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Most popular baby names of 1908 in England and Wales

In 1908, 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.

← 19071909 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary7,076
  2. 2Annie4,502
  3. 3Alice3,727
  4. 4Elizabeth3,705
  5. 5Edith3,529
  6. 6Margaret3,407
  7. 7Florence2,953
  8. 8Elsie2,812
  9. 9Doris2,682
  10. 10Hilda2,404
  11. 11Ethel2,398
  12. 12Gladys2,214
  13. 13Sarah2,077
  14. 14Ellen2,051
  15. 15Dorothy1,981
  16. 16Lily1,878
  17. 17Winifred1,656
  18. 18Lilian1,647
  19. 19Nellie1,491
  20. 20May1,463
  21. 21Phyllis1,419
  22. 22Edna1,356
  23. 23Ada1,298
  24. 24Emily1,264
  25. 25Kathleen1,193
  26. 26Catherine1,126
  27. 27Jane1,105
  28. 28Ivy1,033
  29. 29Agnes1,032
  30. 30Evelyn1,004
  31. 31Jessie874
  32. 32Beatrice870
  33. 33Frances867
  34. 34Mabel863
  35. 35Violet849
  36. 36Gertrude806
  37. 37Marjorie805
  38. 38Leslie776
  39. 39Martha754
  40. 40Olive753
  41. 41Sydney699
  42. 42Hannah697
  43. 43Eva696
  44. 44Bertha672
  45. 45Irene667
  46. 46Rose666
  47. 47Clara657
  48. 48Amy655
  49. 49Ann644
  50. 50Lucy636
  51. 51Emma630
  52. 52Minnie606
  53. 53Nora566
  54. 54Marion557
  55. 55Muriel508
  56. 56Vera507
  57. 57Ida495
  58. 58Grace465
  59. 59Norah463
  60. 60Constance455
  61. 61Bessie437
  62. 62Maud432
  63. 63Dora419
  64. 64Maggie419
  65. 65Esther415
  66. 66Ruth406
  67. 67Eleanor398
  68. 68Eveline398
  69. 69Louisa395
  70. 70Harriet374
  71. 71Eileen371
  72. 72Eliza342
  73. 73Isabella312
  74. 74Laura297
  75. 75Charlotte280
  76. 76Florrie277
  77. 77Fanny275
  78. 78Gwendoline262
  79. 79Helen260
  80. 80Freda241
  81. 81Mildred239
  82. 82Nancy230
  83. 83Kate224
  84. 84Lizzie214
  85. 85Millicent213
  86. 86Daisy208
  87. 87Amelia205
  88. 88Maria205
  89. 89Lena189
  90. 90Mona187
  91. 91Margery186
  92. 92Marian185
  93. 93Ruby184
  94. 94Rachel182
  95. 95Miriam175
  96. 96Ena167
  97. 97Leah167
  98. 98Barbara165
  99. 99Marie163
  100. 100Janet161

Boys

  1. 1John11,297
  2. 2William9,503
  3. 3James6,240
  4. 4Thomas6,101
  5. 5George5,557
  6. 6Joseph3,750
  7. 7Arthur3,347
  8. 8Harold2,844
  9. 9Harry2,832
  10. 10Albert2,763
  11. 11Robert2,707
  12. 12Charles2,566
  13. 13Frank2,404
  14. 14Frederick2,315
  15. 15Edward2,300
  16. 16Ernest2,149
  17. 17Alfred1,834
  18. 18Henry1,751
  19. 19Richard1,733
  20. 20Herbert1,697
  21. 21Walter1,671
  22. 22Fred1,439
  23. 23Norman1,284
  24. 24Samuel1,249
  25. 25Stanley1,227
  26. 26Leonard1,169
  27. 27Wilfred1,068
  28. 28Francis979
  29. 29Eric917
  30. 30David870
  31. 31Jack824
  32. 32Cyril764
  33. 33Reginald727
  34. 34Clifford660
  35. 35Horace519
  36. 36Sidney519
  37. 37Percy511
  38. 38Edwin498
  39. 39Tom458
  40. 40Peter456
  41. 41Ronald401
  42. 42Bernard395
  43. 43Benjamin383
  44. 44Hugh359
  45. 45Alexander305
  46. 46Kenneth305
  47. 47Patrick274
  48. 48Daniel268
  49. 49Cecil267
  50. 50Lawrence266
  51. 51Philip257
  52. 52Michael232
  53. 53Gilbert229
  54. 54Arnold227
  55. 55Edgar221
  56. 56Donald217
  57. 57Christopher214
  58. 58Ralph210
  59. 59Stephen205
  60. 60Edmund185
  61. 61Vincent179
  62. 62Clarence174
  63. 63Willie170
  64. 64Maurice169
  65. 65Andrew166
  66. 66Owen165
  67. 67Victor165
  68. 68Geoffrey164
  69. 69Allan162
  70. 70Alan158
  71. 71Hubert147
  72. 72Roland145
  73. 73Matthew144
  74. 74Gerald134
  75. 75Isaac134
  76. 76Raymond129
  77. 77Wilfrid129
  78. 78Douglas128
  79. 79Gordon126
  80. 80Louis121
  81. 81Evan116
  82. 82Louie113
  83. 83Lewis107
  84. 84Rowland106
  85. 85Abraham104
  86. 86Dennis96
  87. 87Mark92
  88. 88Martin92
  89. 89Joe91
  90. 90Sam90
  91. 91Bertram89
  92. 92Oswald88
  93. 93Jesse87
  94. 94Gerard85
  95. 95Allen81
  96. 96Denis81
  97. 97Reuben80
  98. 98Alec77
  99. 99Anthony75
  100. 100Morris72

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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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