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Most popular baby names of 1890 in England and Wales

In 1890, 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.

← 18891891 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary9,905
  2. 2Elizabeth5,919
  3. 3Annie5,164
  4. 4Sarah4,562
  5. 5Alice4,197
  6. 6Florence3,922
  7. 7Margaret3,906
  8. 8Edith3,544
  9. 9Ethel3,317
  10. 10Ellen3,033
  11. 11Jane2,188
  12. 12Lily2,016
  13. 13Ada2,008
  14. 14Emily1,970
  15. 15Elsie1,623
  16. 16Ann1,589
  17. 17Gertrude1,571
  18. 18Martha1,568
  19. 19Hannah1,340
  20. 20Catherine1,277
  21. 21Emma1,260
  22. 22Beatrice1,226
  23. 23Lilian1,152
  24. 24Eliza1,125
  25. 25Nellie1,125
  26. 26Clara1,122
  27. 27Bertha1,094
  28. 28Agnes1,091
  29. 29Mabel1,035
  30. 30May970
  31. 31Harriet958
  32. 32Minnie958
  33. 33Dorothy952
  34. 34Amy893
  35. 35Frances848
  36. 36Jessie833
  37. 37Maud821
  38. 38Louisa798
  39. 39Hilda771
  40. 40Lucy768
  41. 41Rose641
  42. 42Fanny620
  43. 43Gladys619
  44. 44Esther562
  45. 45Eleanor554
  46. 46Kate535
  47. 47Maggie535
  48. 48Eva510
  49. 49Winifred508
  50. 50Charlotte495
  51. 51Isabella495
  52. 52Maria467
  53. 53Sydney429
  54. 54Lizzie419
  55. 55Ruth418
  56. 56Amelia401
  57. 57Violet396
  58. 58Florrie382
  59. 59Laura379
  60. 60Dora361
  61. 61Grace347
  62. 62Daisy327
  63. 63Eveline324
  64. 64Bessie315
  65. 65Caroline311
  66. 66Olive305
  67. 67Susannah299
  68. 68Rachel297
  69. 69Phoebe263
  70. 70Betsy260
  71. 71Selina235
  72. 72Helen226
  73. 73Bertie224
  74. 74Constance211
  75. 75Janet211
  76. 76Lydia210
  77. 77Nora210
  78. 78Ida209
  79. 79Anne201
  80. 80Marion193
  81. 81Rebecca193
  82. 82Matilda191
  83. 83Doris184
  84. 84Henrietta184
  85. 85Nancy182
  86. 86Leah178
  87. 87Julia173
  88. 88Norah171
  89. 89Ivy170
  90. 90Susan163
  91. 91Nelly157
  92. 92Theresa155
  93. 93Kathleen154
  94. 94Lillie152
  95. 95Miriam143
  96. 96Rhoda138
  97. 97Helena136
  98. 98Blanche131
  99. 99Evelyn130
  100. 100Lena130

Boys

  1. 1John12,586
  2. 2William11,659
  3. 3James7,178
  4. 4Thomas7,168
  5. 5George5,939
  6. 6Joseph4,452
  7. 7Arthur3,620
  8. 8Charles3,191
  9. 9Robert3,008
  10. 10Harry3,003
  11. 11Albert2,951
  12. 12Henry2,449
  13. 13Ernest2,365
  14. 14Frederick2,331
  15. 15Edward2,269
  16. 16Herbert2,145
  17. 17Richard2,134
  18. 18Alfred2,050
  19. 19Frank2,014
  20. 20Walter1,977
  21. 21Harold1,971
  22. 22Samuel1,917
  23. 23Fred1,709
  24. 24David989
  25. 25Percy955
  26. 26Francis828
  27. 27Leonard650
  28. 28Stanley573
  29. 29Edwin570
  30. 30Peter566
  31. 31Tom563
  32. 32Benjamin525
  33. 33Sidney421
  34. 34Hugh391
  35. 35Reginald357
  36. 36Wilfred332
  37. 37Daniel325
  38. 38Alexander281
  39. 39Horace281
  40. 40Willie276
  41. 41Wilfrid266
  42. 42Patrick261
  43. 43Ralph259
  44. 44Isaac255
  45. 45Michael248
  46. 46Edgar247
  47. 47Norman236
  48. 48Stephen223
  49. 49Edmund204
  50. 50Lawrence202
  51. 51Owen193
  52. 52Christopher185
  53. 53Clifford183
  54. 54Matthew183
  55. 55Bernard180
  56. 56Evan173
  57. 57Andrew172
  58. 58Gilbert168
  59. 59Sam165
  60. 60Abraham156
  61. 61Philip156
  62. 62Lewis154
  63. 63Cecil148
  64. 64Jesse148
  65. 65Cyril140
  66. 66Hubert130
  67. 67Arnold119
  68. 68Bertram119
  69. 69Archibald117
  70. 70Mark115
  71. 71Martin115
  72. 72Rowland111
  73. 73Jonathan106
  74. 74Reuben105
  75. 75Louie104
  76. 76Charlie100
  77. 77Enoch100
  78. 78Joe100
  79. 79Louis99
  80. 80Joshua95
  81. 81Oliver95
  82. 82Ellis91
  83. 83Jacob90
  84. 84Douglas89
  85. 85Maurice86
  86. 86Moses83
  87. 87Percival81
  88. 88Morris76
  89. 89Roland76
  90. 90Allan75
  91. 91Vincent73
  92. 92Eric72
  93. 93Griffith71
  94. 94Oswald71
  95. 95Ben69
  96. 96Victor69
  97. 97Eli67
  98. 98Gerald66
  99. 99Josiah66
  100. 100Clarence65

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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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