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Most popular baby names of 1896 in England and Wales

In 1896, 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.

← 18951897 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary8,636
  2. 2Annie5,398
  3. 3Elizabeth5,194
  4. 4Alice4,315
  5. 5Florence3,984
  6. 6Edith3,790
  7. 7Margaret3,651
  8. 8Elsie3,621
  9. 9Sarah3,609
  10. 10Ethel3,254
  11. 11Ellen2,716
  12. 12Lily2,122
  13. 13Jane1,833
  14. 14Ada1,829
  15. 15Emily1,810
  16. 16May1,679
  17. 17Gladys1,627
  18. 18Dorothy1,621
  19. 19Doris1,586
  20. 20Hilda1,571
  21. 21Lilian1,509
  22. 22Gertrude1,487
  23. 23Nellie1,458
  24. 24Beatrice1,360
  25. 25Catherine1,334
  26. 26Martha1,238
  27. 27Agnes1,223
  28. 28Ann1,214
  29. 29Mabel1,206
  30. 30Hannah1,073
  31. 31Emma1,059
  32. 32Clara994
  33. 33Bertha974
  34. 34Amy955
  35. 35Winifred953
  36. 36Jessie942
  37. 37Frances915
  38. 38Minnie913
  39. 39Maud850
  40. 40Eliza825
  41. 41Lucy775
  42. 42Harriet758
  43. 43Eva717
  44. 44Louisa683
  45. 45Rose666
  46. 46Violet633
  47. 47Maggie621
  48. 48Sydney585
  49. 49Esther537
  50. 50Fanny517
  51. 51Olive499
  52. 52Florrie456
  53. 53Dora453
  54. 54Isabella450
  55. 55Kate449
  56. 56Eleanor446
  57. 57Evelyn435
  58. 58Ivy434
  59. 59Ruth430
  60. 60Grace379
  61. 61Maria370
  62. 62Charlotte369
  63. 63Amelia364
  64. 64Eveline361
  65. 65Lizzie357
  66. 66Ida356
  67. 67Laura345
  68. 68Kathleen336
  69. 69Nora336
  70. 70Marion317
  71. 71Bessie309
  72. 72Daisy288
  73. 73Constance264
  74. 74Norah264
  75. 75Caroline262
  76. 76Bertie260
  77. 77Rachel256
  78. 78Phyllis249
  79. 79Muriel219
  80. 80Helen217
  81. 81Edna212
  82. 82Susannah206
  83. 83Leah204
  84. 84Lydia202
  85. 85Nelly201
  86. 86Phoebe199
  87. 87Rebecca194
  88. 88Janet192
  89. 89Miriam190
  90. 90Matilda187
  91. 91Leslie185
  92. 92Marjorie183
  93. 93Betsy172
  94. 94Mildred170
  95. 95Selina170
  96. 96Lena162
  97. 97Julia152
  98. 98Anne146
  99. 99Irene146
  100. 100Helena144

Boys

  1. 1John12,290
  2. 2William11,510
  3. 3Thomas7,067
  4. 4James6,904
  5. 5George6,188
  6. 6Joseph4,232
  7. 7Arthur4,065
  8. 8Albert3,250
  9. 9Harry3,114
  10. 10Charles3,078
  11. 11Robert3,040
  12. 12Harold2,880
  13. 13Ernest2,481
  14. 14Frederick2,430
  15. 15Frank2,398
  16. 16Edward2,364
  17. 17Henry2,279
  18. 18Alfred2,197
  19. 19Walter2,037
  20. 20Herbert2,018
  21. 21Richard1,950
  22. 22Fred1,829
  23. 23Samuel1,716
  24. 24David1,005
  25. 25Percy997
  26. 26Leonard958
  27. 27Francis939
  28. 28Norman672
  29. 29Wilfred659
  30. 30Reginald638
  31. 31Tom610
  32. 32Stanley603
  33. 33Edwin550
  34. 34Sidney549
  35. 35Peter531
  36. 36Horace463
  37. 37Benjamin452
  38. 38Hugh372
  39. 39Cyril360
  40. 40Clifford342
  41. 41Willie328
  42. 42Daniel315
  43. 43Edgar310
  44. 44Alexander294
  45. 45Isaac290
  46. 46Cecil254
  47. 47Clarence250
  48. 48Wilfrid248
  49. 49Eric244
  50. 50Bernard242
  51. 51Ralph237
  52. 52Philip226
  53. 53Michael218
  54. 54Gilbert216
  55. 55Lawrence215
  56. 56Stephen215
  57. 57Patrick212
  58. 58Andrew194
  59. 59Christopher194
  60. 60Edmund191
  61. 61Owen190
  62. 62Jack183
  63. 63Matthew172
  64. 64Abraham162
  65. 65Evan153
  66. 66Victor153
  67. 67Sam149
  68. 68Arnold140
  69. 69Bertram137
  70. 70Maurice131
  71. 71Hubert130
  72. 72Archibald122
  73. 73Louis118
  74. 74Mark118
  75. 75Joe117
  76. 76Louie115
  77. 77Martin112
  78. 78Rowland112
  79. 79Lewis111
  80. 80Douglas110
  81. 81Jesse110
  82. 82Roland109
  83. 83Ellis106
  84. 84Vincent102
  85. 85Reuben98
  86. 86Donald97
  87. 87Allan95
  88. 88Enoch95
  89. 89Morris94
  90. 90Percival93
  91. 91Geoffrey89
  92. 92Oswald83
  93. 93Charlie80
  94. 94Jonathan80
  95. 95Joshua80
  96. 96Ronald80
  97. 97Raymond79
  98. 98Alan78
  99. 99Kenneth77
  100. 100Elijah73

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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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