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Most popular baby names of 1878 in England and Wales

In 1878, 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. 1Mary14,395
  2. 2Elizabeth7,917
  3. 3Sarah6,828
  4. 4Margaret4,592
  5. 5Alice4,534
  6. 6Annie4,260
  7. 7Ellen3,253
  8. 8Jane3,167
  9. 9Ann2,835
  10. 10Florence2,831
  11. 11Edith2,708
  12. 12Emily2,346
  13. 13Ada2,337
  14. 14Martha2,300
  15. 15Hannah2,016
  16. 16Eliza1,953
  17. 17Emma1,737
  18. 18Clara1,609
  19. 19Catherine1,556
  20. 20Harriet1,319
  21. 21Agnes1,088
  22. 22Louisa1,051
  23. 23Gertrude1,003
  24. 24Ethel977
  25. 25Bertha912
  26. 26Fanny858
  27. 27Frances843
  28. 28Lily836
  29. 29Lucy808
  30. 30Esther784
  31. 31Maria777
  32. 32Amy735
  33. 33Minnie732
  34. 34Kate700
  35. 35Charlotte693
  36. 36Beatrice677
  37. 37Maud663
  38. 38Isabella556
  39. 39Amelia551
  40. 40Eleanor542
  41. 41Jessie535
  42. 42Lilian515
  43. 43Rose508
  44. 44Mabel465
  45. 45Anne462
  46. 46Betsy439
  47. 47Susannah436
  48. 48Caroline435
  49. 49Ruth414
  50. 50Rachel375
  51. 51Lizzie356
  52. 52Laura339
  53. 53Matilda303
  54. 54Selina291
  55. 55Grace289
  56. 56Rebecca288
  57. 57Nellie287
  58. 58Nancy275
  59. 59Lydia264
  60. 60May257
  61. 61Phoebe254
  62. 62Maggie248
  63. 63Eva245
  64. 64Lilly239
  65. 65Susan237
  66. 66Julia234
  67. 67Winifred228
  68. 68Henrietta221
  69. 69Bridget207
  70. 70Janet206
  71. 71Leah187
  72. 72Sydney182
  73. 73Helen178
  74. 74Lillie154
  75. 75Rosa154
  76. 76Helena148
  77. 77Sophia144
  78. 78Miriam140
  79. 79Bessie138
  80. 80Dora138
  81. 81Rhoda138
  82. 82Nelly136
  83. 83Rosanna136
  84. 84Lavinia132
  85. 85Dorothy131
  86. 86Flora124
  87. 87Priscilla120
  88. 88Theresa118
  89. 89Betty117
  90. 90Blanche115
  91. 91Hilda115
  92. 92Georgina113
  93. 93Violet111
  94. 94Marion107
  95. 95Eveline102
  96. 96Constance99
  97. 97Elsie97
  98. 98Adelaide93
  99. 99Marian87
  100. 100Eda85

Boys

  1. 1John14,702
  2. 2William12,980
  3. 3Thomas8,439
  4. 4James8,205
  5. 5George6,295
  6. 6Joseph4,864
  7. 7Charles3,518
  8. 8Arthur3,307
  9. 9Robert3,200
  10. 10Henry2,966
  11. 11Albert2,477
  12. 12Richard2,463
  13. 13Edward2,424
  14. 14Frederick2,295
  15. 15Samuel2,294
  16. 16Harry2,135
  17. 17Alfred2,097
  18. 18Walter2,043
  19. 19Ernest1,901
  20. 20Herbert1,746
  21. 21Frank1,390
  22. 22Fred1,295
  23. 23David1,110
  24. 24Francis778
  25. 25Peter738
  26. 26Benjamin698
  27. 27Edwin659
  28. 28Harold526
  29. 29Tom509
  30. 30Percy491
  31. 31Hugh475
  32. 32Daniel391
  33. 33Michael380
  34. 34Patrick375
  35. 35Isaac374
  36. 36Alexander284
  37. 37Owen259
  38. 38Ralph248
  39. 39Matthew229
  40. 40Andrew225
  41. 41Evan223
  42. 42Stephen220
  43. 43Leonard213
  44. 44Edmund207
  45. 45Wilfred204
  46. 46Christopher200
  47. 47Sidney196
  48. 48Abraham183
  49. 49Edgar178
  50. 50Willie174
  51. 51Lewis161
  52. 52Jonathan155
  53. 53Philip152
  54. 54Sam149
  55. 55Enoch148
  56. 56Reginald145
  57. 57Mark143
  58. 58Jesse138
  59. 59Joshua137
  60. 60Ellis132
  61. 61Lawrence129
  62. 62Martin128
  63. 63Horace118
  64. 64Bernard115
  65. 65Joe111
  66. 66Elijah104
  67. 67Moses104
  68. 68Josiah103
  69. 69Eli102
  70. 70Oliver97
  71. 71Griffith96
  72. 72Stanley95
  73. 73Reuben93
  74. 74Archibald91
  75. 75Jacob88
  76. 76Rowland87
  77. 77Levi83
  78. 78Louis81
  79. 79Adam74
  80. 80Gilbert74
  81. 81Percival73
  82. 82Cecil71
  83. 83Job71
  84. 84Anthony69
  85. 85Frederic68
  86. 86Aaron67
  87. 87Arnold67
  88. 88Ben66
  89. 89Bertram65
  90. 90Cornelius65
  91. 91Hubert65
  92. 92Norman65
  93. 93Jeremiah64
  94. 94Oswald64
  95. 95Roger61
  96. 96Amos60
  97. 97Luke60
  98. 98Maurice58
  99. 99Nathan58
  100. 100Timothy56

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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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