681	1.837%
4	Emma	2,647	1.813%
5	Margaret	2,419	1.657%
6	Minnie	2,215	1.517%
7	Bertha	2,037	1.395%
8	Clara	1,984	1.359%
9	Florence	1,964	1.345%
10	Ida	1,929	1.321%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Ethel	1,907	1.306%
12	Annie	1,844	1.263%
13	Bessie	1,838	1.259%
14	Alice	1,819	1.246%
15	Grace	1,692	1.159%
16	Ella	1,521	1.042%
17	Martha	1,504	1.030%
18	Mabel	1,494	1.023%
19	Nellie	1,457	0.998%
20	Sarah	1,436	0.984%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Helen	1,405	0.962%
22	Laura	1,364	0.934%
23	Carrie	1,344	0.921%
24	Edna	1,339	0.917%
25	Pearl	1,316	0.901%
26	Lillian	1,308	0.896%
27	Cora	1,257	0.861%
28	Gertrude	1,251	0.857%
29	Edith	1,243	0.851%
30	Rose	1,242	0.851%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Maude	1,162	0.796%
32	Hattie	1,135	0.778%
33	Eva	1,125	0.771%
34	Frances	1,105	0.757%
35	Louise	1,088	0.745%
36	Myrtle	1,087	0.745%
37	Lillie	1,072	0.734%
38	Jennie	1,047	0.717%
39	Julia	1,043	0.714%
40	Mattie	1,031	0.706%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Jessie	1,012	0.693%
42	Lena	1,004	0.688%
43	Marie	994	0.681%
44	Catherine	967	0.662%
45	Ada	910	0.623%
46	Agnes	896	0.614%
47	Lula	891	0.610%
48	Dora	842	0.577%
49	Elsie	833	0.571%
50	Josephine	815	0.558%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Lucy	811	0.556%
52	Fannie	798	0.547%
53	Katherine	794	0.544%
54	Blanche	763	0.523%
55	Maggie	740	0.507%
56	Nora	735	0.503%
57	Mamie	716	0.490%
58	Mae	680	0.466%
59	Stella	664	0.455%
60	Rosa	659	0.451%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	May	648	0.444%
62	Ruth	627	0.430%
63	Alma	623	0.427%
64	Effie	615	0.421%
65	Nettie	595	0.408%
66	Ellen	579	0.397%
67	Daisy	532	0.364%
68	Lizzie	525	0.360%
69	Sallie	525	0.360%
70	Sadie	519	0.356%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Nancy	511	0.350%
72	Hazel	504	0.345%
73	Irene	504	0.345%
74	Della	496	0.340%
75	Susie	485	0.332%
76	Lydia	448	0.307%
77	Katie	440	0.301%
78	Etta	437	0.299%
79	Esther	431	0.295%
80	Viola	420	0.288%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Lottie	414	0.284%
82	Flora	408	0.279%
83	Maud	402	0.275%
84	Caroline	398	0.273%
85	Olive	394	0.270%
86	Addie	393	0.269%
87	Kathryn	384	0.263%
88	Willie	379	0.260%
89	Mildred	373	0.256%
90	Beulah	355	0.243%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Charlotte	351	0.240%
92	Georgia	351	0.240%
93	Amelia	344	0.236%
94	Harriet	342	0.234%
95	Nannie	340	0.233%
96	Amanda	338	0.232%
97	Ollie	338	0.232%
98	Emily	335	0.229%
99	Susan	335	0.229%
100	Mollie	333	0.228%

#	Name	Count	%
1	John	8,110	7.997%
2	William	7,470	7.366%
3	James	4,768	4.702%
4	George	4,284	4.224%
5	Charles	4,031	3.975%
6	Frank	2,883	2.843%
7	Joseph	2,456	2.422%
8	Henry	2,228	2.197%
9	Thomas	2,151	2.121%
10	Edward	2,125	2.095%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Robert	2,125	2.095%
12	Harry	2,057	2.028%
13	Walter	1,704	1.680%
14	Arthur	1,489	1.468%
15	Fred	1,454	1.434%
16	Albert	1,294	1.276%
17	Clarence	892	0.880%
18	Samuel	802	0.791%
19	Louis	791	0.780%
20	Roy	726	0.716%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Joe	685	0.675%
22	David	673	0.664%
23	Ernest	653	0.644%
24	Charlie	642	0.633%
25	Richard	622	0.613%
26	Jesse	601	0.593%
27	Willie	590	0.582%
28	Carl	588	0.580%
29	Oscar	574	0.566%
30	Will	561	0.553%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Daniel	556	0.548%
32	Earl	537	0.530%
33	Andrew	520	0.513%
34	Benjamin	473	0.466%
35	Alfred	468	0.461%
36	Elmer	467	0.461%
37	Frederick	464	0.458%
38	Ralph	463	0.457%
39	Sam	463	0.457%
40	Paul	449	0.443%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Herbert	445	0.439%
42	Howard	429	0.423%
43	Peter	421	0.415%
44	Lee	400	0.394%
45	Herman	394	0.389%
46	Claude	375	0.370%
47	Raymond	372	0.367%
48	Michael	344	0.339%
49	Lewis	343	0.338%
50	Jim	339	0.334%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Martin	331	0.326%
52	Tom	329	0.324%
53	Eugene	327	0.322%
54	Francis	327	0.322%
55	Clyde	320	0.316%
56	Jacob	317	0.313%
57	Edwin	310	0.306%
58	Ben	305	0.301%
59	Grover	290	0.286%
60	Lawrence	283	0.279%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Harold	279	0.275%
62	Ed	275	0.271%
63	Luther	267	0.263%
64	Edgar	266	0.262%
65	Harvey	262	0.258%
66	Ray	258	0.254%
67	Otto	253	0.249%
68	Jack	251	0.248%
69	Hugh	250	0.247%
70	Homer	248	0.245%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Guy	238	0.235%
72	Bert	237	0.234%
73	Floyd	232	0.229%
74	Leo	232	0.229%
75	Charley	221	0.218%
76	Patrick	218	0.215%
77	Ira	215	0.212%
78	Chester	207	0.204%
79	Leonard	207	0.204%
80	Oliver	203	0.200%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Allen	202	0.199%
82	Theodore	201	0.198%
83	August	194	0.191%
84	Isaac	194	0.191%
85	Archie	184	0.181%
86	Jessie	182	0.179%
87	Alexander	180	0.178%
88	Leroy	177	0.175%
89	Lester	168	0.166%
90	Leslie	166	0.164%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Clifford	165	0.163%
92	Stephen	165	0.163%
93	Julius	164	0.162%
94	Warren	163	0.161%
95	Philip	161	0.159%
96	Horace	160	0.158%
97	Bernard	159	0.157%
98	Anthony	153	0.151%
99	Leon	147	0.145%
100	Emil	146	0.144%

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