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Most popular baby names of 1870 in England and Wales

In 1870, 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.

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Girls

  1. 1Mary14,299
  2. 2Elizabeth7,909
  3. 3Sarah7,161
  4. 4Margaret3,947
  5. 5Alice3,662
  6. 6Ann3,377
  7. 7Jane3,158
  8. 8Ellen2,906
  9. 9Annie2,883
  10. 10Martha2,191
  11. 11Emma2,130
  12. 12Emily2,107
  13. 13Hannah2,076
  14. 14Eliza2,025
  15. 15Ada1,712
  16. 16Catherine1,356
  17. 17Edith1,294
  18. 18Clara1,218
  19. 19Harriet1,211
  20. 20Florence1,125
  21. 21Louisa929
  22. 22Agnes874
  23. 23Fanny874
  24. 24Maria779
  25. 25Anne700
  26. 26Esther697
  27. 27Frances689
  28. 28Lucy682
  29. 29Kate634
  30. 30Charlotte549
  31. 31Isabella493
  32. 32Amelia468
  33. 33Amy452
  34. 34Betsy442
  35. 35Caroline432
  36. 36Minnie430
  37. 37Bertha407
  38. 38Eleanor405
  39. 39Gertrude387
  40. 40Rachel372
  41. 41Lilly366
  42. 42Jessie364
  43. 43Susannah352
  44. 44Rose304
  45. 45Ruth299
  46. 46Nancy289
  47. 47Rebecca288
  48. 48Selina286
  49. 49Matilda265
  50. 50Lydia245
  51. 51Grace240
  52. 52Julia237
  53. 53Laura233
  54. 54Susan228
  55. 55Bridget216
  56. 56Phoebe212
  57. 57Henrietta210
  58. 58Betty196
  59. 59Sophia193
  60. 60Lizzie186
  61. 61Beatrice183
  62. 62Maud183
  63. 63Ethel178
  64. 64Catharine166
  65. 65Rosa145
  66. 66Lavinia142
  67. 67Lilian133
  68. 68Harriett123
  69. 69Winifred122
  70. 70Janet121
  71. 71Phebe121
  72. 72Eva119
  73. 73Priscilla118
  74. 74Lily116
  75. 75Helen114
  76. 76Mabel114
  77. 77Rhoda110
  78. 78Rosanna107
  79. 79Helena100
  80. 80Leah99
  81. 81Anna89
  82. 82Miriam87
  83. 83Adelaide86
  84. 84Dorothy86
  85. 85Flora85
  86. 86Susanna84
  87. 87Georgina83
  88. 88Blanche73
  89. 89Bessie72
  90. 90Christiana72
  91. 91Jemima70
  92. 92Violet70
  93. 93Sydney69
  94. 94Maude67
  95. 95Maggie66
  96. 96Marion66
  97. 97Polly64
  98. 98Constance63
  99. 99Ellin63
  100. 100May60

Boys

  1. 1John13,546
  2. 2William11,715
  3. 3Thomas7,562
  4. 4James7,498
  5. 5George5,211
  6. 6Joseph4,382
  7. 7Charles3,152
  8. 8Robert2,842
  9. 9Henry2,708
  10. 10Arthur2,298
  11. 11Edward2,264
  12. 12Samuel2,197
  13. 13Richard2,190
  14. 14Frederick1,907
  15. 15Alfred1,889
  16. 16Albert1,834
  17. 17Walter1,575
  18. 18Harry1,295
  19. 19Herbert1,169
  20. 20David1,004
  21. 21Frank867
  22. 22Ernest820
  23. 23Fred695
  24. 24Edwin672
  25. 25Peter655
  26. 26Francis620
  27. 27Benjamin619
  28. 28Tom416
  29. 29Hugh399
  30. 30Daniel380
  31. 31Isaac344
  32. 32Michael318
  33. 33Patrick291
  34. 34Edmund233
  35. 35Owen231
  36. 36Matthew222
  37. 37Ralph222
  38. 38Abraham217
  39. 39Alexander216
  40. 40Evan210
  41. 41Stephen192
  42. 42Andrew177
  43. 43Christopher177
  44. 44Percy174
  45. 45Harold166
  46. 46Enoch155
  47. 47Jonathan150
  48. 48Joshua142
  49. 49Mark142
  50. 50Willie139
  51. 51Philip135
  52. 52Sidney134
  53. 53Jesse122
  54. 54Leonard122
  55. 55Sam118
  56. 56Lewis117
  57. 57Martin114
  58. 58Eli109
  59. 59Elijah109
  60. 60Frederic104
  61. 61Reuben97
  62. 62Griffith95
  63. 63Job94
  64. 64Ellis93
  65. 65Josiah92
  66. 66Moses92
  67. 67Lawrence91
  68. 68Anthony88
  69. 69Joe79
  70. 70Levi79
  71. 71Jacob78
  72. 72Adam77
  73. 73Wilfred77
  74. 74Edgar76
  75. 75Aaron64
  76. 76Luke60
  77. 77Noah60
  78. 78Oliver58
  79. 79Roger56
  80. 80Timothy56
  81. 81Reginald55
  82. 82Isaiah53
  83. 83Louis53
  84. 84Rowland53
  85. 85Morris52
  86. 86Clement50
  87. 87Amos49
  88. 88Elias49
  89. 89Bernard48
  90. 90Ambrose46
  91. 91Nathan46
  92. 92Cornelius44
  93. 93Jabez44
  94. 94Squire44
  95. 95Ben43
  96. 96Dennis43
  97. 97Horace43
  98. 98Stanley43
  99. 99Abel42
  100. 100Allen41

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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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