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Most popular baby names of 1879 in England and Wales

In 1879, 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.

← 18781880 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary13,383
  2. 2Elizabeth7,438
  3. 3Sarah6,557
  4. 4Alice4,697
  5. 5Margaret4,507
  6. 6Annie4,178
  7. 7Ellen3,188
  8. 8Jane2,910
  9. 9Edith2,724
  10. 10Florence2,681
  11. 11Ann2,577
  12. 12Emily2,327
  13. 13Ada2,267
  14. 14Martha2,126
  15. 15Hannah1,869
  16. 16Eliza1,824
  17. 17Emma1,682
  18. 18Catherine1,576
  19. 19Clara1,461
  20. 20Harriet1,272
  21. 21Agnes1,196
  22. 22Gertrude1,127
  23. 23Ethel1,116
  24. 24Louisa975
  25. 25Bertha961
  26. 26Lily878
  27. 27Lucy845
  28. 28Frances830
  29. 29Fanny796
  30. 30Esther783
  31. 31Maria759
  32. 32Minnie752
  33. 33Maud735
  34. 34Amy702
  35. 35Beatrice680
  36. 36Charlotte644
  37. 37Kate602
  38. 38Isabella561
  39. 39Jessie549
  40. 40Rose540
  41. 41Eleanor534
  42. 42Lilian496
  43. 43Mabel496
  44. 44Amelia478
  45. 45Anne440
  46. 46Caroline435
  47. 47Ruth390
  48. 48Betsy387
  49. 49Laura378
  50. 50Susannah370
  51. 51Lizzie351
  52. 52Rachel337
  53. 53Nellie325
  54. 54Grace308
  55. 55Eva289
  56. 56Maggie281
  57. 57Rebecca279
  58. 58Matilda276
  59. 59Nancy254
  60. 60Phoebe248
  61. 61Selina248
  62. 62Winifred248
  63. 63May240
  64. 64Julia238
  65. 65Lydia234
  66. 66Susan224
  67. 67Henrietta217
  68. 68Sydney210
  69. 69Bridget207
  70. 70Helen204
  71. 71Janet183
  72. 72Lilly179
  73. 73Dora170
  74. 74Leah169
  75. 75Elsie164
  76. 76Lillie151
  77. 77Sophia150
  78. 78Nelly147
  79. 79Rosa144
  80. 80Priscilla143
  81. 81Hilda141
  82. 82Lavinia138
  83. 83Miriam136
  84. 84Dorothy133
  85. 85Violet130
  86. 86Rhoda129
  87. 87Helena127
  88. 88Bessie125
  89. 89Marion125
  90. 90Eveline121
  91. 91Rosanna118
  92. 92Betty113
  93. 93Theresa113
  94. 94Flora109
  95. 95Blanche104
  96. 96Georgina103
  97. 97Constance100
  98. 98Olive95
  99. 99Polly88
  100. 100Isabel83

Boys

  1. 1John13,930
  2. 2William12,350
  3. 3Thomas7,821
  4. 4James7,716
  5. 5George6,209
  6. 6Joseph4,654
  7. 7Arthur3,424
  8. 8Charles3,420
  9. 9Robert3,041
  10. 10Henry2,833
  11. 11Albert2,486
  12. 12Edward2,455
  13. 13Samuel2,313
  14. 14Richard2,310
  15. 15Frederick2,226
  16. 16Harry2,213
  17. 17Walter2,135
  18. 18Alfred2,076
  19. 19Ernest1,950
  20. 20Herbert1,734
  21. 21Frank1,427
  22. 22Fred1,285
  23. 23David1,121
  24. 24Francis791
  25. 25Edwin675
  26. 26Peter654
  27. 27Benjamin649
  28. 28Harold581
  29. 29Tom525
  30. 30Percy522
  31. 31Hugh452
  32. 32Daniel405
  33. 33Michael322
  34. 34Patrick320
  35. 35Isaac302
  36. 36Owen275
  37. 37Alexander274
  38. 38Leonard261
  39. 39Ralph225
  40. 40Edmund217
  41. 41Matthew216
  42. 42Evan215
  43. 43Stephen213
  44. 44Sidney210
  45. 45Abraham208
  46. 46Wilfred206
  47. 47Christopher204
  48. 48Andrew203
  49. 49Willie198
  50. 50Edgar195
  51. 51Jesse167
  52. 52Sam158
  53. 53Mark155
  54. 54Lewis154
  55. 55Jonathan149
  56. 56Reginald149
  57. 57Enoch138
  58. 58Philip133
  59. 59Louis131
  60. 60Lawrence129
  61. 61Horace125
  62. 62Martin123
  63. 63Joshua122
  64. 64Bernard116
  65. 65Ellis108
  66. 66Archibald104
  67. 67Eli100
  68. 68Griffith100
  69. 69Reuben95
  70. 70Elijah94
  71. 71Josiah92
  72. 72Rowland91
  73. 73Moses90
  74. 74Jacob89
  75. 75Joe89
  76. 76Oliver89
  77. 77Stanley84
  78. 78Gilbert81
  79. 79Norman79
  80. 80Percival76
  81. 81Arnold75
  82. 82Hubert74
  83. 83Bertram73
  84. 84Levi72
  85. 85Frederic68
  86. 86Florry66
  87. 87Amos65
  88. 88Luke63
  89. 89Cecil62
  90. 90Elias62
  91. 91Job61
  92. 92Oswald59
  93. 93Adam57
  94. 94Cornelius57
  95. 95Maurice57
  96. 96Allen56
  97. 97Anthony55
  98. 98Nicholas55
  99. 99Morris54
  100. 100Aaron50

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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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