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Most popular baby names of 1889 in England and Wales

In 1889, 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.

← 18881890 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary10,540
  2. 2Elizabeth6,067
  3. 3Annie5,254
  4. 4Sarah4,716
  5. 5Alice4,254
  6. 6Margaret3,950
  7. 7Florence3,686
  8. 8Edith3,359
  9. 9Ethel3,303
  10. 10Ellen3,006
  11. 11Jane2,281
  12. 12Emily2,047
  13. 13Lily1,954
  14. 14Ada1,946
  15. 15Gertrude1,721
  16. 16Martha1,703
  17. 17Ann1,645
  18. 18Elsie1,404
  19. 19Hannah1,373
  20. 20Catherine1,357
  21. 21Emma1,328
  22. 22Beatrice1,324
  23. 23Eliza1,196
  24. 24Clara1,137
  25. 25Agnes1,123
  26. 26Lilian1,106
  27. 27Bertha1,060
  28. 28Nellie1,014
  29. 29Mabel1,004
  30. 30Maud973
  31. 31Harriet963
  32. 32Minnie951
  33. 33May920
  34. 34Amy878
  35. 35Frances875
  36. 36Lucy869
  37. 37Jessie834
  38. 38Louisa754
  39. 39Hilda708
  40. 40Rose667
  41. 41Dorothy629
  42. 42Esther612
  43. 43Fanny608
  44. 44Maggie593
  45. 45Eva548
  46. 46Kate534
  47. 47Maria513
  48. 48Eleanor504
  49. 49Gladys502
  50. 50Charlotte501
  51. 51Isabella499
  52. 52Winifred496
  53. 53Ruth457
  54. 54Amelia447
  55. 55Sydney440
  56. 56Lizzie402
  57. 57Laura394
  58. 58Violet380
  59. 59Florrie371
  60. 60Caroline315
  61. 61Grace312
  62. 62Eveline311
  63. 63Susannah297
  64. 64Dora296
  65. 65Olive291
  66. 66Rachel286
  67. 67Betsy276
  68. 68Daisy267
  69. 69Phoebe256
  70. 70Bessie253
  71. 71Selina248
  72. 72Rebecca234
  73. 73Matilda220
  74. 74Janet219
  75. 75Marion219
  76. 76Lydia217
  77. 77Bertie211
  78. 78Henrietta205
  79. 79Lillie203
  80. 80Nelly196
  81. 81Helen194
  82. 82Constance185
  83. 83Nancy184
  84. 84Anne182
  85. 85Nora180
  86. 86Ida176
  87. 87Miriam174
  88. 88Leah167
  89. 89Julia162
  90. 90Helena161
  91. 91Norah154
  92. 92Bridget148
  93. 93Rhoda147
  94. 94Susan147
  95. 95Georgina145
  96. 96Blanche140
  97. 97Kathleen135
  98. 98Lena135
  99. 99Theresa135
  100. 100Doris133

Boys

  1. 1John12,854
  2. 2William11,933
  3. 3Thomas7,379
  4. 4James7,193
  5. 5George5,916
  6. 6Joseph4,359
  7. 7Arthur3,586
  8. 8Charles3,211
  9. 9Robert3,103
  10. 10Albert3,074
  11. 11Harry2,945
  12. 12Henry2,526
  13. 13Ernest2,458
  14. 14Frederick2,413
  15. 15Edward2,221
  16. 16Herbert2,143
  17. 17Alfred2,079
  18. 18Walter2,030
  19. 19Richard2,020
  20. 20Frank1,984
  21. 21Samuel1,899
  22. 22Harold1,803
  23. 23Fred1,783
  24. 24David1,059
  25. 25Percy991
  26. 26Francis917
  27. 27Peter622
  28. 28Leonard601
  29. 29Benjamin576
  30. 30Tom560
  31. 31Edwin558
  32. 32Hugh440
  33. 33Sidney369
  34. 34Daniel358
  35. 35Stanley354
  36. 36Reginald321
  37. 37Wilfred318
  38. 38Wilfrid309
  39. 39Isaac293
  40. 40Alexander277
  41. 41Norman274
  42. 42Horace270
  43. 43Michael259
  44. 44Edgar258
  45. 45Willie258
  46. 46Patrick232
  47. 47Christopher226
  48. 48Ralph214
  49. 49Andrew208
  50. 50Matthew208
  51. 51Owen206
  52. 52Edmund203
  53. 53Stephen192
  54. 54Philip185
  55. 55Sam180
  56. 56Lewis179
  57. 57Lawrence169
  58. 58Cecil164
  59. 59Abraham163
  60. 60Bernard156
  61. 61Evan153
  62. 62Hubert148
  63. 63Cyril147
  64. 64Jesse146
  65. 65Clifford140
  66. 66Arnold137
  67. 67Gilbert135
  68. 68Archibald130
  69. 69Bertram114
  70. 70Enoch114
  71. 71Mark114
  72. 72Joshua111
  73. 73Jonathan110
  74. 74Louis110
  75. 75Joe105
  76. 76Percival104
  77. 77Charlie102
  78. 78Ellis102
  79. 79Oliver102
  80. 80Martin100
  81. 81Reuben97
  82. 82Rowland88
  83. 83Maurice87
  84. 84Louie83
  85. 85Allan80
  86. 86Roland80
  87. 87Victor80
  88. 88Douglas79
  89. 89Eli79
  90. 90Clarence78
  91. 91Griffith78
  92. 92Eric74
  93. 93Clement72
  94. 94Allen71
  95. 95Moses71
  96. 96Ben70
  97. 97Elijah70
  98. 98Oswald70
  99. 99Jacob68
  100. 100Gordon67

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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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