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Most popular baby names of 1883 in England and Wales

In 1883, 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. 1Mary12,252
  2. 2Elizabeth7,070
  3. 3Sarah5,768
  4. 4Annie4,543
  5. 5Margaret4,366
  6. 6Alice4,268
  7. 7Florence3,295
  8. 8Edith3,130
  9. 9Ellen3,094
  10. 10Jane2,601
  11. 11Emily2,263
  12. 12Ann2,177
  13. 13Ada2,134
  14. 14Ethel2,054
  15. 15Martha1,932
  16. 16Eliza1,612
  17. 17Emma1,582
  18. 18Hannah1,577
  19. 19Catherine1,479
  20. 20Gertrude1,424
  21. 21Lily1,416
  22. 22Clara1,385
  23. 23Bertha1,175
  24. 24Harriet1,121
  25. 25Agnes1,083
  26. 26Beatrice1,029
  27. 27Louisa909
  28. 28Minnie901
  29. 29Frances859
  30. 30Amy847
  31. 31Maud826
  32. 32Lucy772
  33. 33Lilian750
  34. 34Fanny722
  35. 35Mabel713
  36. 36Jessie711
  37. 37Esther664
  38. 38Maria635
  39. 39Kate617
  40. 40Nellie616
  41. 41Charlotte609
  42. 42Rose586
  43. 43Eleanor534
  44. 44Isabella510
  45. 45May481
  46. 46Amelia464
  47. 47Lizzie427
  48. 48Ruth412
  49. 49Caroline396
  50. 50Maggie392
  51. 51Elsie372
  52. 52Laura368
  53. 53Eva360
  54. 54Betsy354
  55. 55Winifred344
  56. 56Grace342
  57. 57Susannah328
  58. 58Rachel314
  59. 59Anne307
  60. 60Sydney275
  61. 61Hilda274
  62. 62Rebecca266
  63. 63Lydia250
  64. 64Selina247
  65. 65Phoebe233
  66. 66Matilda231
  67. 67Lillie217
  68. 68Helen210
  69. 69Janet208
  70. 70Dora203
  71. 71Julia203
  72. 72Henrietta201
  73. 73Nancy200
  74. 74Dorothy197
  75. 75Violet196
  76. 76Bessie191
  77. 77Eveline184
  78. 78Bridget175
  79. 79Olive174
  80. 80Miriam172
  81. 81Susan171
  82. 82Constance166
  83. 83Daisy157
  84. 84Nelly156
  85. 85Leah152
  86. 86Marion150
  87. 87Lilly145
  88. 88Rosa143
  89. 89Helena141
  90. 90Rhoda139
  91. 91Blanche135
  92. 92Sophia133
  93. 93Florrie129
  94. 94Rosanna128
  95. 95Flora126
  96. 96Polly124
  97. 97Georgina122
  98. 98Lavinia121
  99. 99Bertie112
  100. 100Gladys112

Boys

  1. 1John13,512
  2. 2William12,106
  3. 3James7,692
  4. 4Thomas7,457
  5. 5George6,113
  6. 6Joseph4,652
  7. 7Arthur3,503
  8. 8Charles3,358
  9. 9Robert3,120
  10. 10Henry2,609
  11. 11Albert2,590
  12. 12Harry2,449
  13. 13Frederick2,290
  14. 14Edward2,286
  15. 15Herbert2,283
  16. 16Richard2,234
  17. 17Ernest2,194
  18. 18Alfred2,187
  19. 19Samuel2,118
  20. 20Walter2,010
  21. 21Frank1,563
  22. 22Fred1,441
  23. 23David1,097
  24. 24Harold1,009
  25. 25Francis819
  26. 26Percy715
  27. 27Edwin670
  28. 28Peter637
  29. 29Benjamin634
  30. 30Tom602
  31. 31Hugh452
  32. 32Leonard399
  33. 33Daniel376
  34. 34Isaac302
  35. 35Michael300
  36. 36Alexander298
  37. 37Patrick281
  38. 38Sidney249
  39. 39Wilfred241
  40. 40Ralph237
  41. 41Matthew234
  42. 42Edgar231
  43. 43Owen231
  44. 44Willie227
  45. 45Edmund214
  46. 46Reginald206
  47. 47Christopher203
  48. 48Evan201
  49. 49Stephen201
  50. 50Philip187
  51. 51Andrew183
  52. 52Abraham170
  53. 53Horace161
  54. 54Stanley159
  55. 55Lewis155
  56. 56Wilfrid149
  57. 57Jesse147
  58. 58Sam144
  59. 59Martin137
  60. 60Norman137
  61. 61Mark136
  62. 62Joshua135
  63. 63Bertram134
  64. 64Lawrence131
  65. 65Archibald129
  66. 66Jonathan125
  67. 67Enoch123
  68. 68Bernard110
  69. 69Gilbert109
  70. 70Cecil104
  71. 71Hubert104
  72. 72Moses103
  73. 73Arnold99
  74. 74Griffith99
  75. 75Ellis97
  76. 76Louis94
  77. 77Eli91
  78. 78Elijah88
  79. 79Joe87
  80. 80Reuben87
  81. 81Oliver85
  82. 82Rowland85
  83. 83Josiah84
  84. 84Percival83
  85. 85Jacob82
  86. 86Florry79
  87. 87Levi74
  88. 88Charlie71
  89. 89Anthony67
  90. 90Oswald67
  91. 91Ben63
  92. 92Clifford63
  93. 93Morris63
  94. 94Cyril62
  95. 95Douglas62
  96. 96Job59
  97. 97Cornelius57
  98. 98Roland57
  99. 99Aaron56
  100. 100Allen56

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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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