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Most popular baby names of 1902 in England and Wales

In 1902, 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.

← 19011903 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary7,383
  2. 2Annie5,119
  3. 3Elizabeth4,356
  4. 4Alice4,135
  5. 5Edith3,706
  6. 6Florence3,414
  7. 7Margaret3,387
  8. 8Doris3,363
  9. 9Elsie3,164
  10. 10Sarah2,773
  11. 11Ethel2,567
  12. 12Ellen2,314
  13. 13Gladys2,188
  14. 14Dorothy2,089
  15. 15Lily2,050
  16. 16Hilda2,047
  17. 17Ada1,597
  18. 18Lilian1,506
  19. 19Nellie1,476
  20. 20Emily1,440
  21. 21Jane1,420
  22. 22May1,410
  23. 23Winifred1,268
  24. 24Catherine1,176
  25. 25Agnes1,107
  26. 26Beatrice1,092
  27. 27Gertrude905
  28. 28Hannah904
  29. 29Martha900
  30. 30Frances899
  31. 31Clara884
  32. 32Jessie872
  33. 33Mabel849
  34. 34Amy812
  35. 35Bertha801
  36. 36Violet796
  37. 37Ann792
  38. 38Minnie775
  39. 39Emma770
  40. 40Kathleen734
  41. 41Eva729
  42. 42Ivy726
  43. 43Rose689
  44. 44Olive646
  45. 45Evelyn615
  46. 46Sydney615
  47. 47Edna598
  48. 48Lucy580
  49. 49Maud550
  50. 50Maggie535
  51. 51Phyllis525
  52. 52Eliza520
  53. 53Harriet515
  54. 54Louisa503
  55. 55Esther465
  56. 56Dora464
  57. 57Nora424
  58. 58Eleanor415
  59. 59Leslie411
  60. 60Constance410
  61. 61Ruth406
  62. 62Grace402
  63. 63Ida400
  64. 64Marion400
  65. 65Norah400
  66. 66Marjorie388
  67. 67Eveline386
  68. 68Muriel385
  69. 69Fanny382
  70. 70Bessie374
  71. 71Florrie373
  72. 72Irene371
  73. 73Isabella364
  74. 74Laura343
  75. 75Kate328
  76. 76Maria310
  77. 77Charlotte303
  78. 78Lizzie303
  79. 79Amelia262
  80. 80Daisy250
  81. 81Vera242
  82. 82Rachel222
  83. 83Gwendoline218
  84. 84Helen215
  85. 85Miriam204
  86. 86Caroline203
  87. 87Janet190
  88. 88Leah188
  89. 89Lena184
  90. 90Alexandra182
  91. 91Mildred180
  92. 92Betsy167
  93. 93Millicent164
  94. 94Rhoda163
  95. 95Susannah159
  96. 96Phoebe155
  97. 97Margery150
  98. 98Lydia149
  99. 99Mona147
  100. 100Nelly147

Boys

  1. 1John11,563
  2. 2William10,300
  3. 3James6,417
  4. 4Thomas6,416
  5. 5George5,628
  6. 6Albert4,512
  7. 7Joseph3,901
  8. 8Arthur3,555
  9. 9Edward3,379
  10. 10Robert2,980
  11. 11Harold2,936
  12. 12Charles2,795
  13. 13Harry2,744
  14. 14Frank2,355
  15. 15Frederick2,292
  16. 16Ernest2,134
  17. 17Alfred2,005
  18. 18Henry1,874
  19. 19Richard1,853
  20. 20Walter1,799
  21. 21Herbert1,725
  22. 22Fred1,520
  23. 23Samuel1,470
  24. 24Leonard932
  25. 25Norman916
  26. 26David889
  27. 27Francis889
  28. 28Wilfred855
  29. 29Stanley821
  30. 30Reginald658
  31. 31Percy635
  32. 32Cyril555
  33. 33Edwin543
  34. 34Sidney527
  35. 35Peter520
  36. 36Clifford497
  37. 37Tom487
  38. 38Eric460
  39. 39Jack450
  40. 40Horace417
  41. 41Cecil405
  42. 42Hugh385
  43. 43Alexander382
  44. 44Benjamin379
  45. 45Daniel294
  46. 46Bernard276
  47. 47Edgar257
  48. 48Lawrence249
  49. 49Gilbert238
  50. 50Patrick233
  51. 51Michael228
  52. 52Willie221
  53. 53Ralph218
  54. 54Arnold205
  55. 55Stephen202
  56. 56Isaac201
  57. 57Clarence195
  58. 58Christopher193
  59. 59Edmund189
  60. 60Philip183
  61. 61Ronald180
  62. 62Owen179
  63. 63Evan176
  64. 64Maurice169
  65. 65Victor167
  66. 66Donald163
  67. 67Matthew157
  68. 68Andrew151
  69. 69Rowland143
  70. 70Bertram138
  71. 71Abraham137
  72. 72Douglas137
  73. 73Wilfrid135
  74. 74Louie131
  75. 75Vincent130
  76. 76Allan129
  77. 77Louis127
  78. 78Lewis125
  79. 79Kenneth121
  80. 80Sam121
  81. 81Roland120
  82. 82Hubert111
  83. 83Alan110
  84. 84Martin109
  85. 85Gerald106
  86. 86Joe102
  87. 87Geoffrey100
  88. 88Ellis98
  89. 89Archibald96
  90. 90Morris88
  91. 91Mark86
  92. 92Jacob83
  93. 93Raymond81
  94. 94Gordon80
  95. 95Joshua77
  96. 96Anthony76
  97. 97Griffith74
  98. 98Jesse74
  99. 99Colin73
  100. 100Oliver73

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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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