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Most popular baby names of 1910 in England and Wales

In 1910, 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.

← 19091911 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary6,961
  2. 2Annie4,228
  3. 3Margaret3,389
  4. 4Elizabeth3,369
  5. 5Alice3,326
  6. 6Edith3,214
  7. 7Florence2,737
  8. 8Elsie2,544
  9. 9Hilda2,348
  10. 10Doris2,336
  11. 11Ethel2,173
  12. 12Dorothy2,017
  13. 13Gladys1,871
  14. 14Sarah1,838
  15. 15Ellen1,768
  16. 16Winifred1,703
  17. 17Lilian1,610
  18. 18Lily1,586
  19. 19Edna1,393
  20. 20May1,389
  21. 21Nellie1,378
  22. 22Phyllis1,366
  23. 23Kathleen1,265
  24. 24Ada1,216
  25. 25Emily1,112
  26. 26Catherine1,084
  27. 27Agnes1,029
  28. 28Marjorie989
  29. 29Jane948
  30. 30Leslie934
  31. 31Evelyn918
  32. 32Ivy915
  33. 33Violet861
  34. 34Frances825
  35. 35Beatrice823
  36. 36Mabel787
  37. 37Jessie769
  38. 38Irene762
  39. 39Olive748
  40. 40Sydney703
  41. 41Gertrude700
  42. 42Eva685
  43. 43Martha640
  44. 44Hannah623
  45. 45Vera605
  46. 46Clara599
  47. 47Rose596
  48. 48Nora590
  49. 49Bertha585
  50. 50Ann571
  51. 51Emma570
  52. 52Amy559
  53. 53Lucy550
  54. 54Muriel541
  55. 55Norah521
  56. 56Minnie515
  57. 57Constance481
  58. 58Marion464
  59. 59Bessie455
  60. 60Eileen437
  61. 61Ida406
  62. 62Ruth399
  63. 63Louisa383
  64. 64Dora381
  65. 65Maud378
  66. 66Eleanor363
  67. 67Esther356
  68. 68Harriet354
  69. 69Maggie345
  70. 70Grace338
  71. 71Eliza311
  72. 72Eveline301
  73. 73Gwendoline293
  74. 74Isabella292
  75. 75Nancy277
  76. 76Marian270
  77. 77Freda262
  78. 78Fanny248
  79. 79Laura240
  80. 80Helen228
  81. 81Charlotte223
  82. 82Mildred217
  83. 83Daisy210
  84. 84Margery198
  85. 85Maria193
  86. 86Millicent192
  87. 87Florrie190
  88. 88Kate189
  89. 89Barbara187
  90. 90Mona187
  91. 91Amelia180
  92. 92Josephine174
  93. 93Lizzie174
  94. 94Rachel166
  95. 95Miriam165
  96. 96Clarice161
  97. 97Marie159
  98. 98Lena157
  99. 99Caroline148
  100. 100Janet148

Boys

  1. 1John10,392
  2. 2William8,671
  3. 3James5,742
  4. 4George5,731
  5. 5Thomas5,640
  6. 6Joseph3,387
  7. 7Arthur3,208
  8. 8Harry2,704
  9. 9Albert2,690
  10. 10Harold2,612
  11. 11Robert2,585
  12. 12Charles2,375
  13. 13Edward2,264
  14. 14Frank2,262
  15. 15Frederick2,244
  16. 16Ernest1,905
  17. 17Alfred1,714
  18. 18Henry1,699
  19. 19Walter1,614
  20. 20Herbert1,579
  21. 21Richard1,490
  22. 22Stanley1,353
  23. 23Norman1,351
  24. 24Fred1,271
  25. 25Samuel1,174
  26. 26Leonard1,103
  27. 27Eric955
  28. 28Francis954
  29. 29Wilfred930
  30. 30Jack853
  31. 31Reginald781
  32. 32David780
  33. 33Cyril714
  34. 34Clifford612
  35. 35Sidney591
  36. 36Ronald504
  37. 37Percy465
  38. 38Peter439
  39. 39Kenneth418
  40. 40Horace412
  41. 41Bernard394
  42. 42Edwin379
  43. 43Tom366
  44. 44Benjamin322
  45. 45Hugh296
  46. 46Alexander282
  47. 47Lawrence280
  48. 48Philip269
  49. 49Daniel258
  50. 50Arnold253
  51. 51Patrick252
  52. 52Cecil245
  53. 53Michael231
  54. 54Christopher229
  55. 55Donald222
  56. 56Alan220
  57. 57Geoffrey218
  58. 58Ralph207
  59. 59Edgar197
  60. 60Stephen186
  61. 61Maurice180
  62. 62Vincent180
  63. 63Gerard177
  64. 64Gilbert166
  65. 65Victor164
  66. 66Gordon160
  67. 67Owen160
  68. 68Andrew156
  69. 69Edmund150
  70. 70Clarence147
  71. 71Raymond144
  72. 72Willie135
  73. 73Allan131
  74. 74Roland129
  75. 75Douglas126
  76. 76Isaac122
  77. 77Gerald119
  78. 78Wilfrid117
  79. 79Dennis115
  80. 80Hubert115
  81. 81Louis113
  82. 82Evan112
  83. 83Lewis112
  84. 84Matthew112
  85. 85Abraham103
  86. 86Rowland101
  87. 87Louie100
  88. 88Martin97
  89. 89Denis96
  90. 90Ellis94
  91. 91Sam89
  92. 92Alec86
  93. 93Reuben82
  94. 94Austin81
  95. 95Colin79
  96. 96Roy78
  97. 97Jesse77
  98. 98Bertram76
  99. 99Anthony75
  100. 100Noel74

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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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