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Most popular baby names of 1894 in England and Wales

In 1894, 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.

← 18931895 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary8,902
  2. 2Annie5,334
  3. 3Elizabeth5,328
  4. 4Alice4,309
  5. 5Florence3,928
  6. 6Sarah3,855
  7. 7Edith3,673
  8. 8Margaret3,607
  9. 9Ethel3,360
  10. 10Elsie3,030
  11. 11Ellen2,689
  12. 12Lily2,089
  13. 13Jane1,945
  14. 14Ada1,825
  15. 15Emily1,788
  16. 16Dorothy1,648
  17. 17May1,556
  18. 18Gertrude1,555
  19. 19Catherine1,379
  20. 20Martha1,351
  21. 21Hilda1,302
  22. 22Nellie1,297
  23. 23Ann1,279
  24. 24Beatrice1,275
  25. 25Lilian1,231
  26. 26Hannah1,226
  27. 27Gladys1,202
  28. 28Emma1,160
  29. 29Mabel1,103
  30. 30Agnes1,091
  31. 31Bertha1,011
  32. 32Clara975
  33. 33Frances940
  34. 34Minnie928
  35. 35Amy880
  36. 36Eliza845
  37. 37Jessie836
  38. 38Lucy794
  39. 39Harriet787
  40. 40Maud781
  41. 41Winifred777
  42. 42Doris776
  43. 43Louisa665
  44. 44Eva650
  45. 45Rose630
  46. 46Maggie620
  47. 47Esther595
  48. 48Sydney542
  49. 49Violet533
  50. 50Fanny511
  51. 51Florrie499
  52. 52Eleanor486
  53. 53Isabella474
  54. 54Kate463
  55. 55Olive441
  56. 56Charlotte412
  57. 57Ruth409
  58. 58Dora403
  59. 59Maria401
  60. 60Eveline383
  61. 61Lizzie381
  62. 62Grace378
  63. 63Amelia377
  64. 64Ivy373
  65. 65Laura366
  66. 66Daisy340
  67. 67Ida320
  68. 68Bessie317
  69. 69Kathleen309
  70. 70Evelyn300
  71. 71Rachel296
  72. 72Nora286
  73. 73Constance279
  74. 74Marion279
  75. 75Bertie277
  76. 76Caroline263
  77. 77Rebecca232
  78. 78Betsy222
  79. 79Susannah213
  80. 80Helen211
  81. 81Norah211
  82. 82Leah209
  83. 83Phoebe206
  84. 84Miriam199
  85. 85Nelly199
  86. 86Lydia198
  87. 87Selina192
  88. 88Edna183
  89. 89Janet182
  90. 90Matilda179
  91. 91Rhoda179
  92. 92Lillie169
  93. 93Lena154
  94. 94Phyllis152
  95. 95Mildred150
  96. 96Leslie146
  97. 97Marjorie145
  98. 98Julia143
  99. 99Susan142
  100. 100Helena141

Boys

  1. 1John12,254
  2. 2William11,619
  3. 3Thomas6,955
  4. 4James6,839
  5. 5George6,047
  6. 6Joseph4,238
  7. 7Arthur3,868
  8. 8Albert3,100
  9. 9Charles3,100
  10. 10Harry3,024
  11. 11Robert2,828
  12. 12Harold2,693
  13. 13Ernest2,397
  14. 14Frederick2,375
  15. 15Henry2,306
  16. 16Frank2,284
  17. 17Edward2,238
  18. 18Alfred2,086
  19. 19Herbert2,021
  20. 20Walter2,013
  21. 21Richard1,843
  22. 22Samuel1,818
  23. 23Fred1,778
  24. 24Percy1,064
  25. 25David967
  26. 26Francis933
  27. 27Leonard866
  28. 28Tom619
  29. 29Peter550
  30. 30Sidney548
  31. 31Reginald544
  32. 32Edwin540
  33. 33Benjamin506
  34. 34Norman500
  35. 35Stanley500
  36. 36Wilfred463
  37. 37Horace379
  38. 38Hugh371
  39. 39Daniel330
  40. 40Clifford303
  41. 41Wilfrid302
  42. 42Alexander294
  43. 43Cyril290
  44. 44Willie282
  45. 45Isaac269
  46. 46Edgar259
  47. 47Michael250
  48. 48Bernard249
  49. 49Cecil243
  50. 50Ralph243
  51. 51Patrick236
  52. 52Lawrence221
  53. 53Edmund220
  54. 54Andrew207
  55. 55Christopher200
  56. 56Philip195
  57. 57Stephen190
  58. 58Eric188
  59. 59Owen177
  60. 60Matthew169
  61. 61Clarence168
  62. 62Gilbert165
  63. 63Evan160
  64. 64Arnold148
  65. 65Abraham147
  66. 66Lewis145
  67. 67Sam139
  68. 68Archibald138
  69. 69Bertram135
  70. 70Jack135
  71. 71Jesse134
  72. 72Hubert129
  73. 73Louis122
  74. 74Joshua121
  75. 75Louie113
  76. 76Maurice112
  77. 77Rowland106
  78. 78Douglas105
  79. 79Ellis105
  80. 80Charlie101
  81. 81Roland101
  82. 82Victor100
  83. 83Morris99
  84. 84Enoch98
  85. 85Percival98
  86. 86Joe97
  87. 87Martin97
  88. 88Reuben94
  89. 89Oliver93
  90. 90Mark91
  91. 91Vincent87
  92. 92Jonathan81
  93. 93Allan80
  94. 94Oswald80
  95. 95Gerald79
  96. 96Griffith76
  97. 97Alan73
  98. 98Clement71
  99. 99Ben69
  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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