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Most popular baby names of 1903 in England and Wales

In 1903, 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.

← 19021904 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary7,309
  2. 2Annie5,071
  3. 3Elizabeth4,182
  4. 4Alice4,057
  5. 5Edith3,667
  6. 6Doris3,451
  7. 7Margaret3,422
  8. 8Florence3,355
  9. 9Elsie3,151
  10. 10Ethel2,637
  11. 11Sarah2,565
  12. 12Ellen2,287
  13. 13Gladys2,215
  14. 14Hilda2,168
  15. 15Dorothy1,967
  16. 16Lily1,946
  17. 17Lilian1,628
  18. 18Ada1,525
  19. 19Nellie1,510
  20. 20Emily1,432
  21. 21Jane1,391
  22. 22May1,384
  23. 23Winifred1,271
  24. 24Catherine1,212
  25. 25Agnes1,102
  26. 26Beatrice1,066
  27. 27Jessie948
  28. 28Frances926
  29. 29Martha897
  30. 30Mabel885
  31. 31Gertrude873
  32. 32Ivy844
  33. 33Ann835
  34. 34Bertha817
  35. 35Violet817
  36. 36Kathleen797
  37. 37Hannah794
  38. 38Emma782
  39. 39Amy767
  40. 40Edna766
  41. 41Minnie756
  42. 42Clara745
  43. 43Eva705
  44. 44Lucy681
  45. 45Rose667
  46. 46Evelyn662
  47. 47Olive647
  48. 48Sydney645
  49. 49Phyllis622
  50. 50Maggie572
  51. 51Leslie549
  52. 52Maud518
  53. 53Harriet507
  54. 54Eliza503
  55. 55Louisa497
  56. 56Marjorie485
  57. 57Eleanor455
  58. 58Dora449
  59. 59Nora439
  60. 60Constance438
  61. 61Marion435
  62. 62Esther433
  63. 63Ida407
  64. 64Norah403
  65. 65Irene392
  66. 66Ruth388
  67. 67Bessie386
  68. 68Muriel385
  69. 69Fanny384
  70. 70Grace371
  71. 71Isabella364
  72. 72Florrie359
  73. 73Eveline349
  74. 74Laura305
  75. 75Lizzie304
  76. 76Vera301
  77. 77Kate290
  78. 78Amelia279
  79. 79Charlotte276
  80. 80Maria267
  81. 81Mildred243
  82. 82Rachel230
  83. 83Daisy221
  84. 84Helen221
  85. 85Caroline204
  86. 86Miriam202
  87. 87Millicent199
  88. 88Janet197
  89. 89Eileen190
  90. 90Gwendoline190
  91. 91Lena175
  92. 92Susannah173
  93. 93Leah164
  94. 94Mona162
  95. 95Rebecca162
  96. 96Josephine161
  97. 97Nancy151
  98. 98Betsy150
  99. 99Lydia149
  100. 100Margery147

Boys

  1. 1John11,548
  2. 2William10,384
  3. 3James6,477
  4. 4Thomas6,339
  5. 5George5,698
  6. 6Joseph3,815
  7. 7Arthur3,584
  8. 8Albert3,128
  9. 9Harold3,078
  10. 10Robert2,959
  11. 11Charles2,927
  12. 12Harry2,906
  13. 13Frederick2,445
  14. 14Edward2,443
  15. 15Frank2,355
  16. 16Ernest2,314
  17. 17Henry1,984
  18. 18Alfred1,969
  19. 19Richard1,808
  20. 20Walter1,779
  21. 21Herbert1,758
  22. 22Fred1,491
  23. 23Samuel1,421
  24. 24Leonard1,021
  25. 25Norman1,012
  26. 26Wilfred961
  27. 27David946
  28. 28Francis929
  29. 29Stanley904
  30. 30Reginald742
  31. 31Percy672
  32. 32Cyril616
  33. 33Eric602
  34. 34Sidney593
  35. 35Jack545
  36. 36Edwin522
  37. 37Clifford501
  38. 38Tom493
  39. 39Horace470
  40. 40Peter451
  41. 41Benjamin362
  42. 42Hugh345
  43. 43Cecil344
  44. 44Alexander339
  45. 45Edgar289
  46. 46Bernard269
  47. 47Daniel269
  48. 48Lawrence267
  49. 49Philip262
  50. 50Ronald225
  51. 51Ralph222
  52. 52Gilbert219
  53. 53Arnold212
  54. 54Christopher208
  55. 55Owen208
  56. 56Willie207
  57. 57Michael201
  58. 58Patrick201
  59. 59Edmund195
  60. 60Andrew190
  61. 61Clarence184
  62. 62Donald183
  63. 63Isaac175
  64. 64Evan166
  65. 65Stephen163
  66. 66Matthew158
  67. 67Kenneth157
  68. 68Sam156
  69. 69Abraham155
  70. 70Lewis150
  71. 71Wilfrid140
  72. 72Rowland131
  73. 73Douglas129
  74. 74Hector129
  75. 75Vincent128
  76. 76Maurice126
  77. 77Victor125
  78. 78Roland122
  79. 79Louie121
  80. 80Alan120
  81. 81Gerald120
  82. 82Hubert119
  83. 83Geoffrey117
  84. 84Allan116
  85. 85Leo116
  86. 86Archibald115
  87. 87Louis114
  88. 88Joe106
  89. 89Martin105
  90. 90Ellis103
  91. 91Jesse103
  92. 92Bertram97
  93. 93Percival96
  94. 94Raymond88
  95. 95Alec85
  96. 96Reuben85
  97. 97Charlie84
  98. 98Gordon82
  99. 99Austin80
  100. 100Jacob79

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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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