Most Common Boy Names in 1887

This is a list of the thousand most common names for baby boys born in the United States in the year 1887.

Names
RankName# Male 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
201 Alva 58
201 Barney 58
203 Juan 57
203 Nathaniel 57
205 Christopher 56
205 Monroe 56
207 Irvin 55
207 Irving 55
207 Mose 55
210 Andy 54
210 Clark 54
210 Cleveland 54
210 Orville 54
210 Reuben 54
210 Steve 54
210 Timothy 54
217 Dock 53
218 Glen 52
218 Vincent 52
218 Wilson 52
221 Asa 51
221 Augustus 51
221 Eli 51
224 Karl 49
224 Lon 49
224 Roland 49
227 Bennie 48
227 Grant 48
227 Joel 48
230 Arch 47
230 Austin 47
230 Byron 47
230 Christian 47
230 Gordon 47
230 Gustave 47
230 Luke 47
230 Mary 47
230 Pete 47
239 Chris 46
239 Riley 46
241 Bruce 44
241 Ike 44
241 Preston 44
244 Clifton 43
244 Ferdinand 43
246 Emanuel 42
247 Joshua 41
247 Newton 41
247 Spencer 41
250 Columbus 40
250 Julian 40
250 Major 40
250 Tony 40
254 Anderson 39
254 Dee 39
254 Don 39
254 Earle 39
254 Lemuel 39
254 Roger 39
254 Wade 39
261 Antonio 38
261 Arnold 38
261 Chas 38
261 Conrad 38
261 Cyrus 38
261 Jeremiah 38
261 Scott 38
268 Abe 37
268 Neal 37
270 Bud 36
270 Edmond 36
272 Ervin 35
272 Kenneth 35
272 Miles 35
272 Winfield 35
276 Aubrey 34
276 Carroll 34
276 Clement 34
276 Cleve 34
276 Douglas 34
276 Elias 34
276 Forrest 34
276 Gustav 34
276 Isaiah 34
276 Jerome 34
276 Matt 34
276 Murray 34
276 Ruben 34
289 Emery 33
289 Emory 33
289 Ezra 33
289 Jimmie 33
289 Solomon 33
294 Clem 32
294 Isiah 32
294 Jefferson 32
294 Napoleon 32
294 Van 32
299 Dewitt 31
299 Green 31
299 Jackson 31
299 Johnny 31
299 Louie 31
299 Mathew 31
299 Wilfred 31
306 Hugo 30
307 Ambrose 29
307 Logan 29
307 Nick 29
307 Wayne 29
311 Chauncey 28
311 Delbert 28
311 Forest 28
311 Johnie 28
311 Laurence 28
311 Mitchell 28
311 Myron 28
311 Ned 28
311 Rex 28
311 Vern 28
321 Dick 27
321 General 27
321 Otho 27
321 Ulysses 27
325 Boyd 26
325 Francisco 26
325 Freeman 26
325 Garfield 26
325 Ivan 26
330 Gust 25
330 Lorenzo 25
330 Walker 25
333 Elwood 24
333 Erwin 24
333 Jonas 24
333 Lafayette 24
333 Lucius 24
333 Merle 24
333 Royal 24
340 Burton 23
340 Clay 23
340 Dudley 23
340 Enoch 23
340 Hal 23
340 Hans 23
340 Loren 23
340 Lyman 23
340 Lynn 23
340 Marcus 23
340 Milo 23
340 Ward 23
352 Gerald 22
352 Omer 22
352 Sanford 22
352 Wilber 22
356 Allan 21
356 Emile 21
356 Evan 21
356 Fletcher 21
356 Granville 21
356 Harmon 21
356 Irwin 21
356 Jean 21
356 Malcolm 21
356 Neil 21
366 Allie 20
366 Carlos 20
366 Elisha 20
366 Elton 20
366 Frederic 20
366 Judson 20
366 Leland 20
366 Loyd 20
366 Stewart 20
366 Taylor 20
366 Ted 20
377 Abram 19
377 Adolphus 19
377 Archibald 19
377 Berry 19
377 Burl 19
377 Dwight 19
377 Gene 19
377 Lucian 19
377 Nels 19
377 Ole 19
377 Pat 19
377 Pedro 19
377 Sandy 19
377 Sterling 19
377 Wilbert 19
392 Abner 18
392 Alphonse 18
392 Axel 18
392 Coleman 18
392 Duncan 18
392 Gabriel 18
