Most popular boys’ names in the US, 1887
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 |