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Most popular baby names of 1914 in England and Wales

In 1914, 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.

← 19131915 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary6,742
  2. 2Annie3,685
  3. 3Margaret3,449
  4. 4Alice2,914
  5. 5Elizabeth2,843
  6. 6Edith2,652
  7. 7Doris2,485
  8. 8Elsie2,419
  9. 9Florence2,370
  10. 10Hilda2,235
  11. 11Dorothy2,123
  12. 12Ethel1,823
  13. 13Ellen1,628
  14. 14Winifred1,618
  15. 15Gladys1,600
  16. 16Kathleen1,550
  17. 17Edna1,519
  18. 18Lilian1,510
  19. 19Sarah1,461
  20. 20Lily1,398
  21. 21May1,290
  22. 22Marjorie1,228
  23. 23Nellie1,194
  24. 24Irene1,173
  25. 25Phyllis1,151
  26. 26Leslie1,059
  27. 27Ada1,005
  28. 28Catherine991
  29. 29Ivy984
  30. 30Emily944
  31. 31Agnes879
  32. 32Vera871
  33. 33Frances824
  34. 34Jessie799
  35. 35Mabel764
  36. 36Violet761
  37. 37Jane757
  38. 38Olive732
  39. 39Evelyn725
  40. 40Beatrice708
  41. 41Eileen674
  42. 42Nora637
  43. 43Sydney637
  44. 44Gertrude611
  45. 45Muriel610
  46. 46Rose609
  47. 47Eva568
  48. 48Amy517
  49. 49Ann497
  50. 50Hannah495
  51. 51Martha489
  52. 52Clara473
  53. 53Lucy467
  54. 54Norah459
  55. 55Minnie434
  56. 56Bertha425
  57. 57Joan422
  58. 58Emma420
  59. 59Bessie414
  60. 60Constance400
  61. 61Marion398
  62. 62Freda388
  63. 63Nancy383
  64. 64Ida382
  65. 65Marian381
  66. 66Ruth379
  67. 67Grace362
  68. 68Dora346
  69. 69Maud333
  70. 70Eleanor318
  71. 71Gwendoline312
  72. 72Esther307
  73. 73Louisa307
  74. 74Harriet262
  75. 75Barbara255
  76. 76Maggie254
  77. 77Joyce253
  78. 78Eveline250
  79. 79Mildred235
  80. 80Laura233
  81. 81Eliza229
  82. 82Margery228
  83. 83Isabella223
  84. 84Helen221
  85. 85Daisy213
  86. 86Millicent200
  87. 87Mona191
  88. 88Charlotte188
  89. 89Josephine176
  90. 90Marie173
  91. 91Fanny171
  92. 92Amelia167
  93. 93Veronica167
  94. 94Enid160
  95. 95Janet160
  96. 96Jennie151
  97. 97Doreen149
  98. 98Maria144
  99. 99Florrie142
  100. 100Betty140

Boys

  1. 1John9,934
  2. 2William7,843
  3. 3James5,403
  4. 4Thomas5,129
  5. 5George5,102
  6. 6Joseph3,128
  7. 7Arthur3,022
  8. 8Robert2,662
  9. 9Albert2,507
  10. 10Harold2,490
  11. 11Harry2,245
  12. 12Frank2,144
  13. 13Frederick2,098
  14. 14Charles2,039
  15. 15Edward1,884
  16. 16Ernest1,724
  17. 17Alfred1,509
  18. 18Henry1,505
  19. 19Walter1,404
  20. 20Richard1,386
  21. 21Herbert1,325
  22. 22Norman1,304
  23. 23Stanley1,207
  24. 24Eric1,180
  25. 25Samuel1,061
  26. 26Fred1,057
  27. 27Jack1,046
  28. 28Leonard977
  29. 29Francis975
  30. 30Ronald809
  31. 31Wilfred800
  32. 32David776
  33. 33Cyril732
  34. 34Kenneth708
  35. 35Reginald646
  36. 36Clifford605
  37. 37Sidney542
  38. 38Peter484
  39. 39Bernard452
  40. 40Horace383
  41. 41Edwin368
  42. 42Percy345
  43. 43Tom337
  44. 44Alan309
  45. 45Lawrence300
  46. 46Donald298
  47. 47Philip281
  48. 48Hugh273
  49. 49Geoffrey272
  50. 50Arnold254
  51. 51Michael253
  52. 52Benjamin251
  53. 53Alexander250
  54. 54Raymond245
  55. 55Patrick241
  56. 56Cecil224
  57. 57Daniel221
  58. 58Gordon215
  59. 59Vincent214
  60. 60Maurice210
  61. 61Ralph191
  62. 62Dennis185
  63. 63Christopher182
  64. 64Victor174
  65. 65Edgar168
  66. 66Stephen167
  67. 67Douglas163
  68. 68Gilbert163
  69. 69Gerard155
  70. 70Denis143
  71. 71Clarence138
  72. 72Roy138
  73. 73Jean135
  74. 74Edmund132
  75. 75Hubert131
  76. 76Owen130
  77. 77Allan128
  78. 78Andrew128
  79. 79Gerald128
  80. 80Matthew123
  81. 81Roland115
  82. 82Colin112
  83. 83Anthony104
  84. 84Wilfrid103
  85. 85Lewis101
  86. 86Louis99
  87. 87Rowland96
  88. 88Isaac94
  89. 89Bertram93
  90. 90Evan89
  91. 91Martin86
  92. 92Noel86
  93. 93Willie81
  94. 94Alec80
  95. 95Abraham78
  96. 96Louie75
  97. 97Mark70
  98. 98Jesse69
  99. 99Ellis68
  100. 100Austin66

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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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