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Most popular baby names of 1891 in England and Wales

In 1891, 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.

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Girls

  1. 1Mary9,936
  2. 2Elizabeth6,016
  3. 3Annie5,545
  4. 4Sarah4,558
  5. 5Alice4,246
  6. 6Florence4,007
  7. 7Margaret3,977
  8. 8Ethel3,707
  9. 9Edith3,622
  10. 10Ellen2,982
  11. 11Lily2,218
  12. 12Jane2,173
  13. 13Emily2,059
  14. 14Elsie2,058
  15. 15Ada2,041
  16. 16Gertrude1,631
  17. 17Ann1,577
  18. 18Martha1,521
  19. 19Hannah1,360
  20. 20Catherine1,335
  21. 21Emma1,329
  22. 22Beatrice1,283
  23. 23Nellie1,196
  24. 24Clara1,179
  25. 25Lilian1,169
  26. 26Agnes1,143
  27. 27Mabel1,143
  28. 28Bertha1,107
  29. 29Eliza1,106
  30. 30Dorothy1,029
  31. 31May1,013
  32. 32Harriet932
  33. 33Minnie919
  34. 34Amy885
  35. 35Frances885
  36. 36Jessie879
  37. 37Maud873
  38. 38Hilda852
  39. 39Lucy832
  40. 40Louisa792
  41. 41Gladys766
  42. 42Rose716
  43. 43Fanny627
  44. 44Esther605
  45. 45Maggie601
  46. 46Eva570
  47. 47Winifred546
  48. 48Eleanor534
  49. 49Maria522
  50. 50Kate517
  51. 51Isabella515
  52. 52Ruth488
  53. 53Charlotte483
  54. 54Lizzie457
  55. 55Violet441
  56. 56Florrie431
  57. 57Sydney430
  58. 58Eveline409
  59. 59Grace392
  60. 60Daisy389
  61. 61Dora388
  62. 62Laura382
  63. 63Amelia358
  64. 64Olive351
  65. 65Caroline323
  66. 66Rachel311
  67. 67Susannah310
  68. 68Bessie288
  69. 69Betsy287
  70. 70Bertie259
  71. 71Marion259
  72. 72Ida248
  73. 73Doris245
  74. 74Phoebe241
  75. 75Selina232
  76. 76Rebecca224
  77. 77Nora222
  78. 78Helen218
  79. 79Constance217
  80. 80Janet214
  81. 81Matilda209
  82. 82Lydia205
  83. 83Kathleen202
  84. 84Leah197
  85. 85Henrietta193
  86. 86Ivy191
  87. 87Miriam190
  88. 88Anne187
  89. 89Nelly175
  90. 90Susan172
  91. 91Julia167
  92. 92Lillie167
  93. 93Evelyn156
  94. 94Bridget151
  95. 95Nancy151
  96. 96Norah149
  97. 97Theresa148
  98. 98Helena142
  99. 99Lena142
  100. 100Rhoda142

Boys

  1. 1John13,091
  2. 2William12,071
  3. 3James7,380
  4. 4Thomas7,330
  5. 5George6,185
  6. 6Joseph4,516
  7. 7Arthur3,886
  8. 8Charles3,286
  9. 9Robert3,116
  10. 10Harry3,086
  11. 11Albert3,058
  12. 12Ernest2,553
  13. 13Henry2,473
  14. 14Frederick2,395
  15. 15Edward2,358
  16. 16Frank2,246
  17. 17Walter2,231
  18. 18Herbert2,220
  19. 19Richard2,203
  20. 20Alfred2,132
  21. 21Harold2,119
  22. 22Samuel1,932
  23. 23Fred1,815
  24. 24Percy1,022
  25. 25David1,007
  26. 26Francis829
  27. 27Leonard723
  28. 28Edwin635
  29. 29Peter625
  30. 30Tom602
  31. 31Benjamin522
  32. 32Reginald454
  33. 33Sidney436
  34. 34Stanley420
  35. 35Hugh403
  36. 36Daniel400
  37. 37Wilfred376
  38. 38Horace357
  39. 39Alexander329
  40. 40Wilfrid328
  41. 41Isaac305
  42. 42Norman299
  43. 43Willie293
  44. 44Edgar291
  45. 45Michael249
  46. 46Stephen243
  47. 47Edmund223
  48. 48Ralph215
  49. 49Christopher214
  50. 50Owen207
  51. 51Patrick205
  52. 52Lawrence203
  53. 53Clifford200
  54. 54Cyril198
  55. 55Evan189
  56. 56Bernard187
  57. 57Philip187
  58. 58Andrew186
  59. 59Gilbert181
  60. 60Matthew181
  61. 61Cecil179
  62. 62Sam169
  63. 63Abraham164
  64. 64Lewis147
  65. 65Archibald144
  66. 66Enoch141
  67. 67Jesse139
  68. 68Martin131
  69. 69Mark128
  70. 70Bertram127
  71. 71Arnold125
  72. 72Hubert125
  73. 73Louis125
  74. 74Rowland113
  75. 75Douglas111
  76. 76Jonathan106
  77. 77Louie106
  78. 78Joshua105
  79. 79Eric104
  80. 80Clarence103
  81. 81Percival103
  82. 82Joe102
  83. 83Oliver98
  84. 84Charlie95
  85. 85Jack93
  86. 86Ellis92
  87. 87Reuben87
  88. 88Roland87
  89. 89Oswald83
  90. 90Vincent83
  91. 91Eli80
  92. 92Moses80
  93. 93Elijah79
  94. 94Allan77
  95. 95Levi77
  96. 96Jacob75
  97. 97Maurice75
  98. 98Florry69
  99. 99Wallace69
  100. 100Josiah68

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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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