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Most popular baby names of 1874 in England and Wales

In 1874, 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.

← 18731875 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary14,908
  2. 2Elizabeth8,176
  3. 3Sarah7,642
  4. 4Margaret4,312
  5. 5Alice4,210
  6. 6Annie3,673
  7. 7Ann3,191
  8. 8Jane3,180
  9. 9Ellen3,179
  10. 10Emily2,428
  11. 11Martha2,371
  12. 12Emma2,169
  13. 13Hannah2,125
  14. 14Eliza2,086
  15. 15Edith2,034
  16. 16Ada2,026
  17. 17Florence1,815
  18. 18Catherine1,451
  19. 19Clara1,387
  20. 20Harriet1,365
  21. 21Louisa1,129
  22. 22Agnes1,026
  23. 23Fanny895
  24. 24Maria821
  25. 25Lucy812
  26. 26Frances799
  27. 27Esther731
  28. 28Gertrude641
  29. 29Charlotte636
  30. 30Kate630
  31. 31Bertha628
  32. 32Minnie626
  33. 33Amy585
  34. 34Isabella576
  35. 35Anne554
  36. 36Amelia509
  37. 37Lilly505
  38. 38Caroline476
  39. 39Betsy453
  40. 40Eleanor453
  41. 41Jessie431
  42. 42Ethel421
  43. 43Susannah405
  44. 44Beatrice404
  45. 45Rachel379
  46. 46Rose366
  47. 47Maud345
  48. 48Ruth339
  49. 49Selina309
  50. 50Matilda303
  51. 51Nancy296
  52. 52Lizzie295
  53. 53Rebecca287
  54. 54Laura274
  55. 55Lilian272
  56. 56Grace261
  57. 57Lydia245
  58. 58Lily236
  59. 59Susan234
  60. 60Henrietta229
  61. 61Phoebe224
  62. 62Bridget221
  63. 63Julia221
  64. 64Mabel209
  65. 65Winifred174
  66. 66Janet173
  67. 67Sophia164
  68. 68Helen157
  69. 69Rosa151
  70. 70Lavinia150
  71. 71Harriett148
  72. 72Leah144
  73. 73Eva139
  74. 74Priscilla138
  75. 75Rosanna135
  76. 76Maggie134
  77. 77Miriam129
  78. 78Betty123
  79. 79Nellie123
  80. 80Sydney122
  81. 81May117
  82. 82Blanche108
  83. 83Dorothy107
  84. 84Rhoda106
  85. 85Phebe105
  86. 86Catharine104
  87. 87Helena104
  88. 88Flora102
  89. 89Theresa93
  90. 90Dora92
  91. 91Marion92
  92. 92Susanna92
  93. 93Polly88
  94. 94Jemima86
  95. 95Bessie79
  96. 96Adelaide78
  97. 97Marian78
  98. 98Nelly78
  99. 99Constance76
  100. 100Georgina76

Boys

  1. 1John14,616
  2. 2William12,719
  3. 3Thomas8,054
  4. 4James7,998
  5. 5George6,211
  6. 6Joseph4,845
  7. 7Charles3,261
  8. 8Robert3,030
  9. 9Henry2,893
  10. 10Arthur2,821
  11. 11Edward2,464
  12. 12Samuel2,463
  13. 13Richard2,363
  14. 14Albert2,103
  15. 15Frederick2,081
  16. 16Alfred2,061
  17. 17Walter1,853
  18. 18Harry1,710
  19. 19Herbert1,395
  20. 20Ernest1,289
  21. 21David1,135
  22. 22Frank1,076
  23. 23Fred942
  24. 24Benjamin719
  25. 25Peter691
  26. 26Edwin688
  27. 27Francis662
  28. 28Tom481
  29. 29Hugh446
  30. 30Daniel435
  31. 31Isaac434
  32. 32Patrick349
  33. 33Michael319
  34. 34Harold273
  35. 35Percy273
  36. 36Edmund252
  37. 37Abraham239
  38. 38Matthew236
  39. 39Owen233
  40. 40Alexander230
  41. 41Ralph225
  42. 42Evan221
  43. 43Andrew213
  44. 44Stephen201
  45. 45Willie176
  46. 46Christopher171
  47. 47Sam168
  48. 48Leonard154
  49. 49Jesse152
  50. 50Jonathan152
  51. 51Joshua150
  52. 52Lewis147
  53. 53Sidney143
  54. 54Enoch137
  55. 55Mark136
  56. 56Martin131
  57. 57Edgar130
  58. 58Philip125
  59. 59Elijah114
  60. 60Moses113
  61. 61Eli108
  62. 62Griffith108
  63. 63Josiah107
  64. 64Lawrence101
  65. 65Reginald98
  66. 66Joe97
  67. 67Ellis96
  68. 68Wilfred93
  69. 69Job90
  70. 70Levi84
  71. 71Oliver79
  72. 72Jacob78
  73. 73Frederic77
  74. 74Reuben77
  75. 75Aaron75
  76. 76Timothy72
  77. 77Ben71
  78. 78Amos69
  79. 79Stanley68
  80. 80Anthony65
  81. 81Horace65
  82. 82Louis65
  83. 83Gilbert64
  84. 84Adam63
  85. 85Bernard63
  86. 86Cornelius62
  87. 87Luke62
  88. 88Roger60
  89. 89Rowland59
  90. 90Noah58
  91. 91Archibald57
  92. 92Nathan57
  93. 93Morris56
  94. 94Percival56
  95. 95Oswald54
  96. 96Nathaniel53
  97. 97Elias52
  98. 98Squire52
  99. 99Clement50
  100. 100Isaiah50

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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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