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Most popular baby names of 1901 in England and Wales

In 1901, 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.

← 19001902 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary7,300
  2. 2Annie5,003
  3. 3Elizabeth4,284
  4. 4Alice3,983
  5. 5Edith3,701
  6. 6Margaret3,270
  7. 7Florence3,214
  8. 8Elsie3,129
  9. 9Doris3,026
  10. 10Sarah2,865
  11. 11Ethel2,509
  12. 12Ellen2,313
  13. 13Gladys2,059
  14. 14Dorothy1,982
  15. 15Lily1,949
  16. 16Hilda1,936
  17. 17Emily1,536
  18. 18Ada1,492
  19. 19Lilian1,471
  20. 20Nellie1,450
  21. 21May1,416
  22. 22Jane1,406
  23. 23Beatrice1,142
  24. 24Catherine1,103
  25. 25Winifred1,081
  26. 26Agnes1,075
  27. 27Martha971
  28. 28Gertrude879
  29. 29Frances840
  30. 30Hannah821
  31. 31Ann815
  32. 32Jessie814
  33. 33Emma804
  34. 34Mabel792
  35. 35Clara783
  36. 36Minnie751
  37. 37Amy748
  38. 38Bertha737
  39. 39Eva734
  40. 40Violet729
  41. 41Ivy724
  42. 42Lucy652
  43. 43Sydney647
  44. 44Evelyn614
  45. 45Kathleen605
  46. 46Rose598
  47. 47Olive564
  48. 48Maud562
  49. 49Maggie555
  50. 50Harriet547
  51. 51Eliza531
  52. 52Edna495
  53. 53Louisa487
  54. 54Phyllis432
  55. 55Eleanor429
  56. 56Dora419
  57. 57Ida417
  58. 58Esther411
  59. 59Fanny405
  60. 60Ruth386
  61. 61Norah370
  62. 62Eveline365
  63. 63Isabella362
  64. 64Bessie355
  65. 65Nora354
  66. 66Florrie351
  67. 67Marjorie350
  68. 68Grace347
  69. 69Kate343
  70. 70Constance338
  71. 71Lizzie334
  72. 72Leslie329
  73. 73Marion329
  74. 74Laura324
  75. 75Charlotte295
  76. 76Muriel278
  77. 77Maria266
  78. 78Amelia261
  79. 79Victoria259
  80. 80Irene234
  81. 81Vera230
  82. 82Rachel229
  83. 83Daisy216
  84. 84Caroline209
  85. 85Helen205
  86. 86Leah190
  87. 87Miriam189
  88. 88Janet188
  89. 89Betsy182
  90. 90Mildred172
  91. 91Lydia171
  92. 92Susannah170
  93. 93Rhoda167
  94. 94Lena158
  95. 95Gwendoline154
  96. 96Rebecca154
  97. 97Phoebe149
  98. 98Matilda147
  99. 99Nancy144
  100. 100Clarice139

Boys

  1. 1John11,483
  2. 2William10,129
  3. 3Thomas6,182
  4. 4James6,079
  5. 5George5,650
  6. 6Albert3,860
  7. 7Joseph3,785
  8. 8Arthur3,402
  9. 9Robert2,891
  10. 10Harry2,812
  11. 11Harold2,787
  12. 12Charles2,744
  13. 13Edward2,729
  14. 14Frederick2,306
  15. 15Frank2,279
  16. 16Ernest2,141
  17. 17Alfred1,932
  18. 18Henry1,865
  19. 19Walter1,832
  20. 20Richard1,753
  21. 21Herbert1,724
  22. 22Fred1,517
  23. 23Samuel1,424
  24. 24Francis894
  25. 25Leonard886
  26. 26David877
  27. 27Norman845
  28. 28Wilfred783
  29. 29Stanley747
  30. 30Percy727
  31. 31Reginald686
  32. 32Tom549
  33. 33Edwin501
  34. 34Peter482
  35. 35Cyril469
  36. 36Sidney456
  37. 37Horace440
  38. 38Eric408
  39. 39Clifford395
  40. 40Jack390
  41. 41Benjamin377
  42. 42Hugh356
  43. 43Alexander331
  44. 44Daniel310
  45. 45Cecil303
  46. 46Edgar291
  47. 47Lawrence261
  48. 48Bernard245
  49. 49Philip226
  50. 50Willie221
  51. 51Ralph219
  52. 52Victor203
  53. 53Stephen200
  54. 54Gilbert197
  55. 55Owen197
  56. 56Isaac190
  57. 57Clarence185
  58. 58Edmund184
  59. 59Donald177
  60. 60Michael174
  61. 61Arnold171
  62. 62Christopher170
  63. 63Patrick163
  64. 64Wilfrid161
  65. 65Ronald157
  66. 66Abraham151
  67. 67Matthew149
  68. 68Evan141
  69. 69Maurice139
  70. 70Andrew134
  71. 71Lewis128
  72. 72Sam123
  73. 73Douglas119
  74. 74Rowland117
  75. 75Hubert116
  76. 76Louie116
  77. 77Louis114
  78. 78Kenneth110
  79. 79Martin109
  80. 80Vincent109
  81. 81Alan106
  82. 82Hector102
  83. 83Roland102
  84. 84Geoffrey95
  85. 85Joe94
  86. 86Allan93
  87. 87Archibald91
  88. 88Morris90
  89. 89Bertram88
  90. 90Jacob88
  91. 91Charlie85
  92. 92Enoch85
  93. 93Ellis84
  94. 94Gerald84
  95. 95Mark82
  96. 96Percival78
  97. 97Raymond75
  98. 98Wallace74
  99. 99Jesse73
  100. 100Griffith70

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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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