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Most popular baby names of 1916 in England and Wales

In 1916, 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.

← 19151917 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary5,038
  2. 2Margaret2,955
  3. 3Annie2,665
  4. 4Edith2,184
  5. 5Alice2,119
  6. 6Dorothy2,087
  7. 7Elizabeth1,943
  8. 8Doris1,914
  9. 9Elsie1,912
  10. 10Florence1,784
  11. 11Hilda1,701
  12. 12Kathleen1,527
  13. 13Gladys1,509
  14. 14Winifred1,384
  15. 15Edna1,350
  16. 16Ethel1,291
  17. 17Irene1,229
  18. 18Lilian1,205
  19. 19Marjorie1,145
  20. 20Ellen1,087
  21. 21Lily1,049
  22. 22Phyllis974
  23. 23Vera941
  24. 24May937
  25. 25Sarah920
  26. 26Nellie888
  27. 27Leslie865
  28. 28Joan765
  29. 29Catherine748
  30. 30Ivy747
  31. 31Frances708
  32. 32Eileen682
  33. 33Emily674
  34. 34Olive672
  35. 35Ada668
  36. 36Agnes665
  37. 37Beatrice621
  38. 38Violet610
  39. 39Evelyn605
  40. 40Jessie603
  41. 41Muriel575
  42. 42Mabel549
  43. 43Sydney488
  44. 44Jane475
  45. 45Nora473
  46. 46Eva471
  47. 47Gertrude470
  48. 48Rose428
  49. 49Amy389
  50. 50Bertha377
  51. 51Constance366
  52. 52Bessie365
  53. 53Joyce360
  54. 54Lucy360
  55. 55Martha351
  56. 56Clara347
  57. 57Norah345
  58. 58Ruth343
  59. 59Hannah330
  60. 60Nancy326
  61. 61Marian321
  62. 62Freda308
  63. 63Ann305
  64. 64Betty305
  65. 65Gwendoline304
  66. 66Dora303
  67. 67Minnie294
  68. 68Marion292
  69. 69Ida291
  70. 70Barbara270
  71. 71Grace267
  72. 72Emma257
  73. 73Maud256
  74. 74Esther253
  75. 75Eleanor239
  76. 76Louisa222
  77. 77Mildred194
  78. 78Margery193
  79. 79Helen192
  80. 80Laura192
  81. 81Eveline187
  82. 82Iris184
  83. 83Marie181
  84. 84Doreen176
  85. 85Maggie176
  86. 86Harriet174
  87. 87Lillian174
  88. 88Mona167
  89. 89Daisy163
  90. 90Isabella163
  91. 91Eunice154
  92. 92Jennie150
  93. 93Josephine150
  94. 94Millicent145
  95. 95Enid142
  96. 96Veronica137
  97. 97Audrey131
  98. 98Fanny131
  99. 99Charlotte128
  100. 100Amelia125

Boys

  1. 1John7,952
  2. 2William5,918
  3. 3Thomas4,215
  4. 4James4,211
  5. 5George3,984
  6. 6Arthur2,460
  7. 7Joseph2,388
  8. 8Robert2,124
  9. 9Albert2,067
  10. 10Harry2,039
  11. 11Harold1,915
  12. 12Frank1,761
  13. 13Charles1,730
  14. 14Frederick1,644
  15. 15Edward1,530
  16. 16Ernest1,352
  17. 17Alfred1,222
  18. 18Henry1,151
  19. 19Herbert1,105
  20. 20Richard1,102
  21. 21Walter1,091
  22. 22Eric1,084
  23. 23Stanley1,074
  24. 24Jack1,014
  25. 25Norman993
  26. 26Ronald915
  27. 27Kenneth853
  28. 28Leonard827
  29. 29Fred818
  30. 30Francis797
  31. 31Samuel794
  32. 32Cyril687
  33. 33David674
  34. 34Wilfred650
  35. 35Reginald574
  36. 36Clifford510
  37. 37Sidney448
  38. 38Peter425
  39. 39Douglas396
  40. 40Bernard395
  41. 41Edwin358
  42. 42Raymond328
  43. 43Alan322
  44. 44Donald310
  45. 45Horace282
  46. 46Percy274
  47. 47Tom267
  48. 48Geoffrey265
  49. 49Philip260
  50. 50Hugh247
  51. 51Jean234
  52. 52Gordon230
  53. 53Victor227
  54. 54Benjamin223
  55. 55Alexander220
  56. 56Lawrence218
  57. 57Dennis204
  58. 58Michael203
  59. 59Cecil200
  60. 60Patrick198
  61. 61Maurice196
  62. 62Arnold191
  63. 63Ralph177
  64. 64Daniel173
  65. 65Roy158
  66. 66Edgar152
  67. 67Gilbert147
  68. 68Vincent147
  69. 69Denis144
  70. 70Stephen138
  71. 71Christopher136
  72. 72Owen134
  73. 73Gerald133
  74. 74Andrew128
  75. 75Allan127
  76. 76Roland120
  77. 77Colin119
  78. 78Clarence114
  79. 79Gerard114
  80. 80Edmund111
  81. 81Anthony98
  82. 82Isaac95
  83. 83Matthew94
  84. 84Louis88
  85. 85Hubert86
  86. 86Bertram84
  87. 87Lewis83
  88. 88Evan82
  89. 89Martin76
  90. 90Rowland75
  91. 91Ellis72
  92. 92Louie70
  93. 93Wilfrid67
  94. 94Verdun66
  95. 95Willie66
  96. 96Bert64
  97. 97Alec63
  98. 98Noel63
  99. 99Mark61
  100. 100Trevor60

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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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