392 Herschel 18
392 Judge 18
392 Madison 18
392 Morton 18
392 Prince 18
392 Seth 18
392 Smith 18
392 Stuart 18
392 Tim 18
392 Tommie 18
392 Tommy 18
409 Bennett 17
409 Bertram 17
409 Burt 17
409 Cliff 17
409 Fay 17
409 Foster 17
409 Garland 17
409 Larry 17
409 Lyle 17
409 Morgan 17
409 Pink 17
420 Al 16
420 Angus 16
420 Benjiman 16
420 Benton 16
420 Carey 16
420 Dallas 16
420 Ellsworth 16
420 Elza 16
420 Emerson 16
420 Florence 16
420 Fritz 16
420 Hosea 16
420 Houston 16
420 Lawson 16
420 Phil 16
420 Rollie 16
420 Roman 16
420 Terry 16
438 Alton 15
438 Early 15
438 Isom 15
438 Israel 15
438 Jesus 15
438 Josh 15
438 Josiah 15
438 Junius 15
438 Lucious 15
438 Merton 15
438 Noble 15
438 Oren 15
438 Orin 15
438 Pierce 15
438 Raleigh 15
438 Randolph 15
438 Santiago 15
438 Steven 15
438 Thad 15
438 Valentine 15
438 Wilmer 15
438 Wm 15
438 Wylie 15
461 Avery 14
461 Buck 14
461 Carson 14
461 Christ 14
461 Crawford 14
461 Elizabeth 14
461 Emma 14
461 Garrett 14
461 Geo 14
461 Haywood 14
461 Henderson 14
461 Jason 14
461 Lonzo 14
461 Merritt 14
461 Minor 14
461 Olaf 14
461 Olin 14
461 Parker 14
461 Porter 14
461 Ransom 14
461 Rolla 14
461 Shelby 14
461 Sol 14
461 Sydney 14
461 Thurman 14
461 Waldo 14
461 Zack 14
488 Adrian 13
488 Anna 13
488 Annie 13
488 Basil 13
488 Benjaman 13
488 Caleb 13
488 Carlton 13
488 Carter 13
488 Clint 13
488 Elliott 13
488 Elzie 13
488 Hezekiah 13
488 Kelly 13
488 King 13
488 Lew 13
488 Lionel 13
488 Margaret 13
488 Mason 13
488 Newt 13
488 Orval 13
488 Palmer 13
488 Ramon 13
488 Richmond 13
488 Roderick 13
488 Turner 13
488 Vivian 13
488 Wilford 13
488 Williams 13
516 Addison 12
516 Albin 12
516 Baxter 12
516 Billie 12
516 Blaine 12
516 Bruno 12
516 Clair 12
516 Clare 12
516 Davis 12
516 Enos 12
516 Frances 12
516 Hamp 12
516 Harris 12
516 Hollis 12
516 Isadore 12
516 Jordan 12
516 June 12
516 Louise 12
516 Merrill 12
516 Orrin 12
516 Pablo 12
516 Perley 12
516 Rupert 12
516 Troy 12
516 Warner 12
516 Washington 12
516 Wilburn 12
516 Young 12
544 Abel 11
544 Aloysius 11
544 Aron 11
544 Arvid 11
544 Benjamine 11
544 Bertha 11
544 Bonnie 11
544 Brown 11
544 Casper 11
544 Connie 11
544 Cyril 11
544 Dale 11
544 Dorsey 11
544 Emmitt 11
544 Erastus 11
544 Eric 11
544 Ezekiel 11
544 Finis 11
544 Giles 11
544 Hamilton 11
544 Harve 11
544 Issac 11
544 Johnson 11
544 Jonah 11
544 Jules 11
544 Lem 11
544 Lucien 11
544 Mathias 11
544 Minnie 11
544 Myles 11
544 Orlando 11
544 Ottis 11
544 Reginald 11
544 Rollin 11
544 Saul 11
544 Tracy 11
544 Wash 11
544 Webster 11
544 Wyatt 11
583 Alice 10
583 Alma 10
583 Alonza 10
583 Alvah 10
583 Antone 10
583 Art 10
583 Ashley 10
583 Benny 10
583 Bernhard 10
583 Bertie 10
583 Buster 10
583 Cicero 10
583 Colonel 10
583 Dillard 10
583 Doc 10
583 Eldridge 10
583 Elmore 10
583 Ennis 10
583 Ephraim 10
583 Ernie 10
583 Ernst 10
583 Ethel 10
583 Fate 10
583 Ford 10
583 Fulton 10
583 Henery 10
583 Hoyt 10
