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Most popular baby names of 1913 in England and Wales

In 1913, 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.

← 19121914 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary6,897
  2. 2Annie3,741
  3. 3Margaret3,387
  4. 4Alice2,995
  5. 5Elizabeth2,829
  6. 6Edith2,677
  7. 7Elsie2,584
  8. 8Florence2,409
  9. 9Doris2,346
  10. 10Hilda2,187
  11. 11Dorothy2,126
  12. 12Ethel1,804
  13. 13Winifred1,676
  14. 14Gladys1,667
  15. 15Ellen1,598
  16. 16Sarah1,548
  17. 17Kathleen1,519
  18. 18Lilian1,504
  19. 19Edna1,455
  20. 20Lily1,451
  21. 21May1,266
  22. 22Phyllis1,256
  23. 23Nellie1,202
  24. 24Marjorie1,111
  25. 25Ada1,060
  26. 26Leslie1,054
  27. 27Catherine1,039
  28. 28Emily990
  29. 29Ivy955
  30. 30Irene953
  31. 31Agnes900
  32. 32Jessie790
  33. 33Evelyn774
  34. 34Jane769
  35. 35Vera757
  36. 36Beatrice756
  37. 37Olive752
  38. 38Mabel742
  39. 39Frances739
  40. 40Violet700
  41. 41Gertrude662
  42. 42Eileen656
  43. 43Eva615
  44. 44Sydney597
  45. 45Nora557
  46. 46Muriel548
  47. 47Amy546
  48. 48Bertha543
  49. 49Rose535
  50. 50Hannah521
  51. 51Clara492
  52. 52Lucy479
  53. 53Emma478
  54. 54Martha477
  55. 55Ann469
  56. 56Norah461
  57. 57Marian425
  58. 58Constance419
  59. 59Ruth419
  60. 60Minnie414
  61. 61Marion409
  62. 62Bessie398
  63. 63Ida371
  64. 64Dora370
  65. 65Freda334
  66. 66Esther328
  67. 67Grace327
  68. 68Nancy325
  69. 69Maud324
  70. 70Eleanor319
  71. 71Joan310
  72. 72Harriet301
  73. 73Gwendoline297
  74. 74Louisa291
  75. 75Eveline290
  76. 76Maggie264
  77. 77Barbara246
  78. 78Laura240
  79. 79Isabella239
  80. 80Margery219
  81. 81Helen216
  82. 82Mildred216
  83. 83Eliza214
  84. 84Fanny214
  85. 85Mona196
  86. 86Joyce187
  87. 87Daisy186
  88. 88Millicent185
  89. 89Amelia176
  90. 90Charlotte176
  91. 91Janet170
  92. 92Josephine167
  93. 93Marie163
  94. 94Eunice162
  95. 95Florrie160
  96. 96Maria160
  97. 97Lena152
  98. 98Kate151
  99. 99Veronica151
  100. 100Enid149

Boys

  1. 1John9,940
  2. 2William7,803
  3. 3George5,473
  4. 4James5,279
  5. 5Thomas5,184
  6. 6Joseph3,190
  7. 7Arthur3,096
  8. 8Robert2,528
  9. 9Harold2,459
  10. 10Harry2,426
  11. 11Albert2,333
  12. 12Frank2,268
  13. 13Charles2,144
  14. 14Frederick2,028
  15. 15Edward1,882
  16. 16Ernest1,700
  17. 17Alfred1,624
  18. 18Henry1,552
  19. 19Richard1,483
  20. 20Walter1,438
  21. 21Herbert1,303
  22. 22Stanley1,235
  23. 23Norman1,232
  24. 24Eric1,122
  25. 25Fred1,059
  26. 26Leonard1,024
  27. 27Jack988
  28. 28Samuel981
  29. 29Wilfred885
  30. 30Francis846
  31. 31David826
  32. 32Cyril819
  33. 33Ronald731
  34. 34Reginald677
  35. 35Clifford571
  36. 36Kenneth562
  37. 37Sidney559
  38. 38Peter477
  39. 39Bernard467
  40. 40Edwin391
  41. 41Horace371
  42. 42Percy349
  43. 43Tom318
  44. 44Benjamin307
  45. 45Alan289
  46. 46Lawrence281
  47. 47Hugh276
  48. 48Donald274
  49. 49Patrick271
  50. 50Alexander259
  51. 51Arnold246
  52. 52Philip241
  53. 53Cecil240
  54. 54Daniel232
  55. 55Geoffrey232
  56. 56Michael212
  57. 57Maurice208
  58. 58Ralph204
  59. 59Raymond195
  60. 60Stephen190
  61. 61Vincent188
  62. 62Edgar178
  63. 63Gordon174
  64. 64Gilbert169
  65. 65Christopher168
  66. 66Dennis164
  67. 67Douglas162
  68. 68Gerard155
  69. 69Roland144
  70. 70Clarence142
  71. 71Victor139
  72. 72Edmund138
  73. 73Andrew137
  74. 74Denis131
  75. 75Gerald123
  76. 76Matthew121
  77. 77Hubert120
  78. 78Allan113
  79. 79Isaac110
  80. 80Jean109
  81. 81Roy108
  82. 82Wilfrid107
  83. 83Lewis105
  84. 84Owen105
  85. 85Colin102
  86. 86Evan99
  87. 87Noel98
  88. 88Rowland98
  89. 89Willie98
  90. 90Alec97
  91. 91Anthony97
  92. 92Abraham88
  93. 93Louis86
  94. 94Martin82
  95. 95Jesse81
  96. 96Ellis80
  97. 97Bertram76
  98. 98Louie74
  99. 99Mark73
  100. 100Sam69

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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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