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Most popular baby names of 1897 in England and Wales

In 1897, 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. 1Mary8,345
  2. 2Annie5,314
  3. 3Elizabeth5,035
  4. 4Alice4,328
  5. 5Florence3,846
  6. 6Edith3,743
  7. 7Elsie3,597
  8. 8Margaret3,479
  9. 9Sarah3,327
  10. 10Ethel3,161
  11. 11Ellen2,457
  12. 12Lily2,205
  13. 13Doris2,005
  14. 14Gladys1,836
  15. 15Ada1,793
  16. 16Emily1,759
  17. 17May1,729
  18. 18Jane1,676
  19. 19Hilda1,644
  20. 20Dorothy1,624
  21. 21Lilian1,442
  22. 22Nellie1,420
  23. 23Gertrude1,384
  24. 24Beatrice1,354
  25. 25Catherine1,269
  26. 26Mabel1,230
  27. 27Agnes1,156
  28. 28Ann1,115
  29. 29Martha1,086
  30. 30Hannah1,030
  31. 31Emma1,026
  32. 32Frances959
  33. 33Clara954
  34. 34Bertha912
  35. 35Winifred904
  36. 36Amy895
  37. 37Jessie825
  38. 38Minnie816
  39. 39Maud799
  40. 40Eliza739
  41. 41Lucy720
  42. 42Eva702
  43. 43Harriet678
  44. 44Rose667
  45. 45Maggie665
  46. 46Louisa609
  47. 47Violet601
  48. 48Sydney599
  49. 49Ivy529
  50. 50Esther520
  51. 51Florrie509
  52. 52Fanny497
  53. 53Evelyn483
  54. 54Olive482
  55. 55Isabella463
  56. 56Eleanor441
  57. 57Dora433
  58. 58Victoria430
  59. 59Ruth399
  60. 60Kate391
  61. 61Kathleen382
  62. 62Laura378
  63. 63Lizzie378
  64. 64Grace372
  65. 65Ida371
  66. 66Charlotte367
  67. 67Maria354
  68. 68Nora353
  69. 69Constance351
  70. 70Marion331
  71. 71Amelia323
  72. 72Bessie307
  73. 73Norah299
  74. 74Eveline296
  75. 75Rachel271
  76. 76Edna268
  77. 77Phyllis267
  78. 78Caroline261
  79. 79Daisy234
  80. 80Phoebe225
  81. 81Helen218
  82. 82Marjorie212
  83. 83Janet206
  84. 84Mildred205
  85. 85Bertie203
  86. 86Rebecca203
  87. 87Leah202
  88. 88Muriel202
  89. 89Lydia201
  90. 90Betsy196
  91. 91Nelly193
  92. 92Leslie192
  93. 93Susannah191
  94. 94Miriam187
  95. 95Lena175
  96. 96Selina174
  97. 97Matilda172
  98. 98Irene171
  99. 99Rhoda163
  100. 100Julia153

Boys

  1. 1John12,421
  2. 2William11,232
  3. 3Thomas6,921
  4. 4James6,816
  5. 5George6,073
  6. 6Joseph4,315
  7. 7Arthur3,797
  8. 8Albert3,777
  9. 9Charles3,176
  10. 10Harold3,093
  11. 11Harry2,987
  12. 12Robert2,869
  13. 13Ernest2,441
  14. 14Frederick2,425
  15. 15Edward2,341
  16. 16Frank2,340
  17. 17Henry2,146
  18. 18Alfred2,120
  19. 19Walter2,004
  20. 20Herbert1,919
  21. 21Richard1,857
  22. 22Samuel1,791
  23. 23Fred1,719
  24. 24Leonard979
  25. 25David950
  26. 26Percy908
  27. 27Francis863
  28. 28Wilfred702
  29. 29Stanley675
  30. 30Norman661
  31. 31Reginald608
  32. 32Tom590
  33. 33Sidney567
  34. 34Edwin549
  35. 35Peter512
  36. 36Benjamin473
  37. 37Horace462
  38. 38Victor423
  39. 39Cyril408
  40. 40Clifford376
  41. 41Hugh371
  42. 42Alexander362
  43. 43Edgar342
  44. 44Willie326
  45. 45Daniel288
  46. 46Eric277
  47. 47Clarence275
  48. 48Isaac255
  49. 49Bernard252
  50. 50Jack236
  51. 51Gilbert233
  52. 52Cecil232
  53. 53Ralph221
  54. 54Lawrence218
  55. 55Stephen215
  56. 56Owen212
  57. 57Patrick210
  58. 58Edmund209
  59. 59Michael208
  60. 60Wilfrid203
  61. 61Philip199
  62. 62Christopher198
  63. 63Arnold180
  64. 64Sam175
  65. 65Andrew169
  66. 66Hubert161
  67. 67Bertram156
  68. 68Lewis155
  69. 69Evan148
  70. 70Abraham141
  71. 71Matthew141
  72. 72Maurice141
  73. 73Douglas137
  74. 74Jesse131
  75. 75Archibald126
  76. 76Louis126
  77. 77Louie124
  78. 78Rowland120
  79. 79Vincent120
  80. 80Donald115
  81. 81Alan114
  82. 82Enoch110
  83. 83Mark101
  84. 84Ellis100
  85. 85Roland100
  86. 86Martin98
  87. 87Allan97
  88. 88Gerald97
  89. 89Reuben96
  90. 90Joe95
  91. 91Ronald90
  92. 92Oliver87
  93. 93Allen84
  94. 94Charlie84
  95. 95Geoffrey84
  96. 96Joshua83
  97. 97Griffith81
  98. 98Percival81
  99. 99Morris78
  100. 100Kenneth76

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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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