583 Irl 10
583 Ivy 10
583 Jonathan 10
583 Lemon 10
583 Lindsey 10
583 Lou 10
583 Maynard 10
583 Melville 10
583 Micheal 10
583 Nellie 10
583 Omar 10
583 Pinkney 10
583 Pleasant 10
583 Rube 10
583 Shelton 10
583 Sid 10
583 Sim 10
583 Theo 10
583 Thornton 10
583 Toney 10
583 Vance 10
631 Alford 9
631 Archer 9
631 Armand 9
631 Arther 9
631 Bart 9
631 Benson 9
631 Buford 9
631 Burnett 9
631 Burr 9
631 Butler 9
631 Cary 9
631 Clara 9
631 Dean 9
631 Dexter 9
631 Edson 9
631 Egbert 9
631 Elvin 9
631 Emmet 9
631 Evert 9
631 Gaylord 9
631 Graham 9
631 Gustaf 9
631 Hillard 9
631 Howell 9
631 Ida 9
631 Ignacio 9
631 Lenard 9
631 Lige 9
631 Linwood 9
631 Lowell 9
631 Luis 9
631 Manley 9
631 Marcellus 9
631 Mervin 9
631 Nolan 9
631 Norval 9
631 Oran 9
631 Pierre 9
631 Randall 9
631 Reece 9
631 Rodney 9
631 Rolland 9
631 Ruby 9
631 Shirley 9
631 Thaddeus 9
631 Tobe 9
631 West 9
631 Willian 9
679 Ace 8
679 Adelbert 8
679 Alberto 8
679 Alf 8
679 Almer 8
679 Alois 8
679 Alvie 8
679 Andres 8
679 Angelo 8
679 Arlie 8
679 Armond 8
679 Banks 8
679 Barton 8
679 Bedford 8
679 Beverly 8
679 Boss 8
679 Captain 8
679 Clarance 8
679 Cloyd 8
679 Dawson 8
679 Dayton 8
679 Denis 8
679 Doctor 8
679 Eldon 8
679 Elmo 8
679 Elsworth 8
679 Frazier 8
679 Furman 8
679 Gideon 8
679 Godfrey 8
679 Guss 8
679 Hallie 8
679 Harlan 8
679 Helmer 8
679 Junious 8
679 Lacy 8
679 Leander 8
679 Len 8
679 Lincoln 8
679 Lora 8
679 Lum 8
679 Mat 8
679 Merl 8
679 Merlin 8
679 Moody 8
679 Mortimer 8
679 Nat 8
679 Nora 8
679 Norris 8
679 Orla 8
679 Oswald 8
679 Otha 8
679 Ples 8
679 Price 8
679 Rafael 8
679 Rich 8
679 Ronald 8
679 Rubin 8
679 Russel 8
679 Seaborn 8
679 Seymour 8
679 Soloman 8
679 Theron 8
679 Thompson 8
679 Truman 8
679 Vander 8
679 Verne 8
679 Vicente 8
679 Watson 8
679 Wendell 8
679 Willam 8
679 Winfred 8
679 Zeb 8
752 Alden 7
752 Alfredo 7
752 Almon 7
752 Bartholomew 7
752 Berton 7
752 Bird 7
752 Burley 7
752 Byrd 7
752 Cash 7
752 Chalmer 7
752 Collie 7
752 Cornelious 7
752 Dana 7
752 Delmar 7
752 Dolph 7
752 Dominick 7
752 Donnie 7
752 Edith 7
752 Elie 7
752 Eliseo 7
752 Elwin 7
752 Ethan 7
752 Ewing 7
752 Finley 7
752 Freddie 7
752 Gardner 7
752 Gary 7
752 Gerhard 7
752 Glover 7
752 Golden 7
752 Grady 7
752 Hardy 7
752 Haskell 7
752 Heber 7
752 Hector 7
752 Hilary 7
752 Hilton 7
752 Hosteen 7
752 Ivory 7
752 Jule 7
752 Kirby 7
752 Lamar 7
752 Lambert 7
752 Landon 7
752 Leopold 7
752 Levy 7
752 Llewellyn 7
752 Lorenz 7
752 Love 7
752 Malachi 7
752 Maxwell 7
752 Mont 7
752 Myrtle 7
752 Newman 7
752 Obie 7
752 Odie 7
752 Orley 7
752 Peyton 7
752 Sanders 7
752 Seldon 7
752 Simpson 7
752 Squire 7
752 Theophile 7
752 Tillman 7
752 Tomas 7
752 Verner 7
752 Webb 7
819 Addie 6
819 Ah 6
819 Aleck 6
819 Alphonsus 6
819 Amon 6
819 Anson 6
819 Arley 6
819 Asher 6
819 Author 6
819 Bailey 6
819 Bascom 6
819 Bernie 6
819 Billy 6
819 Birt 6
819 Brad 6
819 Brice 6
819 Brooks 6
819 Bryant 6
