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Most popular baby names of 1876 in England and Wales

In 1876, 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. 1Mary15,108
  2. 2Elizabeth8,138
  3. 3Sarah7,447
  4. 4Margaret4,609
  5. 5Alice4,375
  6. 6Annie3,978
  7. 7Jane3,215
  8. 8Ellen3,207
  9. 9Ann3,025
  10. 10Emily2,603
  11. 11Edith2,446
  12. 12Florence2,417
  13. 13Martha2,393
  14. 14Emma2,211
  15. 15Hannah2,172
  16. 16Eliza2,056
  17. 17Ada2,049
  18. 18Catherine1,564
  19. 19Clara1,555
  20. 20Harriet1,439
  21. 21Louisa1,136
  22. 22Agnes1,102
  23. 23Fanny876
  24. 24Frances871
  25. 25Lucy844
  26. 26Gertrude842
  27. 27Maria841
  28. 28Bertha747
  29. 29Esther709
  30. 30Kate698
  31. 31Ethel662
  32. 32Charlotte661
  33. 33Minnie648
  34. 34Amy637
  35. 35Isabella606
  36. 36Amelia527
  37. 37Anne523
  38. 38Eleanor523
  39. 39Beatrice504
  40. 40Lily503
  41. 41Jessie488
  42. 42Rose480
  43. 43Caroline459
  44. 44Maud453
  45. 45Betsy451
  46. 46Susannah433
  47. 47Rachel412
  48. 48Ruth406
  49. 49Lilly368
  50. 50Lilian348
  51. 51Laura343
  52. 52Rebecca324
  53. 53Grace313
  54. 54Nancy298
  55. 55Lizzie293
  56. 56Mabel280
  57. 57Selina273
  58. 58Matilda272
  59. 59Henrietta270
  60. 60Julia264
  61. 61Lydia257
  62. 62Susan252
  63. 63Phoebe243
  64. 64Bridget237
  65. 65Winifred206
  66. 66Maggie198
  67. 67Nellie197
  68. 68Janet191
  69. 69May187
  70. 70Sophia187
  71. 71Leah166
  72. 72Helen165
  73. 73Lavinia160
  74. 74Eva157
  75. 75Rosa154
  76. 76Miriam140
  77. 77Helena137
  78. 78Betty136
  79. 79Rosanna134
  80. 80Sydney129
  81. 81Rhoda128
  82. 82Bessie127
  83. 83Flora119
  84. 84Priscilla118
  85. 85Dora117
  86. 86Marion116
  87. 87Dorothy114
  88. 88Nelly109
  89. 89Harriett107
  90. 90Theresa99
  91. 91Blanche97
  92. 92Catharine97
  93. 93Polly97
  94. 94Olive96
  95. 95Violet95
  96. 96Hilda93
  97. 97Lillie92
  98. 98Georgina91
  99. 99Susanna88
  100. 100Isabel87

Boys

  1. 1John14,926
  2. 2William13,025
  3. 3Thomas8,263
  4. 4James8,155
  5. 5George6,239
  6. 6Joseph5,038
  7. 7Charles3,413
  8. 8Robert3,213
  9. 9Arthur3,026
  10. 10Henry2,915
  11. 11Edward2,515
  12. 12Richard2,500
  13. 13Samuel2,441
  14. 14Albert2,266
  15. 15Alfred2,232
  16. 16Frederick2,203
  17. 17Walter2,075
  18. 18Harry2,038
  19. 19Herbert1,659
  20. 20Ernest1,610
  21. 21Frank1,259
  22. 22David1,222
  23. 23Fred1,111
  24. 24Francis789
  25. 25Peter721
  26. 26Benjamin711
  27. 27Edwin700
  28. 28Tom531
  29. 29Hugh491
  30. 30Daniel457
  31. 31Isaac447
  32. 32Harold432
  33. 33Percy382
  34. 34Michael358
  35. 35Patrick350
  36. 36Alexander290
  37. 37Owen253
  38. 38Andrew248
  39. 39Edmund248
  40. 40Matthew241
  41. 41Evan223
  42. 42Stephen221
  43. 43Abraham218
  44. 44Christopher218
  45. 45Ralph209
  46. 46Leonard204
  47. 47Sidney176
  48. 48Sam171
  49. 49Enoch167
  50. 50Jesse167
  51. 51Joshua167
  52. 52Jonathan161
  53. 53Philip151
  54. 54Lewis149
  55. 55Willie148
  56. 56Wilfred145
  57. 57Edgar141
  58. 58Martin135
  59. 59Lawrence128
  60. 60Elijah122
  61. 61Mark121
  62. 62Eli117
  63. 63Reginald108
  64. 64Reuben107
  65. 65Josiah104
  66. 66Moses104
  67. 67Ellis103
  68. 68Job99
  69. 69Jacob98
  70. 70Joe97
  71. 71Horace91
  72. 72Bernard90
  73. 73Griffith89
  74. 74Amos83
  75. 75Louis80
  76. 76Adam79
  77. 77Stanley79
  78. 78Anthony71
  79. 79Levi71
  80. 80Oliver70
  81. 81Rowland67
  82. 82Aaron65
  83. 83Nathaniel64
  84. 84Cornelius62
  85. 85Noah62
  86. 86Gilbert61
  87. 87Archibald60
  88. 88Cecil59
  89. 89Bertram58
  90. 90Charlie58
  91. 91Nicholas58
  92. 92Allen57
  93. 93Roger57
  94. 94Arnold56
  95. 95Hubert55
  96. 96Morris55
  97. 97Squire54
  98. 98Timothy54
  99. 99Charley52
  100. 100Frederic51

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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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