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Most popular baby names of 1892 in England and Wales

In 1892, 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. 1Mary9,791
  2. 2Elizabeth5,699
  3. 3Annie5,331
  4. 4Sarah4,294
  5. 5Alice4,231
  6. 6Florence4,097
  7. 7Margaret3,728
  8. 8Edith3,639
  9. 9Ethel3,619
  10. 10Ellen2,865
  11. 11Elsie2,365
  12. 12Lily2,116
  13. 13Jane2,023
  14. 14Emily1,951
  15. 15Ada1,895
  16. 16Gertrude1,598
  17. 17May1,555
  18. 18Martha1,534
  19. 19Ann1,412
  20. 20Catherine1,367
  21. 21Lilian1,260
  22. 22Hannah1,250
  23. 23Beatrice1,245
  24. 24Nellie1,243
  25. 25Emma1,209
  26. 26Dorothy1,145
  27. 27Bertha1,130
  28. 28Mabel1,121
  29. 29Agnes1,111
  30. 30Clara1,086
  31. 31Eliza1,025
  32. 32Hilda1,011
  33. 33Gladys1,001
  34. 34Frances945
  35. 35Minnie945
  36. 36Amy928
  37. 37Jessie900
  38. 38Harriet898
  39. 39Maud872
  40. 40Lucy818
  41. 41Louisa719
  42. 42Rose671
  43. 43Maggie615
  44. 44Winifred589
  45. 45Fanny554
  46. 46Eva550
  47. 47Esther538
  48. 48Eleanor536
  49. 49Kate526
  50. 50Sydney514
  51. 51Ruth503
  52. 52Charlotte467
  53. 53Isabella461
  54. 54Violet455
  55. 55Laura443
  56. 56Maria440
  57. 57Lizzie421
  58. 58Florrie399
  59. 59Dora396
  60. 60Eveline387
  61. 61Daisy382
  62. 62Olive382
  63. 63Grace374
  64. 64Amelia348
  65. 65Bessie309
  66. 66Doris307
  67. 67Caroline294
  68. 68Rachel278
  69. 69Ida270
  70. 70Bertie266
  71. 71Susannah261
  72. 72Betsy256
  73. 73Phoebe251
  74. 74Ivy242
  75. 75Rebecca234
  76. 76Constance233
  77. 77Kathleen227
  78. 78Marion223
  79. 79Nora214
  80. 80Janet213
  81. 81Miriam205
  82. 82Helen204
  83. 83Matilda203
  84. 84Leah192
  85. 85Selina183
  86. 86Lillie180
  87. 87Nelly179
  88. 88Lydia178
  89. 89Evelyn167
  90. 90Anne166
  91. 91Nancy162
  92. 92Norah160
  93. 93Lena159
  94. 94Julia157
  95. 95Henrietta153
  96. 96Rhoda147
  97. 97Susan146
  98. 98Theresa138
  99. 99Muriel137
  100. 100Blanche135

Boys

  1. 1John12,792
  2. 2William11,768
  3. 3Thomas7,253
  4. 4James6,978
  5. 5George6,197
  6. 6Joseph4,456
  7. 7Arthur3,881
  8. 8Albert3,228
  9. 9Charles3,086
  10. 10Robert3,064
  11. 11Harry3,044
  12. 12Ernest2,500
  13. 13Henry2,407
  14. 14Frederick2,365
  15. 15Harold2,309
  16. 16Edward2,277
  17. 17Richard2,166
  18. 18Alfred2,156
  19. 19Walter2,150
  20. 20Frank2,127
  21. 21Herbert2,082
  22. 22Samuel1,887
  23. 23Fred1,779
  24. 24David996
  25. 25Percy942
  26. 26Francis785
  27. 27Leonard778
  28. 28Edwin594
  29. 29Tom576
  30. 30Peter557
  31. 31Benjamin509
  32. 32Sidney472
  33. 33Reginald458
  34. 34Hugh430
  35. 35Stanley397
  36. 36Wilfrid370
  37. 37Wilfred367
  38. 38Norman365
  39. 39Daniel330
  40. 40Horace326
  41. 41Clarence292
  42. 42Alexander288
  43. 43Edgar281
  44. 44Willie274
  45. 45Isaac262
  46. 46Patrick249
  47. 47Michael248
  48. 48Ralph236
  49. 49Cyril218
  50. 50Edmund208
  51. 51Philip207
  52. 52Lawrence206
  53. 53Clifford205
  54. 54Gilbert205
  55. 55Christopher198
  56. 56Owen197
  57. 57Stephen196
  58. 58Andrew194
  59. 59Bernard185
  60. 60Evan185
  61. 61Cecil181
  62. 62Matthew181
  63. 63Abraham172
  64. 64Sam158
  65. 65Archibald150
  66. 66Bertram145
  67. 67Arnold144
  68. 68Lewis143
  69. 69Jesse137
  70. 70Louis127
  71. 71Eric124
  72. 72Douglas120
  73. 73Louie120
  74. 74Martin119
  75. 75Mark118
  76. 76Hubert116
  77. 77Jack115
  78. 78Joe110
  79. 79Ellis109
  80. 80Enoch107
  81. 81Reuben104
  82. 82Victor101
  83. 83Oliver97
  84. 84Joshua93
  85. 85Jonathan90
  86. 86Morris89
  87. 87Vincent89
  88. 88Charlie87
  89. 89Rowland87
  90. 90Roland84
  91. 91Maurice83
  92. 92Percival83
  93. 93Donald75
  94. 94Allan74
  95. 95Elijah74
  96. 96Howard74
  97. 97Jacob74
  98. 98Oswald74
  99. 99Eli73
  100. 100Moses73

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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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