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Most popular baby names of 1877 in England and Wales

In 1877, 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.

← 18761878 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary14,576
  2. 2Elizabeth7,831
  3. 3Sarah7,382
  4. 4Margaret4,630
  5. 5Alice4,272
  6. 6Annie4,077
  7. 7Ellen3,269
  8. 8Jane3,179
  9. 9Ann2,818
  10. 10Florence2,666
  11. 11Edith2,612
  12. 12Emily2,462
  13. 13Martha2,403
  14. 14Ada2,265
  15. 15Hannah2,134
  16. 16Emma2,095
  17. 17Eliza1,974
  18. 18Catherine1,656
  19. 19Clara1,544
  20. 20Harriet1,336
  21. 21Agnes1,165
  22. 22Louisa1,116
  23. 23Gertrude912
  24. 24Fanny882
  25. 25Frances874
  26. 26Lucy874
  27. 27Bertha834
  28. 28Maria801
  29. 29Esther773
  30. 30Amy738
  31. 31Ethel727
  32. 32Kate699
  33. 33Minnie686
  34. 34Charlotte685
  35. 35Lily609
  36. 36Isabella607
  37. 37Beatrice566
  38. 38Jessie539
  39. 39Eleanor535
  40. 40Maud528
  41. 41Amelia508
  42. 42Rose453
  43. 43Anne451
  44. 44Caroline448
  45. 45Ruth412
  46. 46Betsy410
  47. 47Lilian403
  48. 48Susannah397
  49. 49Rachel376
  50. 50Mabel350
  51. 51Lizzie327
  52. 52Laura325
  53. 53Rebecca322
  54. 54Grace307
  55. 55Lilly302
  56. 56Matilda299
  57. 57Lydia286
  58. 58Selina286
  59. 59Nancy272
  60. 60Phoebe272
  61. 61Maggie254
  62. 62Winifred251
  63. 63Julia242
  64. 64Henrietta224
  65. 65Eva222
  66. 66Bridget217
  67. 67Helen215
  68. 68Janet209
  69. 69Nellie209
  70. 70Susan201
  71. 71May190
  72. 72Leah178
  73. 73Sophia171
  74. 74Sydney157
  75. 75Rhoda146
  76. 76Rosa146
  77. 77Flora144
  78. 78Dora140
  79. 79Rosanna140
  80. 80Lavinia138
  81. 81Lillie134
  82. 82Helena133
  83. 83Priscilla129
  84. 84Miriam126
  85. 85Blanche122
  86. 86Betty120
  87. 87Hilda116
  88. 88Bessie107
  89. 89Nelly104
  90. 90Theresa103
  91. 91Dorothy102
  92. 92Marion102
  93. 93Polly98
  94. 94Constance97
  95. 95Elsie96
  96. 96Violet96
  97. 97Harriett91
  98. 98Olive91
  99. 99Adelaide90
  100. 100Georgina84

Boys

  1. 1John14,880
  2. 2William13,075
  3. 3Thomas8,225
  4. 4James8,148
  5. 5George6,233
  6. 6Joseph5,009
  7. 7Charles3,514
  8. 8Arthur3,219
  9. 9Robert3,185
  10. 10Henry2,936
  11. 11Edward2,430
  12. 12Samuel2,423
  13. 13Richard2,359
  14. 14Albert2,330
  15. 15Frederick2,248
  16. 16Harry2,122
  17. 17Alfred2,105
  18. 18Walter2,029
  19. 19Ernest1,795
  20. 20Herbert1,725
  21. 21Frank1,268
  22. 22Fred1,170
  23. 23David1,162
  24. 24Francis807
  25. 25Peter704
  26. 26Benjamin687
  27. 27Edwin680
  28. 28Tom484
  29. 29Harold452
  30. 30Hugh450
  31. 31Percy423
  32. 32Daniel409
  33. 33Isaac405
  34. 34Michael365
  35. 35Patrick339
  36. 36Alexander281
  37. 37Evan236
  38. 38Matthew236
  39. 39Christopher232
  40. 40Edmund223
  41. 41Andrew220
  42. 42Ralph219
  43. 43Stephen219
  44. 44Abraham217
  45. 45Owen217
  46. 46Leonard203
  47. 47Willie196
  48. 48Sidney195
  49. 49Wilfred178
  50. 50Sam166
  51. 51Edgar153
  52. 52Philip142
  53. 53Jonathan139
  54. 54Mark139
  55. 55Reginald138
  56. 56Joshua136
  57. 57Enoch133
  58. 58Eli132
  59. 59Lewis131
  60. 60Martin130
  61. 61Jesse124
  62. 62Lawrence122
  63. 63Moses119
  64. 64Josiah116
  65. 65Reuben107
  66. 66Horace106
  67. 67Jacob106
  68. 68Joe102
  69. 69Elijah95
  70. 70Louis95
  71. 71Archibald94
  72. 72Ellis93
  73. 73Levi91
  74. 74Oliver90
  75. 75Griffith87
  76. 76Bernard82
  77. 77Luke78
  78. 78Stanley78
  79. 79Gilbert77
  80. 80Rowland74
  81. 81Adam73
  82. 82Hubert73
  83. 83Job73
  84. 84Arnold71
  85. 85Roger70
  86. 86Amos68
  87. 87Anthony68
  88. 88Ben67
  89. 89Aaron62
  90. 90Cornelius61
  91. 91Frederic61
  92. 92Oswald61
  93. 93Nathan60
  94. 94Nathaniel60
  95. 95Cecil59
  96. 96Elias57
  97. 97Isaiah57
  98. 98Florry54
  99. 99Nicholas54
  100. 100Noah54

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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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