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Most popular baby names of 1888 in England and Wales

In 1888, 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.

← 18871889 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary10,486
  2. 2Elizabeth6,116
  3. 3Annie5,157
  4. 4Sarah4,855
  5. 5Alice4,280
  6. 6Margaret3,906
  7. 7Florence3,523
  8. 8Edith3,318
  9. 9Ethel3,153
  10. 10Ellen3,002
  11. 11Jane2,305
  12. 12Emily2,062
  13. 13Ada1,993
  14. 14Lily1,841
  15. 15Ann1,738
  16. 16Martha1,648
  17. 17Gertrude1,565
  18. 18Hannah1,461
  19. 19Catherine1,358
  20. 20Emma1,282
  21. 21Beatrice1,281
  22. 22Eliza1,280
  23. 23Clara1,246
  24. 24Bertha1,235
  25. 25Agnes1,116
  26. 26Elsie1,078
  27. 27Harriet1,026
  28. 28Lilian1,026
  29. 29Mabel1,003
  30. 30Nellie938
  31. 31Minnie905
  32. 32Frances891
  33. 33Maud890
  34. 34Amy874
  35. 35May820
  36. 36Louisa780
  37. 37Jessie771
  38. 38Lucy765
  39. 39Rose657
  40. 40Fanny642
  41. 41Esther594
  42. 42Hilda568
  43. 43Maggie547
  44. 44Eleanor538
  45. 45Kate525
  46. 46Charlotte523
  47. 47Maria520
  48. 48Isabella485
  49. 49Ruth466
  50. 50Dorothy464
  51. 51Winifred449
  52. 52Eva440
  53. 53Gladys410
  54. 54Lizzie410
  55. 55Amelia388
  56. 56Laura371
  57. 57Violet340
  58. 58Grace338
  59. 59Caroline324
  60. 60Sydney323
  61. 61Susannah311
  62. 62Rachel304
  63. 63Betsy298
  64. 64Dora276
  65. 65Daisy274
  66. 66Phoebe267
  67. 67Olive260
  68. 68Eveline255
  69. 69Florrie254
  70. 70Bessie245
  71. 71Selina237
  72. 72Bertie217
  73. 73Marion215
  74. 74Janet213
  75. 75Anne212
  76. 76Matilda210
  77. 77Henrietta204
  78. 78Lydia204
  79. 79Miriam204
  80. 80Rebecca203
  81. 81Susan197
  82. 82Nelly193
  83. 83Leah190
  84. 84Nancy188
  85. 85Helen187
  86. 86Lillie186
  87. 87Constance184
  88. 88Rhoda174
  89. 89Julia171
  90. 90Ida163
  91. 91Nora159
  92. 92Theresa144
  93. 93Helena140
  94. 94Lena136
  95. 95Bridget132
  96. 96Georgina127
  97. 97Lavinia126
  98. 98Sophia123
  99. 99Evelyn120
  100. 100Polly120

Boys

  1. 1John12,728
  2. 2William11,570
  3. 3Thomas7,208
  4. 4James7,136
  5. 5George5,830
  6. 6Joseph4,227
  7. 7Arthur3,508
  8. 8Charles3,178
  9. 9Albert3,032
  10. 10Robert2,994
  11. 11Harry2,841
  12. 12Henry2,506
  13. 13Frederick2,439
  14. 14Ernest2,380
  15. 15Edward2,266
  16. 16Herbert2,218
  17. 17Richard2,048
  18. 18Alfred2,047
  19. 19Frank1,983
  20. 20Samuel1,952
  21. 21Walter1,924
  22. 22Fred1,715
  23. 23Harold1,561
  24. 24David1,009
  25. 25Percy921
  26. 26Francis765
  27. 27Peter615
  28. 28Edwin600
  29. 29Leonard585
  30. 30Tom566
  31. 31Benjamin529
  32. 32Hugh400
  33. 33Daniel390
  34. 34Sidney389
  35. 35Reginald314
  36. 36Isaac299
  37. 37Wilfred286
  38. 38Wilfrid284
  39. 39Alexander266
  40. 40Stanley264
  41. 41Michael258
  42. 42Edgar255
  43. 43Horace246
  44. 44Patrick243
  45. 45Willie242
  46. 46Ralph230
  47. 47Norman227
  48. 48Stephen208
  49. 49Christopher203
  50. 50Owen200
  51. 51Matthew193
  52. 52Philip192
  53. 53Edmund186
  54. 54Andrew182
  55. 55Evan174
  56. 56Bernard166
  57. 57Abraham165
  58. 58Lawrence159
  59. 59Lewis150
  60. 60Jesse148
  61. 61Sam148
  62. 62Gilbert143
  63. 63Cecil133
  64. 64Archibald130
  65. 65Arnold128
  66. 66Bertram122
  67. 67Enoch122
  68. 68Hubert121
  69. 69Martin119
  70. 70Clifford115
  71. 71Ellis112
  72. 72Joshua111
  73. 73Cyril110
  74. 74Mark109
  75. 75Percival109
  76. 76Reuben109
  77. 77Louis106
  78. 78Jacob96
  79. 79Eli89
  80. 80Joe89
  81. 81Rowland89
  82. 82Louie88
  83. 83Josiah86
  84. 84Leo86
  85. 85Griffith84
  86. 86Maurice83
  87. 87Douglas82
  88. 88Elijah81
  89. 89Moses81
  90. 90Charlie79
  91. 91Florry79
  92. 92Oswald77
  93. 93Ben75
  94. 94Allen73
  95. 95Roland71
  96. 96Oliver70
  97. 97Jonathan69
  98. 98Gordon68
  99. 99Wallace67
  100. 100Vincent65

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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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