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Most popular baby names of 1904 in England and Wales

In 1904, 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.

← 19031905 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary7,215
  2. 2Annie4,930
  3. 3Elizabeth3,987
  4. 4Alice3,950
  5. 5Edith3,747
  6. 6Doris3,297
  7. 7Margaret3,297
  8. 8Florence3,279
  9. 9Elsie2,967
  10. 10Ethel2,527
  11. 11Sarah2,428
  12. 12Gladys2,299
  13. 13Ellen2,230
  14. 14Hilda2,228
  15. 15Dorothy2,035
  16. 16Lily1,938
  17. 17Lilian1,670
  18. 18Nellie1,596
  19. 19Ada1,565
  20. 20Winifred1,519
  21. 21May1,428
  22. 22Emily1,405
  23. 23Jane1,300
  24. 24Catherine1,233
  25. 25Agnes1,109
  26. 26Ivy1,063
  27. 27Beatrice959
  28. 28Mabel931
  29. 29Frances896
  30. 30Gertrude883
  31. 31Kathleen874
  32. 32Jessie863
  33. 33Violet848
  34. 34Edna816
  35. 35Hannah779
  36. 36Martha779
  37. 37Ann758
  38. 38Amy751
  39. 39Clara742
  40. 40Emma729
  41. 41Sydney728
  42. 42Bertha707
  43. 43Phyllis706
  44. 44Evelyn690
  45. 45Minnie685
  46. 46Eva670
  47. 47Olive670
  48. 48Rose658
  49. 49Lucy649
  50. 50Marjorie628
  51. 51Leslie562
  52. 52Harriet513
  53. 53Maggie508
  54. 54Nora506
  55. 55Louisa481
  56. 56Maud475
  57. 57Irene463
  58. 58Constance458
  59. 59Marion449
  60. 60Eliza444
  61. 61Norah442
  62. 62Dora438
  63. 63Ida434
  64. 64Muriel424
  65. 65Eleanor419
  66. 66Ruth407
  67. 67Esther399
  68. 68Bessie377
  69. 69Grace372
  70. 70Vera354
  71. 71Eveline353
  72. 72Fanny339
  73. 73Isabella334
  74. 74Florrie330
  75. 75Laura328
  76. 76Kate313
  77. 77Charlotte299
  78. 78Lizzie255
  79. 79Helen241
  80. 80Maria241
  81. 81Amelia240
  82. 82Mildred239
  83. 83Eileen234
  84. 84Daisy229
  85. 85Gwendoline229
  86. 86Rachel208
  87. 87Janet207
  88. 88Lena196
  89. 89Miriam189
  90. 90Millicent181
  91. 91Mona181
  92. 92Nancy179
  93. 93Leah175
  94. 94Caroline167
  95. 95Rhoda163
  96. 96Freda157
  97. 97Rebecca155
  98. 98Susannah155
  99. 99Clarice154
  100. 100Margery154

Boys

  1. 1John11,427
  2. 2William10,154
  3. 3Thomas6,279
  4. 4James6,228
  5. 5George5,552
  6. 6Joseph3,780
  7. 7Arthur3,591
  8. 8Harold3,028
  9. 9Albert2,961
  10. 10Harry2,947
  11. 11Robert2,940
  12. 12Charles2,866
  13. 13Frank2,497
  14. 14Edward2,326
  15. 15Frederick2,322
  16. 16Ernest2,177
  17. 17Alfred1,971
  18. 18Henry1,970
  19. 19Walter1,844
  20. 20Herbert1,729
  21. 21Richard1,713
  22. 22Fred1,441
  23. 23Samuel1,341
  24. 24Norman1,101
  25. 25Wilfred1,020
  26. 26Stanley1,002
  27. 27Leonard1,000
  28. 28David949
  29. 29Francis944
  30. 30Reginald800
  31. 31Cyril710
  32. 32Eric666
  33. 33Percy639
  34. 34Jack582
  35. 35Sidney571
  36. 36Clifford518
  37. 37Horace503
  38. 38Peter497
  39. 39Edwin483
  40. 40Tom453
  41. 41Benjamin408
  42. 42Hugh375
  43. 43Bernard315
  44. 44Alexander312
  45. 45Cecil310
  46. 46Daniel298
  47. 47Lawrence279
  48. 48Ronald264
  49. 49Arnold263
  50. 50Edgar235
  51. 51Philip230
  52. 52Patrick228
  53. 53Gilbert217
  54. 54Michael208
  55. 55Owen207
  56. 56Ralph207
  57. 57Stephen198
  58. 58Donald188
  59. 59Andrew187
  60. 60Kenneth186
  61. 61Edmund185
  62. 62Clarence182
  63. 63Vincent177
  64. 64Isaac175
  65. 65Willie168
  66. 66Christopher166
  67. 67Geoffrey154
  68. 68Alan153
  69. 69Matthew153
  70. 70Evan144
  71. 71Rowland141
  72. 72Allan138
  73. 73Lewis135
  74. 74Victor135
  75. 75Douglas134
  76. 76Louis134
  77. 77Roland132
  78. 78Maurice130
  79. 79Louie125
  80. 80Wilfrid123
  81. 81Gerald117
  82. 82Abraham116
  83. 83Martin115
  84. 84Raymond113
  85. 85Bertram111
  86. 86Sam109
  87. 87Hubert103
  88. 88Gordon100
  89. 89Archibald97
  90. 90Joe94
  91. 91Mark91
  92. 92Hector89
  93. 93Jesse89
  94. 94Dennis88
  95. 95Morris87
  96. 96Ellis82
  97. 97Joshua76
  98. 98Jonathan75
  99. 99Oswald74
  100. 100Roy73

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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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