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Most popular baby names of 1871 in England and Wales

In 1871, 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. 1Mary14,609
  2. 2Elizabeth7,914
  3. 3Sarah7,441
  4. 4Margaret4,111
  5. 5Alice3,897
  6. 6Ann3,341
  7. 7Jane3,150
  8. 8Annie2,983
  9. 9Ellen2,882
  10. 10Martha2,250
  11. 11Emily2,205
  12. 12Emma2,171
  13. 13Hannah2,147
  14. 14Eliza1,982
  15. 15Ada1,759
  16. 16Edith1,468
  17. 17Catherine1,371
  18. 18Clara1,319
  19. 19Louisa1,240
  20. 20Florence1,231
  21. 21Harriet1,229
  22. 22Agnes907
  23. 23Fanny850
  24. 24Maria827
  25. 25Lucy736
  26. 26Frances703
  27. 27Charlotte641
  28. 28Esther638
  29. 29Anne624
  30. 30Kate606
  31. 31Isabella565
  32. 32Minnie498
  33. 33Amy487
  34. 34Caroline461
  35. 35Amelia451
  36. 36Betsy436
  37. 37Bertha435
  38. 38Gertrude428
  39. 39Eleanor416
  40. 40Lilly404
  41. 41Susannah382
  42. 42Jessie380
  43. 43Rachel349
  44. 44Rose333
  45. 45Nancy298
  46. 46Selina290
  47. 47Matilda286
  48. 48Ruth284
  49. 49Laura260
  50. 50Julia257
  51. 51Grace254
  52. 52Rebecca247
  53. 53Lizzie246
  54. 54Lydia241
  55. 55Bridget224
  56. 56Susan217
  57. 57Beatrice208
  58. 58Ethel206
  59. 59Maud206
  60. 60Phoebe205
  61. 61Henrietta186
  62. 62Sophia185
  63. 63Lilian184
  64. 64Lavinia151
  65. 65Catharine149
  66. 66Rosa148
  67. 67Betty144
  68. 68Priscilla143
  69. 69Rosanna133
  70. 70Mabel130
  71. 71Winifred128
  72. 72Helen126
  73. 73Janet124
  74. 74Harriett123
  75. 75Leah119
  76. 76Eva118
  77. 77Miriam112
  78. 78Louise109
  79. 79Lily102
  80. 80Helena100
  81. 81Phebe97
  82. 82Rhoda93
  83. 83Blanche91
  84. 84Dorothy91
  85. 85Flora87
  86. 86Susanna87
  87. 87Maggie86
  88. 88Adelaide83
  89. 89Georgina83
  90. 90Sydney80
  91. 91Polly79
  92. 92Bessie78
  93. 93Jemima75
  94. 94Nelly75
  95. 95Constance74
  96. 96Theresa74
  97. 97Marion72
  98. 98Anna71
  99. 99Teresa68
  100. 100Christiana66

Boys

  1. 1John13,918
  2. 2William12,000
  3. 3Thomas7,758
  4. 4James7,632
  5. 5George5,443
  6. 6Joseph4,571
  7. 7Charles3,011
  8. 8Robert2,816
  9. 9Henry2,796
  10. 10Arthur2,503
  11. 11Samuel2,335
  12. 12Richard2,255
  13. 13Edward2,217
  14. 14Frederick1,936
  15. 15Albert1,917
  16. 16Alfred1,790
  17. 17Walter1,653
  18. 18Harry1,384
  19. 19Herbert1,211
  20. 20David1,047
  21. 21Ernest955
  22. 22Frank907
  23. 23Fred772
  24. 24Edwin727
  25. 25Benjamin695
  26. 26Francis639
  27. 27Peter626
  28. 28Hugh418
  29. 29Tom418
  30. 30Daniel376
  31. 31Patrick372
  32. 32Isaac359
  33. 33Michael349
  34. 34Ralph246
  35. 35Edmund230
  36. 36Owen225
  37. 37Abraham222
  38. 38Percy206
  39. 39Stephen206
  40. 40Matthew201
  41. 41Alexander195
  42. 42Christopher191
  43. 43Harold185
  44. 44Evan182
  45. 45Andrew181
  46. 46Enoch176
  47. 47Joshua167
  48. 48Jonathan142
  49. 49Willie141
  50. 50Sam130
  51. 51Martin129
  52. 52Philip125
  53. 53Lewis120
  54. 54Sidney120
  55. 55Jesse118
  56. 56Mark116
  57. 57Leonard112
  58. 58Moses108
  59. 59Eli105
  60. 60Elijah103
  61. 61Ellis102
  62. 62Griffith102
  63. 63Lawrence99
  64. 64Jacob97
  65. 65Josiah97
  66. 66Edgar96
  67. 67Frederic93
  68. 68Levi89
  69. 69Reuben86
  70. 70Wilfred80
  71. 71Reginald78
  72. 72Joe77
  73. 73Adam75
  74. 74Job71
  75. 75Rowland69
  76. 76Louis68
  77. 77Amos65
  78. 78Anthony64
  79. 79Ben63
  80. 80Noah62
  81. 81Luke60
  82. 82Squire58
  83. 83Bernard57
  84. 84Isaiah55
  85. 85Oliver55
  86. 86Cornelius53
  87. 87Timothy53
  88. 88Nicholas52
  89. 89Roger51
  90. 90Elias50
  91. 91Nathan50
  92. 92Allen49
  93. 93Ambrose46
  94. 94Aaron45
  95. 95Abel45
  96. 96Jabez45
  97. 97Stanley45
  98. 98Archibald44
  99. 99Nathaniel44
  100. 100Simeon44

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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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