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Most popular baby names of 1911 in England and Wales

In 1911, 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.

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Girls

  1. 1Mary8,372
  2. 2Annie4,146
  3. 3Margaret3,438
  4. 4Alice3,276
  5. 5Elizabeth3,188
  6. 6Edith3,129
  7. 7Florence2,715
  8. 8Elsie2,621
  9. 9Hilda2,388
  10. 10Doris2,379
  11. 11Ethel2,165
  12. 12Dorothy2,089
  13. 13Gladys1,941
  14. 14Sarah1,716
  15. 15Ellen1,705
  16. 16Lily1,618
  17. 17Winifred1,615
  18. 18Lilian1,573
  19. 19Phyllis1,413
  20. 20May1,400
  21. 21Kathleen1,390
  22. 22Nellie1,373
  23. 23Edna1,312
  24. 24Ada1,177
  25. 25Catherine1,128
  26. 26Marjorie1,111
  27. 27Emily1,098
  28. 28Leslie1,047
  29. 29Ivy1,013
  30. 30Agnes980
  31. 31Violet885
  32. 32Jane870
  33. 33Irene868
  34. 34Jessie853
  35. 35Beatrice843
  36. 36Mabel818
  37. 37Frances810
  38. 38Evelyn796
  39. 39Olive754
  40. 40Eva731
  41. 41Gertrude703
  42. 42Vera701
  43. 43Sydney669
  44. 44Clara611
  45. 45Rose609
  46. 46Nora600
  47. 47Amy594
  48. 48Hannah594
  49. 49Martha589
  50. 50Bertha563
  51. 51Lucy551
  52. 52Minnie540
  53. 53Ann536
  54. 54Emma535
  55. 55Muriel532
  56. 56Norah510
  57. 57Constance506
  58. 58Marion504
  59. 59Eileen486
  60. 60Ida454
  61. 61Ruth444
  62. 62Bessie423
  63. 63Dora398
  64. 64Esther382
  65. 65Louisa374
  66. 66Harriet373
  67. 67Eleanor352
  68. 68Maud348
  69. 69Grace344
  70. 70Gwendoline337
  71. 71Maggie332
  72. 72Marian330
  73. 73Freda323
  74. 74Nancy313
  75. 75Eliza312
  76. 76Eveline291
  77. 77Mildred289
  78. 78Isabella266
  79. 79Laura253
  80. 80Helen250
  81. 81Charlotte243
  82. 82Fanny240
  83. 83Daisy230
  84. 84Joan226
  85. 85Margery208
  86. 86Barbara201
  87. 87Millicent201
  88. 88Florrie200
  89. 89Mona189
  90. 90Miriam179
  91. 91Maria176
  92. 92Janet173
  93. 93Joyce173
  94. 94Amelia170
  95. 95Ruby168
  96. 96Lena166
  97. 97Kate164
  98. 98Josephine159
  99. 99Lizzie156
  100. 100Marie155

Boys

  1. 1John10,801
  2. 2William8,500
  3. 3George7,497
  4. 4James5,685
  5. 5Thomas5,670
  6. 6Joseph3,432
  7. 7Arthur3,246
  8. 8Robert2,666
  9. 9Harry2,629
  10. 10Harold2,627
  11. 11Albert2,564
  12. 12Charles2,393
  13. 13Frank2,377
  14. 14Frederick2,167
  15. 15Edward2,073
  16. 16Ernest1,883
  17. 17Henry1,641
  18. 18Alfred1,627
  19. 19Herbert1,517
  20. 20Richard1,491
  21. 21Walter1,418
  22. 22Stanley1,335
  23. 23Norman1,311
  24. 24Fred1,262
  25. 25Samuel1,169
  26. 26Leonard1,089
  27. 27Jack1,041
  28. 28Eric1,015
  29. 29Wilfred988
  30. 30Francis979
  31. 31David812
  32. 32Cyril806
  33. 33Reginald758
  34. 34Ronald614
  35. 35Clifford589
  36. 36Sidney589
  37. 37Kenneth508
  38. 38Edwin449
  39. 39Peter438
  40. 40Percy424
  41. 41Bernard422
  42. 42Horace414
  43. 43Tom414
  44. 44Hugh321
  45. 45Alexander301
  46. 46Lawrence293
  47. 47Philip288
  48. 48Benjamin286
  49. 49Arnold249
  50. 50Donald247
  51. 51Geoffrey247
  52. 52Patrick241
  53. 53Cecil240
  54. 54Christopher224
  55. 55Michael223
  56. 56Alan217
  57. 57Daniel214
  58. 58Maurice203
  59. 59Gilbert202
  60. 60Edgar187
  61. 61Ralph183
  62. 62Stephen179
  63. 63Raymond178
  64. 64Victor169
  65. 65Gerard164
  66. 66Owen164
  67. 67Clarence163
  68. 68Gordon158
  69. 69Vincent156
  70. 70Andrew153
  71. 71Denis152
  72. 72Douglas150
  73. 73Gerald143
  74. 74Wilfrid140
  75. 75Dennis137
  76. 76Edmund135
  77. 77Roland125
  78. 78Louis124
  79. 79Isaac123
  80. 80Matthew118
  81. 81Hubert111
  82. 82Allan109
  83. 83Willie106
  84. 84Lewis104
  85. 85Abraham103
  86. 86Martin103
  87. 87Anthony97
  88. 88Evan96
  89. 89Sam96
  90. 90Louie94
  91. 91Colin92
  92. 92Roy92
  93. 93Alec87
  94. 94Bertram87
  95. 95Rowland79
  96. 96Noel78
  97. 97Ellis73
  98. 98Jesse73
  99. 99Jean70
  100. 100Reuben66

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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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