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The names of 1887

The ten most popular names given in 1887, in each place that published a list that year.

US: girls

  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

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US: boys

  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
  11. Robert 2,125

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