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Most popular baby names of 1912 in England and Wales

In 1912, 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.

← 19111913 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary6,959
  2. 2Annie3,923
  3. 3Margaret3,278
  4. 4Alice3,073
  5. 5Elizabeth2,911
  6. 6Edith2,841
  7. 7Elsie2,538
  8. 8Florence2,416
  9. 9Hilda2,200
  10. 10Doris2,159
  11. 11Dorothy2,006
  12. 12Ethel1,943
  13. 13Gladys1,601
  14. 14Ellen1,588
  15. 15Sarah1,565
  16. 16Winifred1,505
  17. 17Lilian1,502
  18. 18Lily1,445
  19. 19Kathleen1,357
  20. 20Edna1,351
  21. 21Phyllis1,299
  22. 22Nellie1,225
  23. 23May1,182
  24. 24Ada1,081
  25. 25Marjorie1,073
  26. 26Catherine1,047
  27. 27Irene994
  28. 28Leslie981
  29. 29Emily948
  30. 30Agnes917
  31. 31Ivy894
  32. 32Jane826
  33. 33Frances815
  34. 34Violet749
  35. 35Beatrice747
  36. 36Vera746
  37. 37Evelyn738
  38. 38Mabel729
  39. 39Jessie716
  40. 40Sydney681
  41. 41Olive663
  42. 42Nora644
  43. 43Eileen632
  44. 44Eva628
  45. 45Rose599
  46. 46Gertrude593
  47. 47Hannah569
  48. 48Amy538
  49. 49Muriel524
  50. 50Martha514
  51. 51Clara508
  52. 52Bertha507
  53. 53Ann493
  54. 54Lucy472
  55. 55Minnie466
  56. 56Norah446
  57. 57Emma440
  58. 58Constance435
  59. 59Bessie424
  60. 60Marion410
  61. 61Ruth396
  62. 62Ida375
  63. 63Louisa358
  64. 64Dora356
  65. 65Esther351
  66. 66Maud344
  67. 67Harriet325
  68. 68Grace317
  69. 69Eleanor308
  70. 70Freda307
  71. 71Marian305
  72. 72Nancy299
  73. 73Gwendoline291
  74. 74Maggie286
  75. 75Eveline269
  76. 76Joan252
  77. 77Eliza250
  78. 78Isabella241
  79. 79Laura235
  80. 80Helen233
  81. 81Barbara228
  82. 82Fanny208
  83. 83Mona206
  84. 84Charlotte205
  85. 85Daisy204
  86. 86Mildred194
  87. 87Amelia192
  88. 88Margery183
  89. 89Florrie177
  90. 90Janet176
  91. 91Miriam174
  92. 92Maria161
  93. 93Rachel158
  94. 94Marie152
  95. 95Eunice150
  96. 96Enid149
  97. 97Jennie148
  98. 98Millicent146
  99. 99Kate145
  100. 100Josephine138

Boys

  1. 1John10,020
  2. 2William7,941
  3. 3James5,448
  4. 4Thomas5,321
  5. 5George5,034
  6. 6Joseph3,310
  7. 7Arthur3,129
  8. 8Harold2,533
  9. 9Harry2,478
  10. 10Robert2,448
  11. 11Albert2,440
  12. 12Charles2,186
  13. 13Frank2,183
  14. 14Frederick1,974
  15. 15Edward1,906
  16. 16Ernest1,757
  17. 17Alfred1,647
  18. 18Henry1,530
  19. 19Herbert1,463
  20. 20Richard1,426
  21. 21Walter1,379
  22. 22Stanley1,213
  23. 23Norman1,202
  24. 24Fred1,079
  25. 25Eric1,064
  26. 26Samuel1,009
  27. 27Leonard1,002
  28. 28Francis960
  29. 29Jack905
  30. 30Wilfred883
  31. 31David783
  32. 32Cyril727
  33. 33Reginald640
  34. 34Ronald640
  35. 35Clifford561
  36. 36Sidney530
  37. 37Kenneth512
  38. 38Peter457
  39. 39Edwin445
  40. 40Bernard408
  41. 41Percy383
  42. 42Horace365
  43. 43Tom356
  44. 44Alexander306
  45. 45Benjamin304
  46. 46Philip298
  47. 47Hugh297
  48. 48Lawrence292
  49. 49Alan273
  50. 50Donald257
  51. 51Patrick242
  52. 52Arnold239
  53. 53Michael234
  54. 54Daniel221
  55. 55Cecil219
  56. 56Geoffrey218
  57. 57Christopher216
  58. 58Ralph203
  59. 59Maurice190
  60. 60Gordon185
  61. 61Gilbert178
  62. 62Raymond177
  63. 63Edgar175
  64. 64Douglas171
  65. 65Gerard171
  66. 66Stephen171
  67. 67Vincent158
  68. 68Owen149
  69. 69Victor146
  70. 70Gerald145
  71. 71Andrew142
  72. 72Edmund138
  73. 73Roland136
  74. 74Denis132
  75. 75Matthew127
  76. 76Clarence126
  77. 77Allan123
  78. 78Dennis122
  79. 79Hubert122
  80. 80Evan116
  81. 81Louis108
  82. 82Isaac107
  83. 83Lewis107
  84. 84Willie106
  85. 85Bertram102
  86. 86Colin102
  87. 87Roy101
  88. 88Abraham98
  89. 89Martin98
  90. 90Wilfrid97
  91. 91Rowland95
  92. 92Anthony94
  93. 93Louie89
  94. 94Ellis84
  95. 95Jean82
  96. 96Alec75
  97. 97Joe71
  98. 98Gwilym70
  99. 99Austin68
  100. 100Allen67

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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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