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Most popular baby names of 1893 in England and Wales

In 1893, 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.

← 18921894 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary9,456
  2. 2Elizabeth5,610
  3. 3Annie5,461
  4. 4Alice4,223
  5. 5Sarah4,213
  6. 6Florence4,049
  7. 7Margaret3,751
  8. 8Edith3,612
  9. 9Ethel3,588
  10. 10Ellen2,961
  11. 11Elsie2,843
  12. 12Lily2,110
  13. 13Jane2,035
  14. 14Ada1,980
  15. 15Emily1,947
  16. 16May1,782
  17. 17Gertrude1,634
  18. 18Martha1,429
  19. 19Ann1,346
  20. 20Nellie1,345
  21. 21Catherine1,337
  22. 22Lilian1,324
  23. 23Dorothy1,306
  24. 24Beatrice1,225
  25. 25Hannah1,214
  26. 26Emma1,209
  27. 27Hilda1,165
  28. 28Agnes1,151
  29. 29Mabel1,134
  30. 30Gladys1,096
  31. 31Clara1,081
  32. 32Bertha1,080
  33. 33Eliza1,006
  34. 34Minnie934
  35. 35Amy929
  36. 36Frances899
  37. 37Maud878
  38. 38Harriet775
  39. 39Jessie769
  40. 40Lucy762
  41. 41Winifred672
  42. 42Rose661
  43. 43Louisa647
  44. 44Maggie647
  45. 45Eva636
  46. 46Esther603
  47. 47Fanny574
  48. 48Doris541
  49. 49Sydney525
  50. 50Eleanor512
  51. 51Kate511
  52. 52Violet501
  53. 53Lizzie464
  54. 54Florrie450
  55. 55Maria449
  56. 56Isabella445
  57. 57Ruth440
  58. 58Charlotte434
  59. 59Olive423
  60. 60Daisy414
  61. 61Eveline403
  62. 62Dora401
  63. 63Laura390
  64. 64Grace363
  65. 65Amelia335
  66. 66Ivy304
  67. 67Bessie292
  68. 68Rachel289
  69. 69Caroline280
  70. 70Constance277
  71. 71Ida274
  72. 72Bertie261
  73. 73Kathleen258
  74. 74Susannah248
  75. 75Marion241
  76. 76Nora241
  77. 77Betsy231
  78. 78Selina231
  79. 79Norah222
  80. 80Rebecca220
  81. 81Helen218
  82. 82Phoebe218
  83. 83Leah215
  84. 84Lydia205
  85. 85Janet203
  86. 86Matilda194
  87. 87Miriam188
  88. 88Nelly184
  89. 89Henrietta168
  90. 90Lena168
  91. 91Blanche159
  92. 92Edna158
  93. 93Evelyn155
  94. 94Nancy154
  95. 95Phyllis154
  96. 96Rhoda153
  97. 97Anne149
  98. 98Susan144
  99. 99Bridget142
  100. 100Julia141

Boys

  1. 1John12,824
  2. 2William11,953
  3. 3James7,142
  4. 4Thomas7,140
  5. 5George6,236
  6. 6Joseph4,427
  7. 7Arthur3,872
  8. 8Charles3,263
  9. 9Albert3,161
  10. 10Harry3,125
  11. 11Robert3,013
  12. 12Ernest2,591
  13. 13Harold2,561
  14. 14Henry2,436
  15. 15Edward2,370
  16. 16Frederick2,365
  17. 17Frank2,352
  18. 18Alfred2,234
  19. 19Walter2,158
  20. 20Richard2,111
  21. 21Herbert2,072
  22. 22Samuel1,856
  23. 23Fred1,801
  24. 24David1,012
  25. 25Percy1,008
  26. 26Francis878
  27. 27Leonard814
  28. 28Tom606
  29. 29Edwin575
  30. 30Peter554
  31. 31Benjamin517
  32. 32Stanley496
  33. 33Sidney473
  34. 34Reginald460
  35. 35Norman443
  36. 36Wilfred438
  37. 37Hugh403
  38. 38Horace369
  39. 39Daniel349
  40. 40Wilfrid338
  41. 41Edgar305
  42. 42Isaac294
  43. 43Alexander285
  44. 44Willie285
  45. 45Cyril255
  46. 46Clarence253
  47. 47Clifford249
  48. 48Ralph242
  49. 49Patrick233
  50. 50Owen231
  51. 51Lawrence229
  52. 52Bernard223
  53. 53Christopher210
  54. 54Edmund208
  55. 55Michael206
  56. 56Gilbert202
  57. 57Stephen188
  58. 58Matthew183
  59. 59Sam180
  60. 60Andrew171
  61. 61Cecil171
  62. 62Lewis170
  63. 63Evan169
  64. 64Bertram156
  65. 65Philip155
  66. 66Abraham142
  67. 67Jesse140
  68. 68Archibald138
  69. 69Arnold138
  70. 70Eric127
  71. 71Jack127
  72. 72Hubert124
  73. 73Enoch120
  74. 74Rowland118
  75. 75Victor117
  76. 76Ellis113
  77. 77Louie111
  78. 78Douglas109
  79. 79Mark109
  80. 80Joshua107
  81. 81Reuben106
  82. 82Roland106
  83. 83Joe102
  84. 84Martin101
  85. 85Jonathan98
  86. 86Louis97
  87. 87Percival94
  88. 88Allan90
  89. 89Maurice88
  90. 90Oliver80
  91. 91Vincent79
  92. 92Jacob76
  93. 93Morris76
  94. 94Oswald76
  95. 95Leo75
  96. 96Charlie73
  97. 97Eli71
  98. 98Anthony68
  99. 99Josiah68
  100. 100Moses68

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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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