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Most popular baby names of 1882 in England and Wales

In 1882, 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. 1Mary12,876
  2. 2Elizabeth7,298
  3. 3Sarah6,151
  4. 4Annie4,589
  5. 5Margaret4,444
  6. 6Alice4,439
  7. 7Florence3,235
  8. 8Edith3,161
  9. 9Ellen3,118
  10. 10Jane2,836
  11. 11Ann2,403
  12. 12Emily2,303
  13. 13Ada2,293
  14. 14Martha2,096
  15. 15Ethel1,805
  16. 16Hannah1,749
  17. 17Eliza1,664
  18. 18Emma1,657
  19. 19Catherine1,477
  20. 20Clara1,472
  21. 21Gertrude1,356
  22. 22Lily1,286
  23. 23Harriet1,236
  24. 24Agnes1,137
  25. 25Bertha1,044
  26. 26Beatrice1,004
  27. 27Louisa967
  28. 28Frances903
  29. 29Lucy848
  30. 30Maud846
  31. 31Amy845
  32. 32Minnie788
  33. 33Esther738
  34. 34Lilian733
  35. 35Mabel716
  36. 36Fanny709
  37. 37Maria679
  38. 38Jessie651
  39. 39Kate639
  40. 40Nellie603
  41. 41Charlotte584
  42. 42Isabella581
  43. 43Rose560
  44. 44Eleanor546
  45. 45Amelia460
  46. 46May456
  47. 47Ruth424
  48. 48Maggie414
  49. 49Caroline402
  50. 50Susannah392
  51. 51Lizzie371
  52. 52Betsy360
  53. 53Rachel357
  54. 54Laura353
  55. 55Grace342
  56. 56Elsie330
  57. 57Eva317
  58. 58Winifred314
  59. 59Anne310
  60. 60Selina297
  61. 61Matilda275
  62. 62Rebecca270
  63. 63Sydney264
  64. 64Lydia258
  65. 65Hilda237
  66. 66Nancy235
  67. 67Violet232
  68. 68Dora231
  69. 69Julia228
  70. 70Phoebe227
  71. 71Susan225
  72. 72Henrietta219
  73. 73Helen211
  74. 74Janet209
  75. 75Helena204
  76. 76Lillie200
  77. 77Leah191
  78. 78Bridget187
  79. 79Bessie185
  80. 80Eveline175
  81. 81Olive172
  82. 82Dorothy171
  83. 83Miriam164
  84. 84Constance162
  85. 85Lavinia156
  86. 86Nelly151
  87. 87Rosa147
  88. 88Rhoda144
  89. 89Rosanna144
  90. 90Sophia142
  91. 91Lilly141
  92. 92Marion132
  93. 93Theresa128
  94. 94Bertie121
  95. 95Marian121
  96. 96Daisy120
  97. 97Polly119
  98. 98Flora116
  99. 99Georgina114
  100. 100Blanche106

Boys

  1. 1John13,801
  2. 2William12,333
  3. 3James7,859
  4. 4Thomas7,721
  5. 5George6,231
  6. 6Joseph4,755
  7. 7Arthur3,571
  8. 8Charles3,381
  9. 9Robert3,216
  10. 10Henry2,714
  11. 11Albert2,612
  12. 12Frederick2,399
  13. 13Edward2,385
  14. 14Harry2,342
  15. 15Herbert2,331
  16. 16Ernest2,230
  17. 17Samuel2,212
  18. 18Richard2,184
  19. 19Alfred2,120
  20. 20Walter2,081
  21. 21Frank1,557
  22. 22Fred1,417
  23. 23David1,099
  24. 24Harold856
  25. 25Francis831
  26. 26Percy760
  27. 27Peter715
  28. 28Edwin635
  29. 29Benjamin621
  30. 30Tom578
  31. 31Hugh434
  32. 32Leonard391
  33. 33Isaac361
  34. 34Daniel353
  35. 35Patrick340
  36. 36Alexander298
  37. 37Michael289
  38. 38Sidney251
  39. 39Owen243
  40. 40Ralph241
  41. 41Matthew233
  42. 42Edmund231
  43. 43Willie224
  44. 44Reginald223
  45. 45Andrew222
  46. 46Edgar222
  47. 47Christopher216
  48. 48Wilfred214
  49. 49Stephen191
  50. 50Abraham185
  51. 51Lewis179
  52. 52Jonathan167
  53. 53Evan163
  54. 54Jesse162
  55. 55Joshua157
  56. 56Philip157
  57. 57Horace152
  58. 58Mark149
  59. 59Sam148
  60. 60Bernard140
  61. 61Lawrence139
  62. 62Martin137
  63. 63Norman127
  64. 64Stanley122
  65. 65Enoch113
  66. 66Ellis110
  67. 67Joe110
  68. 68Wilfrid110
  69. 69Bertram107
  70. 70Rowland106
  71. 71Reuben103
  72. 72Moses102
  73. 73Archibald99
  74. 74Arnold99
  75. 75Elijah99
  76. 76Oliver95
  77. 77Percival95
  78. 78Louis93
  79. 79Gilbert92
  80. 80Griffith92
  81. 81Hubert90
  82. 82Cecil88
  83. 83Eli84
  84. 84Josiah80
  85. 85Ben76
  86. 86Jacob76
  87. 87Levi75
  88. 88Job70
  89. 89Anthony69
  90. 90Amos67
  91. 91Adam65
  92. 92Florry64
  93. 93Allen61
  94. 94Roger61
  95. 95Roland60
  96. 96Cyril59
  97. 97Luke58
  98. 98Maurice57
  99. 99Morris56
  100. 100Oswald56

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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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