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Most popular baby names of 1880 in England and Wales

In 1880, 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. 1Mary12,857
  2. 2Elizabeth7,261
  3. 3Sarah6,151
  4. 4Alice4,674
  5. 5Margaret4,326
  6. 6Annie4,184
  7. 7Ellen3,101
  8. 8Florence2,913
  9. 9Edith2,908
  10. 10Jane2,867
  11. 11Ann2,499
  12. 12Emily2,302
  13. 13Ada2,288
  14. 14Martha2,201
  15. 15Hannah1,843
  16. 16Eliza1,681
  17. 17Emma1,596
  18. 18Catherine1,527
  19. 19Clara1,508
  20. 20Ethel1,473
  21. 21Harriet1,268
  22. 22Gertrude1,197
  23. 23Agnes1,147
  24. 24Louisa1,027
  25. 25Lily1,022
  26. 26Bertha978
  27. 27Frances861
  28. 28Lucy821
  29. 29Beatrice797
  30. 30Amy777
  31. 31Maria751
  32. 32Minnie747
  33. 33Fanny743
  34. 34Maud722
  35. 35Esther691
  36. 36Charlotte642
  37. 37Kate626
  38. 38Jessie580
  39. 39Eleanor574
  40. 40Isabella567
  41. 41Lilian554
  42. 42Mabel551
  43. 43Rose507
  44. 44Amelia487
  45. 45Ruth399
  46. 46Caroline391
  47. 47Anne385
  48. 48Nellie374
  49. 49Laura359
  50. 50Rachel348
  51. 51Betsy336
  52. 52Lizzie336
  53. 53Susannah324
  54. 54May323
  55. 55Eva280
  56. 56Grace278
  57. 57Maggie275
  58. 58Matilda274
  59. 59Winifred263
  60. 60Selina260
  61. 61Rebecca256
  62. 62Nancy243
  63. 63Susan243
  64. 64Phoebe230
  65. 65Lydia229
  66. 66Julia216
  67. 67Elsie210
  68. 68Janet210
  69. 69Henrietta207
  70. 70Sydney197
  71. 71Bridget195
  72. 72Helen191
  73. 73Hilda184
  74. 74Dora175
  75. 75Lilly169
  76. 76Sophia169
  77. 77Dorothy167
  78. 78Lillie167
  79. 79Helena159
  80. 80Leah155
  81. 81Bessie151
  82. 82Miriam142
  83. 83Theresa140
  84. 84Lavinia136
  85. 85Marion134
  86. 86Rosa134
  87. 87Eveline130
  88. 88Olive129
  89. 89Flora125
  90. 90Nelly123
  91. 91Violet123
  92. 92Rhoda119
  93. 93Constance114
  94. 94Rosanna114
  95. 95Georgina107
  96. 96Priscilla106
  97. 97Blanche97
  98. 98Bertie88
  99. 99Isabel87
  100. 100Polly82

Boys

  1. 1John13,733
  2. 2William12,068
  3. 3Thomas7,704
  4. 4James7,626
  5. 5George6,045
  6. 6Joseph4,687
  7. 7Charles3,388
  8. 8Arthur3,371
  9. 9Robert3,084
  10. 10Henry2,653
  11. 11Albert2,416
  12. 12Edward2,359
  13. 13Richard2,305
  14. 14Harry2,267
  15. 15Herbert2,234
  16. 16Frederick2,197
  17. 17Samuel2,134
  18. 18Alfred2,073
  19. 19Ernest2,067
  20. 20Walter2,024
  21. 21Frank1,422
  22. 22Fred1,380
  23. 23David1,037
  24. 24Francis752
  25. 25Benjamin681
  26. 26Harold675
  27. 27Edwin673
  28. 28Peter625
  29. 29Percy557
  30. 30Tom540
  31. 31Hugh446
  32. 32Daniel373
  33. 33Isaac307
  34. 34Leonard296
  35. 35Michael288
  36. 36Patrick286
  37. 37Owen252
  38. 38Ralph244
  39. 39Alexander243
  40. 40Sidney231
  41. 41Matthew225
  42. 42Andrew223
  43. 43Edmund220
  44. 44Wilfred207
  45. 45Stephen206
  46. 46Christopher196
  47. 47Willie192
  48. 48Evan191
  49. 49Sam181
  50. 50Abraham175
  51. 51Reginald169
  52. 52Edgar167
  53. 53Philip157
  54. 54Jesse154
  55. 55Lewis142
  56. 56Joshua138
  57. 57Mark124
  58. 58Enoch123
  59. 59Martin123
  60. 60Lawrence122
  61. 61Horace121
  62. 62Stanley115
  63. 63Jonathan114
  64. 64Josiah113
  65. 65Norman113
  66. 66Joe111
  67. 67Louis111
  68. 68Archibald108
  69. 69Bernard102
  70. 70Griffith95
  71. 71Oliver94
  72. 72Ellis92
  73. 73Reuben91
  74. 74Bertram88
  75. 75Eli87
  76. 76Elijah87
  77. 77Gilbert86
  78. 78Arnold85
  79. 79Wilfrid85
  80. 80Moses84
  81. 81Cecil82
  82. 82Levi81
  83. 83Hubert80
  84. 84Rowland77
  85. 85Job74
  86. 86Amos72
  87. 87Percival72
  88. 88Jacob71
  89. 89Ben70
  90. 90Florry63
  91. 91Roger63
  92. 92Timothy63
  93. 93Charlie62
  94. 94Nathan62
  95. 95Oswald62
  96. 96Elias59
  97. 97Adam58
  98. 98Nicholas58
  99. 99Noah54
  100. 100Frederic53

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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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