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Most popular baby names of 1886 in England and Wales

In 1886, 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.

← 18851887 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary11,334
  2. 2Elizabeth6,643
  3. 3Sarah5,409
  4. 4Annie5,069
  5. 5Alice4,313
  6. 6Margaret4,187
  7. 7Florence3,599
  8. 8Edith3,245
  9. 9Ellen3,159
  10. 10Ethel2,752
  11. 11Jane2,585
  12. 12Emily2,150
  13. 13Ada1,984
  14. 14Martha1,844
  15. 15Ann1,800
  16. 16Lily1,713
  17. 17Hannah1,567
  18. 18Gertrude1,529
  19. 19Eliza1,462
  20. 20Emma1,455
  21. 21Catherine1,376
  22. 22Beatrice1,353
  23. 23Clara1,250
  24. 24Bertha1,219
  25. 25Agnes1,099
  26. 26Harriet1,087
  27. 27Lilian1,008
  28. 28Nellie943
  29. 29Maud906
  30. 30Minnie898
  31. 31Frances878
  32. 32Mabel874
  33. 33Louisa855
  34. 34Amy839
  35. 35Lucy816
  36. 36Jessie768
  37. 37Elsie733
  38. 38Fanny664
  39. 39May662
  40. 40Esther653
  41. 41Kate612
  42. 42Rose611
  43. 43Maria562
  44. 44Isabella555
  45. 45Eleanor547
  46. 46Maggie513
  47. 47Charlotte511
  48. 48Lizzie479
  49. 49Hilda455
  50. 50Winifred434
  51. 51Ruth427
  52. 52Amelia399
  53. 53Eva394
  54. 54Caroline346
  55. 55Grace346
  56. 56Rachel342
  57. 57Laura338
  58. 58Susannah334
  59. 59Sydney330
  60. 60Betsy301
  61. 61Violet300
  62. 62Dora285
  63. 63Lillie274
  64. 64Phoebe274
  65. 65Selina264
  66. 66Dorothy260
  67. 67Gladys250
  68. 68Anne245
  69. 69Lydia241
  70. 70Rebecca241
  71. 71Eveline239
  72. 72Helen231
  73. 73Olive231
  74. 74Bessie221
  75. 75Matilda219
  76. 76Janet213
  77. 77Henrietta206
  78. 78Leah206
  79. 79Daisy205
  80. 80Constance203
  81. 81Marion194
  82. 82Nancy185
  83. 83Nelly184
  84. 84Julia181
  85. 85Bertie177
  86. 86Susan175
  87. 87Florrie168
  88. 88Miriam167
  89. 89Bridget157
  90. 90Ida155
  91. 91Helena152
  92. 92Rhoda151
  93. 93Lavinia136
  94. 94Sophia133
  95. 95Priscilla129
  96. 96Theresa125
  97. 97Polly123
  98. 98Nora122
  99. 99Evelyn116
  100. 100Isabel113

Boys

  1. 1John13,169
  2. 2William11,946
  3. 3James7,458
  4. 4Thomas7,418
  5. 5George5,965
  6. 6Joseph4,561
  7. 7Arthur3,662
  8. 8Charles3,333
  9. 9Robert3,065
  10. 10Albert2,849
  11. 11Harry2,815
  12. 12Henry2,665
  13. 13Ernest2,375
  14. 14Edward2,368
  15. 15Herbert2,282
  16. 16Frederick2,268
  17. 17Richard2,238
  18. 18Samuel2,151
  19. 19Alfred2,112
  20. 20Walter2,089
  21. 21Frank1,804
  22. 22Fred1,630
  23. 23Harold1,402
  24. 24David1,080
  25. 25Percy789
  26. 26Francis770
  27. 27Peter603
  28. 28Benjamin599
  29. 29Edwin577
  30. 30Tom576
  31. 31Leonard494
  32. 32Hugh445
  33. 33Isaac355
  34. 34Daniel354
  35. 35Sidney343
  36. 36Alexander279
  37. 37Reginald263
  38. 38Patrick253
  39. 39Michael247
  40. 40Wilfred246
  41. 41Wilfrid239
  42. 42Owen228
  43. 43Willie224
  44. 44Ralph221
  45. 45Edgar219
  46. 46Christopher215
  47. 47Edmund215
  48. 48Stephen214
  49. 49Horace212
  50. 50Philip205
  51. 51Norman194
  52. 52Abraham191
  53. 53Stanley188
  54. 54Sam184
  55. 55Andrew183
  56. 56Matthew181
  57. 57Evan173
  58. 58Jesse173
  59. 59Lawrence162
  60. 60Bernard150
  61. 61Arnold146
  62. 62Cecil142
  63. 63Enoch140
  64. 64Archibald139
  65. 65Lewis138
  66. 66Bertram135
  67. 67Gilbert134
  68. 68Jonathan125
  69. 69Hubert123
  70. 70Martin123
  71. 71Ellis118
  72. 72Mark110
  73. 73Florry108
  74. 74Louis106
  75. 75Oliver104
  76. 76Elijah97
  77. 77Joe97
  78. 78Reuben97
  79. 79Joshua96
  80. 80Rowland92
  81. 81Clifford90
  82. 82Cyril87
  83. 83Griffith87
  84. 84Jacob87
  85. 85Percival79
  86. 86Moses77
  87. 87Eli75
  88. 88Josiah75
  89. 89Roger73
  90. 90Douglas72
  91. 91Charlie71
  92. 92Morris69
  93. 93Roland68
  94. 94Ben67
  95. 95Maurice66
  96. 96Oswald65
  97. 97Anthony64
  98. 98Amos62
  99. 99Levi62
  100. 100Job60

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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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