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Most popular baby names of 1898 in England and Wales

In 1898, 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.

← 18971899 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary8,296
  2. 2Annie5,369
  3. 3Elizabeth4,940
  4. 4Alice4,367
  5. 5Edith3,872
  6. 6Florence3,782
  7. 7Elsie3,624
  8. 8Margaret3,591
  9. 9Sarah3,407
  10. 10Ethel3,161
  11. 11Doris2,671
  12. 12Ellen2,604
  13. 13Lily2,209
  14. 14Gladys1,988
  15. 15Dorothy1,966
  16. 16Hilda1,840
  17. 17Ada1,803
  18. 18Jane1,734
  19. 19Emily1,720
  20. 20Nellie1,572
  21. 21Lilian1,520
  22. 22May1,480
  23. 23Gertrude1,373
  24. 24Catherine1,266
  25. 25Beatrice1,221
  26. 26Agnes1,186
  27. 27Martha1,083
  28. 28Ann1,040
  29. 29Mabel1,038
  30. 30Winifred1,036
  31. 31Hannah1,018
  32. 32Emma985
  33. 33Frances944
  34. 34Amy921
  35. 35Bertha917
  36. 36Clara901
  37. 37Minnie855
  38. 38Jessie840
  39. 39Eliza774
  40. 40Lucy772
  41. 41Rose743
  42. 42Maud739
  43. 43Violet718
  44. 44Maggie694
  45. 45Sydney681
  46. 46Harriet669
  47. 47Eva655
  48. 48Ivy584
  49. 49Louisa574
  50. 50Olive552
  51. 51Evelyn494
  52. 52Esther483
  53. 53Fanny482
  54. 54Dora472
  55. 55Eleanor462
  56. 56Florrie455
  57. 57Grace430
  58. 58Kathleen416
  59. 59Ida415
  60. 60Laura407
  61. 61Kate400
  62. 62Ruth398
  63. 63Constance397
  64. 64Lizzie391
  65. 65Isabella373
  66. 66Eveline360
  67. 67Nora358
  68. 68Charlotte349
  69. 69Phyllis343
  70. 70Norah342
  71. 71Marion328
  72. 72Maria317
  73. 73Amelia316
  74. 74Bessie305
  75. 75Daisy291
  76. 76Edna280
  77. 77Helen259
  78. 78Rachel256
  79. 79Leslie252
  80. 80Marjorie235
  81. 81Bertie223
  82. 82Caroline221
  83. 83Phoebe215
  84. 84Muriel212
  85. 85Mildred197
  86. 86Lydia196
  87. 87Lena193
  88. 88Susannah191
  89. 89Miriam181
  90. 90Rebecca180
  91. 91Janet179
  92. 92Irene173
  93. 93Leah167
  94. 94Nelly167
  95. 95Betsy160
  96. 96Rhoda157
  97. 97Helena155
  98. 98Henrietta155
  99. 99Selina155
  100. 100Julia153

Boys

  1. 1John12,431
  2. 2William11,622
  3. 3Thomas6,842
  4. 4James6,717
  5. 5George6,065
  6. 6Joseph4,170
  7. 7Arthur3,850
  8. 8Albert3,266
  9. 9Harold3,181
  10. 10Charles3,128
  11. 11Harry3,113
  12. 12Robert3,010
  13. 13Frederick2,529
  14. 14Frank2,492
  15. 15Ernest2,420
  16. 16Edward2,332
  17. 17Henry2,166
  18. 18Alfred2,059
  19. 19Herbert2,055
  20. 20Walter2,017
  21. 21Richard1,934
  22. 22Samuel1,700
  23. 23Fred1,693
  24. 24Leonard1,049
  25. 25David979
  26. 26Francis954
  27. 27Percy869
  28. 28Wilfred776
  29. 29Norman738
  30. 30Reginald713
  31. 31Stanley712
  32. 32Sidney559
  33. 33Tom548
  34. 34Edwin531
  35. 35Benjamin512
  36. 36Horace506
  37. 37Peter489
  38. 38Cyril421
  39. 39Clifford415
  40. 40Hugh393
  41. 41Alexander319
  42. 42Daniel304
  43. 43Eric298
  44. 44Edgar295
  45. 45Bernard270
  46. 46Jack268
  47. 47Willie268
  48. 48Cecil254
  49. 49Ralph252
  50. 50Lawrence249
  51. 51Wilfrid231
  52. 52Clarence225
  53. 53Isaac224
  54. 54Owen215
  55. 55Stephen215
  56. 56Philip211
  57. 57Patrick209
  58. 58Gilbert204
  59. 59Edmund192
  60. 60Michael191
  61. 61Andrew190
  62. 62Christopher190
  63. 63Evan174
  64. 64Arnold171
  65. 65Lewis166
  66. 66Sam160
  67. 67Hubert150
  68. 68Abraham148
  69. 69Douglas140
  70. 70Victor138
  71. 71Louis137
  72. 72Matthew136
  73. 73Donald131
  74. 74Roland122
  75. 75Louie119
  76. 76Vincent116
  77. 77Archibald115
  78. 78Bertram111
  79. 79Rowland111
  80. 80Jesse105
  81. 81Maurice104
  82. 82Joe103
  83. 83Allan101
  84. 84Gerald101
  85. 85Martin100
  86. 86Ellis98
  87. 87Charlie97
  88. 88Gordon95
  89. 89Enoch91
  90. 90Ronald90
  91. 91Kenneth89
  92. 92Mark89
  93. 93Percival87
  94. 94Alan85
  95. 95Joshua85
  96. 96Geoffrey84
  97. 97Anthony83
  98. 98Reuben82
  99. 99Raymond79
  100. 100Morris78

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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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