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Most popular baby names of 1907 in England and Wales

In 1907, 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.

← 19061908 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary6,837
  2. 2Annie4,475
  3. 3Elizabeth3,691
  4. 4Alice3,645
  5. 5Edith3,496
  6. 6Margaret3,261
  7. 7Florence2,926
  8. 8Elsie2,738
  9. 9Doris2,713
  10. 10Hilda2,334
  11. 11Ethel2,181
  12. 12Gladys2,150
  13. 13Sarah2,119
  14. 14Ellen1,984
  15. 15Dorothy1,831
  16. 16Lily1,735
  17. 17Lilian1,644
  18. 18Winifred1,549
  19. 19Nellie1,451
  20. 20Edna1,425
  21. 21May1,396
  22. 22Phyllis1,356
  23. 23Ada1,327
  24. 24Emily1,196
  25. 25Catherine1,179
  26. 26Agnes1,152
  27. 27Evelyn1,089
  28. 28Jane1,068
  29. 29Ivy1,049
  30. 30Kathleen983
  31. 31Beatrice879
  32. 32Violet869
  33. 33Frances852
  34. 34Mabel827
  35. 35Jessie787
  36. 36Sydney747
  37. 37Gertrude745
  38. 38Marjorie735
  39. 39Amy730
  40. 40Leslie730
  41. 41Martha702
  42. 42Clara679
  43. 43Hannah677
  44. 44Olive663
  45. 45Eva660
  46. 46Bertha655
  47. 47Emma624
  48. 48Minnie624
  49. 49Lucy616
  50. 50Ann605
  51. 51Rose591
  52. 52Irene574
  53. 53Nora513
  54. 54Norah499
  55. 55Marion491
  56. 56Muriel469
  57. 57Maud465
  58. 58Ida441
  59. 59Vera426
  60. 60Maggie425
  61. 61Esther424
  62. 62Bessie416
  63. 63Constance414
  64. 64Ruth398
  65. 65Harriet395
  66. 66Dora393
  67. 67Grace391
  68. 68Louisa386
  69. 69Eleanor385
  70. 70Eliza378
  71. 71Eveline378
  72. 72Eileen334
  73. 73Isabella302
  74. 74Fanny298
  75. 75Laura272
  76. 76Gwendoline256
  77. 77Daisy252
  78. 78Charlotte247
  79. 79Florrie247
  80. 80Ena239
  81. 81Kate233
  82. 82Mildred231
  83. 83Helen213
  84. 84Amelia208
  85. 85Millicent207
  86. 86Lizzie204
  87. 87Nancy199
  88. 88Miriam196
  89. 89Maria188
  90. 90Margery185
  91. 91Lena184
  92. 92Rachel180
  93. 93Caroline179
  94. 94Janet179
  95. 95Freda173
  96. 96Rhoda166
  97. 97Mona165
  98. 98Josephine152
  99. 99Leah143
  100. 100Lydia143

Boys

  1. 1John11,101
  2. 2William9,456
  3. 3James6,069
  4. 4Thomas5,982
  5. 5George5,175
  6. 6Joseph3,707
  7. 7Arthur3,491
  8. 8Harry2,859
  9. 9Harold2,773
  10. 10Robert2,767
  11. 11Albert2,663
  12. 12Charles2,662
  13. 13Frank2,394
  14. 14Frederick2,237
  15. 15Edward2,152
  16. 16Ernest2,037
  17. 17Henry1,835
  18. 18Alfred1,791
  19. 19Walter1,691
  20. 20Richard1,649
  21. 21Herbert1,592
  22. 22Fred1,373
  23. 23Samuel1,296
  24. 24Norman1,212
  25. 25Stanley1,196
  26. 26Leonard1,113
  27. 27Wilfred958
  28. 28Francis953
  29. 29David902
  30. 30Eric795
  31. 31Cyril790
  32. 32Reginald760
  33. 33Jack700
  34. 34Clifford643
  35. 35Horace584
  36. 36Sidney560
  37. 37Percy555
  38. 38Tom477
  39. 39Edwin457
  40. 40Peter422
  41. 41Bernard372
  42. 42Benjamin334
  43. 43Hugh331
  44. 44Ronald329
  45. 45Lawrence313
  46. 46Alexander304
  47. 47Cecil302
  48. 48Patrick251
  49. 49Arnold243
  50. 50Daniel242
  51. 51Philip237
  52. 52Michael235
  53. 53Donald227
  54. 54Edgar224
  55. 55Christopher223
  56. 56Kenneth215
  57. 57Ralph213
  58. 58Stephen198
  59. 59Gilbert193
  60. 60Clarence192
  61. 61Geoffrey174
  62. 62Edmund166
  63. 63Owen166
  64. 64Maurice160
  65. 65Andrew155
  66. 66Vincent149
  67. 67Victor147
  68. 68Willie147
  69. 69Allan142
  70. 70Matthew139
  71. 71Isaac136
  72. 72Wilfrid134
  73. 73Alan133
  74. 74Douglas133
  75. 75Evan130
  76. 76Roland127
  77. 77Gerald118
  78. 78Lewis118
  79. 79Louis116
  80. 80Hubert115
  81. 81Bertram112
  82. 82Raymond110
  83. 83Louie108
  84. 84Rowland106
  85. 85Sam103
  86. 86Abraham99
  87. 87Martin96
  88. 88Anthony90
  89. 89Dennis90
  90. 90Ellis90
  91. 91Archibald89
  92. 92Gordon87
  93. 93Denis85
  94. 94Joe85
  95. 95Mark83
  96. 96Morris82
  97. 97Allen78
  98. 98Colin76
  99. 99Reuben76
  100. 100Jesse75

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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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