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Most popular baby names of 1867 in England and Wales

In 1867, the most popular names in England and Wales were Mary for girls and John for boys. Here are the top 100, with how many babies got each name. The counts for England and Wales before 1996 come from a sample of local birth records, so they are much smaller than the real number of babies. The order is what matters.

← 18661868 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary14,761
  2. 2Elizabeth7,874
  3. 3Sarah7,369
  4. 4Margaret3,915
  5. 5Ann3,597
  6. 6Alice3,493
  7. 7Jane3,162
  8. 8Ellen2,909
  9. 9Annie2,354
  10. 10Martha2,218
  11. 11Hannah2,185
  12. 12Emma2,165
  13. 13Eliza2,065
  14. 14Emily2,024
  15. 15Catherine1,382
  16. 16Ada1,196
  17. 17Clara1,155
  18. 18Harriet1,115
  19. 19Louisa896
  20. 20Fanny867
  21. 21Edith858
  22. 22Maria803
  23. 23Agnes787
  24. 24Anne742
  25. 25Lucy691
  26. 26Frances681
  27. 27Florence668
  28. 28Esther658
  29. 29Charlotte550
  30. 30Isabella515
  31. 31Kate500
  32. 32Amelia473
  33. 33Betsy463
  34. 34Caroline391
  35. 35Susannah382
  36. 36Amy374
  37. 37Minnie342
  38. 38Rachel336
  39. 39Eleanor332
  40. 40Nancy308
  41. 41Jessie302
  42. 42Ruth299
  43. 43Bertha298
  44. 44Rebecca277
  45. 45Rose277
  46. 46Bridget273
  47. 47Julia273
  48. 48Selina271
  49. 49Matilda269
  50. 50Grace234
  51. 51Gertrude217
  52. 52Henrietta205
  53. 53Laura205
  54. 54Susan204
  55. 55Catharine195
  56. 56Lydia194
  57. 57Betty192
  58. 58Sophia191
  59. 59Lizzie187
  60. 60Phoebe180
  61. 61Beatrice158
  62. 62Harriett150
  63. 63Lilly146
  64. 64Lavinia141
  65. 65Priscilla130
  66. 66Helen127
  67. 67Rosa122
  68. 68Lily121
  69. 69Maud113
  70. 70Janet107
  71. 71Rosanna107
  72. 72Miriam104
  73. 73Phebe98
  74. 74Lilian97
  75. 75Helena96
  76. 76Susanna92
  77. 77Dorothy91
  78. 78Adelaide90
  79. 79Jemima88
  80. 80Leah86
  81. 81Anna84
  82. 82Ethel83
  83. 83Christiana82
  84. 84Ellin81
  85. 85Eva78
  86. 86Mabel71
  87. 87Georgina69
  88. 88Rhoda69
  89. 89Teresa69
  90. 90Winifred68
  91. 91Polly67
  92. 92Eda61
  93. 93Edna59
  94. 94Barbara58
  95. 95Winefred58
  96. 96Bessie56
  97. 97Betsey56
  98. 98Blanche54
  99. 99Sydney53
  100. 100Constance52

Boys

  1. 1John13,922
  2. 2William11,538
  3. 3Thomas7,719
  4. 4James7,497
  5. 5George4,882
  6. 6Joseph4,377
  7. 7Henry2,910
  8. 8Charles2,853
  9. 9Robert2,757
  10. 10Edward2,419
  11. 11Samuel2,227
  12. 12Richard2,134
  13. 13Arthur1,925
  14. 14Alfred1,731
  15. 15Albert1,659
  16. 16Frederick1,618
  17. 17Walter1,418
  18. 18Harry1,144
  19. 19David958
  20. 20Herbert810
  21. 21Edwin684
  22. 22Frank681
  23. 23Benjamin673
  24. 24Francis655
  25. 25Peter645
  26. 26Fred548
  27. 27Ernest484
  28. 28Tom428
  29. 29Michael405
  30. 30Daniel390
  31. 31Patrick380
  32. 32Hugh362
  33. 33Isaac360
  34. 34Matthew225
  35. 35Owen220
  36. 36Abraham217
  37. 37Evan214
  38. 38Ralph212
  39. 39Edmund209
  40. 40Alexander202
  41. 41Andrew189
  42. 42Stephen185
  43. 43Jonathan171
  44. 44Christopher157
  45. 45Martin155
  46. 46Joshua147
  47. 47Enoch145
  48. 48Lewis139
  49. 49Mark132
  50. 50Willie131
  51. 51Jesse130
  52. 52Elijah121
  53. 53Eli114
  54. 54Sidney114
  55. 55Harold113
  56. 56Josiah109
  57. 57Sam103
  58. 58Moses100
  59. 59Percy98
  60. 60Frederic95
  61. 61Ellis92
  62. 62Philip92
  63. 63Griffith91
  64. 64Reuben88
  65. 65Leonard86
  66. 66Lawrence85
  67. 67Job83
  68. 68Joe80
  69. 69Edgar72
  70. 70Adam71
  71. 71Jacob71
  72. 72Anthony69
  73. 73Levi69
  74. 74Luke69
  75. 75Aaron67
  76. 76Amos65
  77. 77Oliver64
  78. 78Cornelius61
  79. 79Noah58
  80. 80Timothy57
  81. 81Jeremiah55
  82. 82Roger55
  83. 83Rowland55
  84. 84Isaiah54
  85. 85Ben53
  86. 86Bernard53
  87. 87Nathaniel53
  88. 88Nathan50
  89. 89Nicholas49
  90. 90Simeon49
  91. 91Squire49
  92. 92Jabez47
  93. 93Allen44
  94. 94Clement41
  95. 95Elias41
  96. 96Abel40
  97. 97Archibald40
  98. 98Dan40
  99. 99Louis38
  100. 100Morris38

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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