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Most popular baby names of 1881 in England and Wales

In 1881, 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. 1Mary12,915
  2. 2Elizabeth7,257
  3. 3Sarah6,219
  4. 4Alice4,476
  5. 5Margaret4,426
  6. 6Annie4,416
  7. 7Ellen3,162
  8. 8Edith3,103
  9. 9Florence2,886
  10. 10Jane2,733
  11. 11Ann2,424
  12. 12Emily2,347
  13. 13Ada2,311
  14. 14Martha2,016
  15. 15Hannah1,783
  16. 16Eliza1,708
  17. 17Ethel1,657
  18. 18Emma1,638
  19. 19Catherine1,558
  20. 20Clara1,501
  21. 21Gertrude1,235
  22. 22Harriet1,217
  23. 23Lily1,109
  24. 24Agnes1,094
  25. 25Bertha1,038
  26. 26Louisa936
  27. 27Beatrice889
  28. 28Lucy865
  29. 29Frances846
  30. 30Amy827
  31. 31Minnie802
  32. 32Maud767
  33. 33Maria749
  34. 34Fanny729
  35. 35Lilian716
  36. 36Esther690
  37. 37Kate643
  38. 38Mabel631
  39. 39Jessie621
  40. 40Charlotte606
  41. 41Isabella597
  42. 42Eleanor544
  43. 43Rose530
  44. 44Amelia498
  45. 45May435
  46. 46Nellie435
  47. 47Caroline413
  48. 48Ruth405
  49. 49Susannah396
  50. 50Lizzie376
  51. 51Laura369
  52. 52Betsy336
  53. 53Maggie336
  54. 54Anne332
  55. 55Grace331
  56. 56Rachel325
  57. 57Eva305
  58. 58Winifred303
  59. 59Selina280
  60. 60Rebecca276
  61. 61Elsie261
  62. 62Sydney243
  63. 63Lydia240
  64. 64Nancy235
  65. 65Hilda224
  66. 66Henrietta220
  67. 67Matilda217
  68. 68Phoebe217
  69. 69Dora213
  70. 70Susan205
  71. 71Janet202
  72. 72Julia202
  73. 73Helen194
  74. 74Bridget191
  75. 75Leah186
  76. 76Bessie171
  77. 77Dorothy170
  78. 78Lilly160
  79. 79Miriam154
  80. 80Nelly151
  81. 81Eveline150
  82. 82Constance148
  83. 83Sophia148
  84. 84Marion145
  85. 85Violet143
  86. 86Helena137
  87. 87Lavinia130
  88. 88Lillie129
  89. 89Rosa128
  90. 90Flora127
  91. 91Olive124
  92. 92Rhoda122
  93. 93Polly120
  94. 94Priscilla120
  95. 95Theresa108
  96. 96Rosanna106
  97. 97Bertie102
  98. 98Marian101
  99. 99Blanche99
  100. 100Betty95

Boys

  1. 1John13,812
  2. 2William12,192
  3. 3James7,727
  4. 4Thomas7,692
  5. 5George6,195
  6. 6Joseph4,742
  7. 7Arthur3,406
  8. 8Charles3,335
  9. 9Robert3,172
  10. 10Henry2,707
  11. 11Albert2,465
  12. 12Harry2,395
  13. 13Edward2,383
  14. 14Frederick2,276
  15. 15Richard2,243
  16. 16Samuel2,182
  17. 17Herbert2,177
  18. 18Alfred2,159
  19. 19Walter2,086
  20. 20Ernest2,017
  21. 21Frank1,521
  22. 22Fred1,398
  23. 23David1,135
  24. 24Francis803
  25. 25Harold758
  26. 26Percy659
  27. 27Benjamin654
  28. 28Peter645
  29. 29Edwin627
  30. 30Tom556
  31. 31Hugh435
  32. 32Daniel401
  33. 33Isaac350
  34. 34Alexander331
  35. 35Patrick329
  36. 36Leonard322
  37. 37Michael315
  38. 38Sidney270
  39. 39Owen257
  40. 40Matthew234
  41. 41Willie230
  42. 42Edmund228
  43. 43Ralph223
  44. 44Evan217
  45. 45Andrew207
  46. 46Stephen204
  47. 47Edgar193
  48. 48Christopher188
  49. 49Wilfred187
  50. 50Reginald180
  51. 51Abraham170
  52. 52Lewis162
  53. 53Philip161
  54. 54Horace156
  55. 55Sam153
  56. 56Jesse145
  57. 57Enoch137
  58. 58Stanley135
  59. 59Joshua134
  60. 60Mark134
  61. 61Martin132
  62. 62Jonathan131
  63. 63Norman129
  64. 64Louis125
  65. 65Arnold113
  66. 66Josiah113
  67. 67Lawrence110
  68. 68Eli109
  69. 69Bernard108
  70. 70Archibald100
  71. 71Oliver100
  72. 72Rowland99
  73. 73Wilfrid99
  74. 74Ellis97
  75. 75Reuben97
  76. 76Moses95
  77. 77Joe93
  78. 78Griffith89
  79. 79Elijah88
  80. 80Jacob88
  81. 81Bertram87
  82. 82Gilbert82
  83. 83Cecil81
  84. 84Hubert81
  85. 85Levi80
  86. 86Florry73
  87. 87Job70
  88. 88Adam69
  89. 89Aaron68
  90. 90Percival66
  91. 91Amos64
  92. 92Anthony61
  93. 93Cornelius61
  94. 94Allen60
  95. 95Oswald60
  96. 96Ben58
  97. 97Charlie57
  98. 98Roger56
  99. 99Squire54
  100. 100Luke53

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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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