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Most popular baby names of 1884 in England and Wales

In 1884, 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. 1Mary11,965
  2. 2Elizabeth6,852
  3. 3Sarah5,657
  4. 4Annie4,836
  5. 5Alice4,403
  6. 6Margaret4,257
  7. 7Florence3,662
  8. 8Edith3,223
  9. 9Ellen3,136
  10. 10Jane2,762
  11. 11Ethel2,401
  12. 12Ada2,214
  13. 13Emily2,194
  14. 14Ann2,040
  15. 15Martha1,800
  16. 16Hannah1,644
  17. 17Emma1,562
  18. 18Lily1,560
  19. 19Eliza1,553
  20. 20Gertrude1,507
  21. 21Clara1,400
  22. 22Catherine1,368
  23. 23Bertha1,199
  24. 24Harriet1,179
  25. 25Agnes1,175
  26. 26Beatrice1,148
  27. 27Frances888
  28. 28Louisa881
  29. 29Minnie867
  30. 30Maud860
  31. 31Lilian845
  32. 32Amy832
  33. 33Lucy807
  34. 34Nellie750
  35. 35Mabel749
  36. 36Fanny733
  37. 37Jessie680
  38. 38Esther660
  39. 39Kate632
  40. 40May609
  41. 41Maria588
  42. 42Rose576
  43. 43Charlotte558
  44. 44Eleanor553
  45. 45Elsie531
  46. 46Isabella526
  47. 47Maggie475
  48. 48Amelia471
  49. 49Ruth428
  50. 50Lizzie421
  51. 51Caroline376
  52. 52Winifred365
  53. 53Betsy361
  54. 54Eva361
  55. 55Susannah354
  56. 56Sydney354
  57. 57Hilda344
  58. 58Rachel344
  59. 59Laura342
  60. 60Grace307
  61. 61Lillie285
  62. 62Anne276
  63. 63Violet272
  64. 64Phoebe258
  65. 65Dorothy253
  66. 66Selina253
  67. 67Lydia247
  68. 68Matilda244
  69. 69Dora238
  70. 70Rebecca238
  71. 71Eveline226
  72. 72Nancy216
  73. 73Henrietta212
  74. 74Janet200
  75. 75Susan193
  76. 76Olive190
  77. 77Leah186
  78. 78Daisy181
  79. 79Bessie178
  80. 80Julia178
  81. 81Helen175
  82. 82Bridget158
  83. 83Constance157
  84. 84Miriam154
  85. 85Nelly154
  86. 86Lavinia150
  87. 87Marion150
  88. 88Rhoda147
  89. 89Helena145
  90. 90Sophia142
  91. 91Bertie135
  92. 92Rosa135
  93. 93Florrie134
  94. 94Polly134
  95. 95Blanche128
  96. 96Gladys127
  97. 97Theresa127
  98. 98Ida125
  99. 99Lilly122
  100. 100Georgina116

Boys

  1. 1John13,632
  2. 2William12,422
  3. 3Thomas7,758
  4. 4James7,671
  5. 5George6,249
  6. 6Joseph4,691
  7. 7Arthur3,592
  8. 8Charles3,360
  9. 9Robert3,202
  10. 10Albert2,722
  11. 11Henry2,709
  12. 12Harry2,691
  13. 13Ernest2,423
  14. 14Frederick2,380
  15. 15Edward2,347
  16. 16Richard2,289
  17. 17Herbert2,273
  18. 18Samuel2,236
  19. 19Walter2,071
  20. 20Alfred2,006
  21. 21Frank1,725
  22. 22Fred1,546
  23. 23David1,122
  24. 24Harold1,119
  25. 25Francis792
  26. 26Percy742
  27. 27Peter667
  28. 28Edwin634
  29. 29Benjamin590
  30. 30Tom537
  31. 31Leonard444
  32. 32Hugh437
  33. 33Daniel414
  34. 34Sidney333
  35. 35Patrick311
  36. 36Isaac302
  37. 37Alexander276
  38. 38Michael266
  39. 39Edgar256
  40. 40Owen241
  41. 41Willie231
  42. 42Wilfred227
  43. 43Matthew220
  44. 44Ralph217
  45. 45Stephen217
  46. 46Abraham215
  47. 47Edmund209
  48. 48Horace199
  49. 49Reginald195
  50. 50Andrew194
  51. 51Wilfrid194
  52. 52Christopher193
  53. 53Evan191
  54. 54Lewis185
  55. 55Lawrence164
  56. 56Stanley157
  57. 57Jesse151
  58. 58Mark147
  59. 59Martin146
  60. 60Norman144
  61. 61Enoch141
  62. 62Bernard140
  63. 63Bertram137
  64. 64Philip137
  65. 65Sam130
  66. 66Archibald124
  67. 67Cecil120
  68. 68Jonathan120
  69. 69Joshua120
  70. 70Gilbert105
  71. 71Rowland101
  72. 72Ellis100
  73. 73Elijah98
  74. 74Moses98
  75. 75Percival98
  76. 76Louis97
  77. 77Arnold95
  78. 78Hubert95
  79. 79Griffith94
  80. 80Reuben89
  81. 81Clifford82
  82. 82Florry82
  83. 83Joe80
  84. 84Oliver80
  85. 85Cyril71
  86. 86Job71
  87. 87Eli70
  88. 88Jacob70
  89. 89Josiah69
  90. 90Aaron68
  91. 91Amos65
  92. 92Anthony64
  93. 93Charlie61
  94. 94Allen60
  95. 95Morris60
  96. 96Roger60
  97. 97Vincent60
  98. 98Douglas59
  99. 99Maurice59
  100. 100Adam58

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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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