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Most popular baby names of 1887 in England and Wales

In 1887, 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.

← 18861888 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary10,749
  2. 2Elizabeth6,364
  3. 3Sarah5,097
  4. 4Annie5,043
  5. 5Alice4,470
  6. 6Margaret4,050
  7. 7Florence3,449
  8. 8Edith3,177
  9. 9Ellen3,050
  10. 10Ethel2,907
  11. 11Jane2,320
  12. 12Emily2,103
  13. 13Ada2,029
  14. 14Ann1,834
  15. 15Lily1,828
  16. 16Martha1,759
  17. 17Gertrude1,614
  18. 18Beatrice1,530
  19. 19Hannah1,423
  20. 20Emma1,396
  21. 21Eliza1,382
  22. 22Catherine1,284
  23. 23Clara1,226
  24. 24Bertha1,164
  25. 25Agnes1,132
  26. 26Harriet1,003
  27. 27Lilian958
  28. 28Nellie913
  29. 29Maud910
  30. 30Elsie905
  31. 31Mabel848
  32. 32Amy836
  33. 33Minnie825
  34. 34Frances820
  35. 35Louisa816
  36. 36Lucy797
  37. 37May747
  38. 38Fanny707
  39. 39Jessie706
  40. 40Rose653
  41. 41Esther611
  42. 42Kate603
  43. 43Maria586
  44. 44Charlotte551
  45. 45Eleanor539
  46. 46Isabella499
  47. 47Maggie475
  48. 48Hilda473
  49. 49Eva449
  50. 50Amelia422
  51. 51Ruth412
  52. 52Winifred410
  53. 53Lizzie366
  54. 54Laura364
  55. 55Dorothy339
  56. 56Sydney327
  57. 57Caroline316
  58. 58Violet313
  59. 59Grace312
  60. 60Betsy310
  61. 61Susannah306
  62. 62Gladys290
  63. 63Rachel289
  64. 64Dora280
  65. 65Lydia264
  66. 66Victoria250
  67. 67Lillie249
  68. 68Daisy243
  69. 69Bessie240
  70. 70Olive235
  71. 71Phoebe235
  72. 72Anne233
  73. 73Selina233
  74. 74Rebecca230
  75. 75Eveline221
  76. 76Florrie221
  77. 77Matilda204
  78. 78Helen202
  79. 79Leah196
  80. 80Henrietta190
  81. 81Nelly189
  82. 82Janet184
  83. 83Julia179
  84. 84Marion179
  85. 85Ida177
  86. 86Nancy176
  87. 87Susan169
  88. 88Bertie168
  89. 89Miriam167
  90. 90Constance165
  91. 91Bridget146
  92. 92Nora146
  93. 93Helena144
  94. 94Rhoda138
  95. 95Theresa133
  96. 96Georgina131
  97. 97Lavinia131
  98. 98Sophia130
  99. 99Marian112
  100. 100Rosa112

Boys

  1. 1John12,765
  2. 2William11,569
  3. 3Thomas7,306
  4. 4James7,227
  5. 5George5,783
  6. 6Joseph4,354
  7. 7Albert3,548
  8. 8Arthur3,493
  9. 9Charles3,152
  10. 10Robert2,996
  11. 11Harry2,818
  12. 12Henry2,480
  13. 13Edward2,263
  14. 14Ernest2,261
  15. 15Frederick2,209
  16. 16Herbert2,146
  17. 17Richard2,081
  18. 18Alfred2,064
  19. 19Walter2,047
  20. 20Samuel1,948
  21. 21Frank1,828
  22. 22Fred1,657
  23. 23Harold1,481
  24. 24David964
  25. 25Percy846
  26. 26Francis783
  27. 27Peter596
  28. 28Edwin584
  29. 29Tom580
  30. 30Leonard559
  31. 31Benjamin517
  32. 32Hugh403
  33. 33Daniel359
  34. 34Sidney355
  35. 35Isaac308
  36. 36Alexander286
  37. 37Reginald272
  38. 38Wilfrid265
  39. 39Patrick254
  40. 40Horace253
  41. 41Edgar247
  42. 42Wilfred240
  43. 43Michael238
  44. 44Christopher235
  45. 45Stephen228
  46. 46Willie228
  47. 47Victor220
  48. 48Edmund216
  49. 49Owen213
  50. 50Ralph212
  51. 51Andrew209
  52. 52Stanley206
  53. 53Matthew197
  54. 54Norman195
  55. 55Evan190
  56. 56Bernard183
  57. 57Philip167
  58. 58Abraham166
  59. 59Lawrence165
  60. 60Gilbert159
  61. 61Jesse153
  62. 62Sam152
  63. 63Arnold131
  64. 64Martin130
  65. 65Cecil128
  66. 66Lewis127
  67. 67Reuben123
  68. 68Bertram122
  69. 69Ellis122
  70. 70Mark114
  71. 71Enoch110
  72. 72Percival110
  73. 73Hubert107
  74. 74Griffith103
  75. 75Archibald102
  76. 76Jonathan99
  77. 77Joshua99
  78. 78Joe96
  79. 79Clifford95
  80. 80Louis95
  81. 81Maurice86
  82. 82Rowland84
  83. 83Charlie78
  84. 84Elijah77
  85. 85Allan74
  86. 86Cyril74
  87. 87Oswald74
  88. 88Oliver73
  89. 89Ben72
  90. 90Florry70
  91. 91Josiah69
  92. 92Levi68
  93. 93Vincent66
  94. 94Clarence65
  95. 95Moses64
  96. 96Louie63
  97. 97Jacob62
  98. 98Allen61
  99. 99Eli60
  100. 100Job59

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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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