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Most popular baby names of 1895 in England and Wales

In 1895, 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.

← 18941896 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary8,958
  2. 2Annie5,463
  3. 3Elizabeth5,205
  4. 4Alice4,446
  5. 5Florence4,117
  6. 6Margaret3,828
  7. 7Edith3,710
  8. 8Sarah3,689
  9. 9Ethel3,392
  10. 10Elsie3,344
  11. 11Ellen2,737
  12. 12Lily2,241
  13. 13Ada1,962
  14. 14Jane1,884
  15. 15Dorothy1,878
  16. 16Emily1,851
  17. 17Gertrude1,586
  18. 18May1,477
  19. 19Nellie1,410
  20. 20Lilian1,407
  21. 21Hilda1,401
  22. 22Catherine1,386
  23. 23Gladys1,383
  24. 24Martha1,306
  25. 25Ann1,213
  26. 26Mabel1,201
  27. 27Agnes1,193
  28. 28Beatrice1,190
  29. 29Doris1,147
  30. 30Emma1,131
  31. 31Hannah1,087
  32. 32Clara996
  33. 33Bertha960
  34. 34Minnie956
  35. 35Winifred909
  36. 36Amy891
  37. 37Frances890
  38. 38Eliza867
  39. 39Jessie862
  40. 40Maud798
  41. 41Harriet789
  42. 42Lucy762
  43. 43Rose742
  44. 44Maggie685
  45. 45Eva656
  46. 46Louisa643
  47. 47Sydney564
  48. 48Violet556
  49. 49Esther555
  50. 50Florrie521
  51. 51Fanny514
  52. 52Olive493
  53. 53Eleanor447
  54. 54Ivy447
  55. 55Ruth438
  56. 56Isabella434
  57. 57Kate431
  58. 58Charlotte423
  59. 59Dora422
  60. 60Amelia400
  61. 61Maria398
  62. 62Lizzie392
  63. 63Evelyn391
  64. 64Laura391
  65. 65Grace378
  66. 66Ida376
  67. 67Eveline373
  68. 68Nora334
  69. 69Kathleen330
  70. 70Bessie327
  71. 71Marion312
  72. 72Daisy305
  73. 73Rachel301
  74. 74Constance285
  75. 75Norah272
  76. 76Caroline270
  77. 77Bertie251
  78. 78Susannah249
  79. 79Betsy237
  80. 80Leah230
  81. 81Phoebe212
  82. 82Janet208
  83. 83Edna205
  84. 84Phyllis205
  85. 85Helen202
  86. 86Rebecca200
  87. 87Lydia199
  88. 88Miriam196
  89. 89Nelly196
  90. 90Selina193
  91. 91Leslie175
  92. 92Matilda167
  93. 93Lena165
  94. 94Marjorie157
  95. 95Helena155
  96. 96Henrietta153
  97. 97Muriel148
  98. 98Julia146
  99. 99Mildred145
  100. 100Lillie144

Boys

  1. 1John12,476
  2. 2William11,894
  3. 3Thomas7,133
  4. 4James7,055
  5. 5George6,220
  6. 6Joseph4,472
  7. 7Arthur3,864
  8. 8Albert3,243
  9. 9Robert3,124
  10. 10Charles3,070
  11. 11Harry3,054
  12. 12Harold2,789
  13. 13Ernest2,515
  14. 14Frank2,365
  15. 15Frederick2,357
  16. 16Edward2,338
  17. 17Henry2,322
  18. 18Herbert2,123
  19. 19Walter2,106
  20. 20Alfred2,079
  21. 21Richard1,972
  22. 22Fred1,780
  23. 23Samuel1,713
  24. 24Percy1,034
  25. 25David998
  26. 26Leonard939
  27. 27Francis892
  28. 28Wilfred627
  29. 29Peter595
  30. 30Reginald590
  31. 31Norman579
  32. 32Sidney569
  33. 33Edwin568
  34. 34Stanley565
  35. 35Tom557
  36. 36Benjamin485
  37. 37Horace461
  38. 38Hugh414
  39. 39Clifford368
  40. 40Edgar338
  41. 41Alexander336
  42. 42Daniel325
  43. 43Willie305
  44. 44Cyril294
  45. 45Wilfrid285
  46. 46Lawrence278
  47. 47Bernard274
  48. 48Ralph250
  49. 49Isaac249
  50. 50Michael245
  51. 51Philip242
  52. 52Patrick236
  53. 53Clarence234
  54. 54Cecil230
  55. 55Owen221
  56. 56Gilbert214
  57. 57Stephen209
  58. 58Andrew207
  59. 59Christopher201
  60. 60Arnold195
  61. 61Edmund192
  62. 62Evan188
  63. 63Eric184
  64. 64Bertram182
  65. 65Jack165
  66. 66Matthew165
  67. 67Abraham151
  68. 68Lewis148
  69. 69Sam139
  70. 70Hubert132
  71. 71Martin130
  72. 72Archibald129
  73. 73Douglas126
  74. 74Roland124
  75. 75Vincent119
  76. 76Jesse118
  77. 77Louie117
  78. 78Louis116
  79. 79Rowland115
  80. 80Victor114
  81. 81Enoch110
  82. 82Allan105
  83. 83Oliver105
  84. 84Joe104
  85. 85Donald100
  86. 86Maurice97
  87. 87Mark96
  88. 88Gerald94
  89. 89Ellis93
  90. 90Reuben93
  91. 91Morris92
  92. 92Charlie90
  93. 93Percival87
  94. 94Alan85
  95. 95Joshua85
  96. 96Oswald79
  97. 97Moses78
  98. 98Josiah77
  99. 99Jacob72
  100. 100Gordon71

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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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