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Most popular baby names of 1899 in England and Wales

In 1899, 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.

← 18981900 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary8,186
  2. 2Annie5,450
  3. 3Elizabeth4,821
  4. 4Alice4,340
  5. 5Edith3,772
  6. 6Florence3,769
  7. 7Elsie3,681
  8. 8Margaret3,570
  9. 9Sarah3,248
  10. 10Ethel3,037
  11. 11Doris2,962
  12. 12Ellen2,567
  13. 13Lily2,224
  14. 14Gladys2,156
  15. 15Dorothy2,004
  16. 16Hilda1,878
  17. 17Ada1,758
  18. 18Emily1,672
  19. 19Jane1,637
  20. 20May1,635
  21. 21Lilian1,574
  22. 22Nellie1,538
  23. 23Catherine1,308
  24. 24Beatrice1,241
  25. 25Agnes1,239
  26. 26Gertrude1,175
  27. 27Winifred1,089
  28. 28Martha1,082
  29. 29Ann988
  30. 30Hannah987
  31. 31Emma977
  32. 32Clara942
  33. 33Mabel909
  34. 34Frances868
  35. 35Bertha854
  36. 36Minnie853
  37. 37Jessie851
  38. 38Amy818
  39. 39Rose772
  40. 40Lucy766
  41. 41Violet758
  42. 42Eva734
  43. 43Maud706
  44. 44Ivy678
  45. 45Eliza669
  46. 46Harriet665
  47. 47Sydney660
  48. 48Maggie642
  49. 49Louisa633
  50. 50Olive580
  51. 51Esther521
  52. 52Evelyn519
  53. 53Dora491
  54. 54Eleanor481
  55. 55Fanny458
  56. 56Kathleen453
  57. 57Florrie452
  58. 58Ruth436
  59. 59Grace429
  60. 60Ida422
  61. 61Isabella420
  62. 62Phyllis410
  63. 63Kate402
  64. 64Laura384
  65. 65Constance367
  66. 66Charlotte366
  67. 67Nora362
  68. 68Marion353
  69. 69Amelia334
  70. 70Eveline326
  71. 71Lizzie326
  72. 72Maria326
  73. 73Edna323
  74. 74Norah317
  75. 75Bessie316
  76. 76Daisy300
  77. 77Leslie293
  78. 78Marjorie282
  79. 79Muriel271
  80. 80Caroline270
  81. 81Helen253
  82. 82Rachel223
  83. 83Mildred211
  84. 84Leah209
  85. 85Miriam209
  86. 86Lydia206
  87. 87Bertie205
  88. 88Irene203
  89. 89Janet203
  90. 90Betsy201
  91. 91Susannah199
  92. 92Phoebe196
  93. 93Vera182
  94. 94Rebecca179
  95. 95Lena174
  96. 96Selina169
  97. 97Clarice159
  98. 98Millicent158
  99. 99Nelly158
  100. 100Rhoda157

Boys

  1. 1John12,453
  2. 2William11,402
  3. 3Thomas6,860
  4. 4James6,793
  5. 5George6,180
  6. 6Joseph4,163
  7. 7Arthur3,770
  8. 8Albert3,246
  9. 9Charles3,152
  10. 10Harold3,100
  11. 11Harry3,040
  12. 12Robert3,001
  13. 13Frank2,614
  14. 14Frederick2,477
  15. 15Ernest2,445
  16. 16Edward2,303
  17. 17Alfred2,230
  18. 18Henry2,091
  19. 19Walter2,031
  20. 20Richard2,014
  21. 21Herbert1,977
  22. 22Fred1,717
  23. 23Samuel1,694
  24. 24Leonard1,022
  25. 25David1,020
  26. 26Francis941
  27. 27Percy896
  28. 28Wilfred864
  29. 29Norman857
  30. 30Stanley828
  31. 31Reginald735
  32. 32Tom607
  33. 33Sidney577
  34. 34Edwin570
  35. 35Benjamin510
  36. 36Peter509
  37. 37Horace508
  38. 38Cyril465
  39. 39Clifford393
  40. 40Hugh386
  41. 41Alexander341
  42. 42Eric331
  43. 43Jack327
  44. 44Daniel307
  45. 45Cecil297
  46. 46Edgar285
  47. 47Lawrence249
  48. 48Bernard244
  49. 49Willie241
  50. 50Gilbert229
  51. 51Ralph228
  52. 52Christopher220
  53. 53Isaac218
  54. 54Philip217
  55. 55Stephen217
  56. 56Clarence208
  57. 57Michael201
  58. 58Owen200
  59. 59Edmund190
  60. 60Wilfrid190
  61. 61Arnold186
  62. 62Patrick179
  63. 63Andrew174
  64. 64Matthew159
  65. 65Abraham157
  66. 66Evan157
  67. 67Lewis155
  68. 68Vincent151
  69. 69Hubert150
  70. 70Douglas142
  71. 71Louis141
  72. 72Sam141
  73. 73Victor141
  74. 74Roland137
  75. 75Maurice132
  76. 76Ronald131
  77. 77Allan128
  78. 78Jesse126
  79. 79Bertram124
  80. 80Martin124
  81. 81Donald123
  82. 82Alan120
  83. 83Rowland114
  84. 84Louie113
  85. 85Archibald112
  86. 86Ellis111
  87. 87Mark105
  88. 88Percival99
  89. 89Reuben96
  90. 90Joe95
  91. 91Griffith91
  92. 92Oliver91
  93. 93Gerald90
  94. 94Enoch89
  95. 95Raymond87
  96. 96Geoffrey84
  97. 97Gordon84
  98. 98Jacob83
  99. 99Allen81
  100. 100Joshua81

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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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