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Most popular baby names of 1872 in England and Wales

In 1872, 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. 1Mary14,622
  2. 2Elizabeth8,005
  3. 3Sarah7,442
  4. 4Margaret4,258
  5. 5Alice3,925
  6. 6Annie3,247
  7. 7Ann3,162
  8. 8Jane3,096
  9. 9Ellen2,950
  10. 10Martha2,275
  11. 11Emily2,210
  12. 12Emma2,058
  13. 13Hannah2,054
  14. 14Eliza2,039
  15. 15Ada1,760
  16. 16Edith1,564
  17. 17Florence1,441
  18. 18Catherine1,359
  19. 19Clara1,345
  20. 20Harriet1,204
  21. 21Louisa1,157
  22. 22Agnes929
  23. 23Fanny870
  24. 24Maria784
  25. 25Frances782
  26. 26Lucy779
  27. 27Esther670
  28. 28Anne630
  29. 29Kate627
  30. 30Charlotte622
  31. 31Isabella535
  32. 32Gertrude526
  33. 33Bertha508
  34. 34Minnie494
  35. 35Lilly493
  36. 36Amelia476
  37. 37Amy473
  38. 38Caroline456
  39. 39Eleanor428
  40. 40Betsy413
  41. 41Susannah397
  42. 42Jessie361
  43. 43Rose355
  44. 44Rachel338
  45. 45Ruth303
  46. 46Maud297
  47. 47Matilda296
  48. 48Beatrice292
  49. 49Selina288
  50. 50Nancy286
  51. 51Julia267
  52. 52Rebecca267
  53. 53Grace263
  54. 54Lydia256
  55. 55Lizzie254
  56. 56Ethel251
  57. 57Laura250
  58. 58Lilian234
  59. 59Henrietta220
  60. 60Susan220
  61. 61Phoebe216
  62. 62Bridget202
  63. 63Catharine188
  64. 64Sophia183
  65. 65Lavinia165
  66. 66Rosa155
  67. 67Betty154
  68. 68Janet152
  69. 69Lily147
  70. 70Mabel146
  71. 71Harriett135
  72. 72Helen134
  73. 73Helena131
  74. 74Priscilla128
  75. 75Miriam122
  76. 76Leah121
  77. 77Winifred121
  78. 78Maggie116
  79. 79Eva109
  80. 80Rosanna107
  81. 81Rhoda101
  82. 82Phebe97
  83. 83Flora95
  84. 84Susanna88
  85. 85Blanche85
  86. 86May84
  87. 87Bessie83
  88. 88Theresa83
  89. 89Adelaide82
  90. 90Georgina82
  91. 91Polly81
  92. 92Anna79
  93. 93Dora79
  94. 94Dorothy79
  95. 95Ellin79
  96. 96Sydney77
  97. 97Constance76
  98. 98Marion73
  99. 99Louise72
  100. 100Nellie71

Boys

  1. 1John14,120
  2. 2William12,233
  3. 3Thomas7,911
  4. 4James7,761
  5. 5George5,359
  6. 6Joseph4,729
  7. 7Charles3,169
  8. 8Robert3,033
  9. 9Arthur2,878
  10. 10Henry2,845
  11. 11Samuel2,360
  12. 12Richard2,350
  13. 13Edward2,243
  14. 14Albert2,078
  15. 15Frederick1,990
  16. 16Alfred1,953
  17. 17Walter1,728
  18. 18Harry1,457
  19. 19Herbert1,317
  20. 20David1,024
  21. 21Ernest958
  22. 22Frank943
  23. 23Fred831
  24. 24Peter723
  25. 25Benjamin709
  26. 26Francis662
  27. 27Edwin648
  28. 28Tom461
  29. 29Hugh448
  30. 30Isaac381
  31. 31Daniel373
  32. 32Patrick369
  33. 33Michael310
  34. 34Edmund245
  35. 35Alexander234
  36. 36Owen233
  37. 37Abraham205
  38. 38Matthew205
  39. 39Stephen205
  40. 40Ralph200
  41. 41Andrew190
  42. 42Evan189
  43. 43Harold189
  44. 44Percy182
  45. 45Christopher171
  46. 46Enoch149
  47. 47Jesse146
  48. 48Martin144
  49. 49Sidney142
  50. 50Jonathan139
  51. 51Sam137
  52. 52Joshua136
  53. 53Josiah130
  54. 54Willie128
  55. 55Mark126
  56. 56Lewis125
  57. 57Leonard124
  58. 58Elijah114
  59. 59Griffith100
  60. 60Lawrence97
  61. 61Eli96
  62. 62Moses96
  63. 63Philip94
  64. 64Ellis90
  65. 65Job86
  66. 66Adam82
  67. 67Jacob82
  68. 68Roger81
  69. 69Wilfred81
  70. 70Levi80
  71. 71Edgar79
  72. 72Reuben78
  73. 73Bernard76
  74. 74Reginald75
  75. 75Luke73
  76. 76Joe70
  77. 77Aaron67
  78. 78Oliver67
  79. 79Cornelius65
  80. 80Frederic65
  81. 81Anthony63
  82. 82Timothy63
  83. 83Louis62
  84. 84Rowland62
  85. 85Amos61
  86. 86Abel60
  87. 87Squire59
  88. 88Nathan57
  89. 89Archibald54
  90. 90Nicholas54
  91. 91Horace52
  92. 92Noah52
  93. 93Ben50
  94. 94Jabez50
  95. 95Jeremiah49
  96. 96Oswald49
  97. 97Morris48
  98. 98Dennis47
  99. 99Elias47
  100. 100Isaiah47

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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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