819 Burrell 6
819 Champ 6
819 Cleo 6
819 Colin 6
819 Creed 6
819 Curt 6
819 Delos 6
819 Denver 6
819 Dolphus 6
819 Eben 6
819 Elam 6
819 Eliga 6
819 Ellwood 6
819 Ely 6
819 Ephram 6
819 Ephriam 6
819 Ethelbert 6
819 Eva 6
819 Evans 6
819 Everette 6
819 Ewald 6
819 Ewell 6
819 Fayette 6
819 Ferd 6
819 Gale 6
819 Gilman 6
819 Gregorio 6
819 Hattie 6
819 Hayes 6
819 Henri 6
819 Hermon 6
819 Horatio 6
819 Hyrum 6
819 Isidore 6
819 Iver 6
819 Jobe 6
819 Joeseph 6
819 Joesph 6
819 Julia 6
819 Kelley 6
819 Lafe 6
819 Laura 6
819 Lawyer 6
819 Leigh 6
819 Lennie 6
819 Leonce 6
819 Leonidas 6
819 Lillian 6
819 Loy 6
819 Mahlon 6
819 Mamie 6
819 Manford 6
819 Milford 6
819 Miller 6
819 Orion 6
819 Orson 6
819 Ottie 6
819 Prentice 6
819 Quincy 6
819 Rollo 6
819 Rose 6
819 Rowland 6
819 Rudolf 6
819 Rudy 6
819 Rush 6
819 Sampson 6
819 Selmer 6
819 Shade 6
819 Sheldon 6
819 Shepherd 6
819 Silvester 6
819 Simeon 6
819 Stanford 6
819 Talmage 6
819 Urban 6
819 Vernie 6
819 Volney 6
819 Wes 6
819 Wilton 6
819 Winston 6
819 Wong 6
819 Woodie 6
819 Wright 6
819 Yancy 6
921 Ab 5
921 Abbie 5
921 Ada 5
921 Adolfo 5
921 Agnes 5
921 Alan 5
921 Alcide 5
921 Alec 5
921 Alejandro 5
921 Alexis 5
921 Alpha 5
921 Alpheus 5
921 Alto 5
921 Alvia 5
921 Arden 5
921 Arlington 5
921 Arnie 5
921 Arvin 5
921 Ballard 5
921 Bee 5
921 Benito 5
921 Benjamen 5
921 Bessie 5
921 Blair 5
921 Blanche 5
921 Bliss 5
921 Bradley 5
921 Brady 5
921 Cal 5
921 Camille 5
921 Cassie 5
921 Cassius 5
921 Catherine 5
921 Charly 5
921 Chin 5
921 Clarke 5
921 Claus 5
921 Cleon 5
921 Cooper 5
921 Cullen 5
921 Dell 5
921 Delmer 5
921 Dennie 5
921 Dewey 5
921 Diego 5
921 Dionicio 5
921 Dixie 5
921 Dominic 5
921 Dora 5
921 Dorr 5
921 Dow 5
921 Duane 5
921 Ebb 5
921 Eber 5
921 Edmon 5
921 Effie 5
921 Ellie 5
921 Elroy 5
921 Elvis 5
921 Estes 5
921 Gabe 5
921 Gilford 5
921 Gottlieb 5
921 Graves 5
921 Gray 5
921 Griffin 5
921 Gussie 5
921 Hardin 5
921 Harlow 5
921 Harman 5
921 Hazel 5
921 Hillery 5
921 Humphrey 5
921 Hurley 5
921 Ignatius 5
921 Jessee 5
921 Jewel 5
921 Jodie 5
921 Lars 5
921 Laurel 5
921 Leeroy 5
921 Lillard 5
921 Lim 5
921 Linton 5
921 Ludwig 5
921 Mabel 5
921 Mac 5
921 Mannie 5
921 Mart 5
921 Martha 5
921 May 5
921 Meyer 5
921 Miner 5
921 Montgomery 5
921 Newell 5
921 Noel 5
921 Norbert 5
921 Norwood 5
921 Ocie 5
921 Odis 5
921 Okey 5
921 Ola 5
921 Olen 5
921 Olie 5
921 Orie 5
921 Orr 5
921 Osborn 5
921 Ott 5
921 Page 5
921 Park 5
921 Pembroke 5
921 Perl 5
921 Pleas 5
921 Polk 5
921 Prentiss 5
921 Ran 5
921 Raphael 5
921 Rastus 5
921 Reed 5
921 Reinhold 5
921 Robin 5
921 Roe 5
921 Rome 5
921 Rosa 5
921 Ruel 5
921 Ruth 5
921 Sammie 5
921 Shed 5
921 Solon 5
921 Stacy 5
921 Stonewall 5
921 Sumner 5
921 Tandy 5
921 Terence 5
921 Theodor 5
921 Tip 5
921 Todd 5
921 Tolbert 5
921 Unknown 5
921 Walton 5
921 Weaver 5
921 Westley 5
921 Wheeler 5
921 Wilfrid 5
921 Wilhelm 5
921 Wirt 5
921 Zed 5