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Most popular baby names of 1919 in England and Wales

In 1919, 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.

← 19181920 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary4,314
  2. 2Margaret2,955
  3. 3Dorothy2,210
  4. 4Annie2,059
  5. 5Elsie1,828
  6. 6Doris1,785
  7. 7Edith1,633
  8. 8Alice1,567
  9. 9Joan1,517
  10. 10Elizabeth1,504
  11. 11Hilda1,487
  12. 12Kathleen1,477
  13. 13Florence1,470
  14. 14Irene1,451
  15. 15Gladys1,435
  16. 16Edna1,263
  17. 17Winifred1,258
  18. 18Lilian1,139
  19. 19Marjorie1,127
  20. 20Ethel1,077
  21. 21Ellen943
  22. 22Leslie923
  23. 23Lily900
  24. 24Vera884
  25. 25May866
  26. 26Phyllis716
  27. 27Nellie714
  28. 28Catherine712
  29. 29Ivy712
  30. 30Eileen685
  31. 31Olive644
  32. 32Sarah627
  33. 33Joyce623
  34. 34Agnes583
  35. 35Violet581
  36. 36Muriel577
  37. 37Frances557
  38. 38Evelyn551
  39. 39Ada529
  40. 40Betty485
  41. 41Beatrice446
  42. 42Sydney440
  43. 43Emily434
  44. 44Jessie434
  45. 45Mabel420
  46. 46Nora407
  47. 47Rose391
  48. 48Constance388
  49. 49Jane365
  50. 50Barbara362
  51. 51Norah361
  52. 52Eva351
  53. 53Gertrude334
  54. 54Nancy334
  55. 55Bessie320
  56. 56Marian315
  57. 57Freda314
  58. 58Marion289
  59. 59Amy288
  60. 60Gwendoline276
  61. 61Hannah275
  62. 62Clara271
  63. 63Ruth264
  64. 64Lucy263
  65. 65Dora254
  66. 66Doreen251
  67. 67Grace243
  68. 68Bertha242
  69. 69Ann238
  70. 70Ida235
  71. 71Minnie230
  72. 72Martha218
  73. 73Mildred217
  74. 74Veronica208
  75. 75Iris207
  76. 76Emma200
  77. 77Margery199
  78. 78Esther191
  79. 79Eleanor183
  80. 80Eveline182
  81. 81Audrey176
  82. 82Patricia174
  83. 83Marie170
  84. 84Maud167
  85. 85Louisa164
  86. 86Enid162
  87. 87Mona155
  88. 88Helen150
  89. 89Alma149
  90. 90Laura149
  91. 91Sylvia148
  92. 92Eunice146
  93. 93Daisy145
  94. 94Millicent141
  95. 95Ruby138
  96. 96Josephine134
  97. 97Jennie128
  98. 98Beryl123
  99. 99Harriet122
  100. 100Teresa112

Boys

  1. 1John7,281
  2. 2William5,150
  3. 3James3,847
  4. 4Thomas3,610
  5. 5George3,281
  6. 6Arthur2,183
  7. 7Joseph2,149
  8. 8Robert1,966
  9. 9Harry1,708
  10. 10Harold1,707
  11. 11Albert1,660
  12. 12Frank1,517
  13. 13Frederick1,512
  14. 14Charles1,419
  15. 15Edward1,366
  16. 16Ernest1,215
  17. 17Eric1,179
  18. 18Ronald1,123
  19. 19Jack1,076
  20. 20Alfred1,018
  21. 21Stanley1,017
  22. 22Kenneth1,014
  23. 23Walter1,012
  24. 24Richard1,006
  25. 25Henry979
  26. 26Norman961
  27. 27Herbert809
  28. 28Leonard748
  29. 29Francis735
  30. 30Fred703
  31. 31Douglas674
  32. 32David657
  33. 33Wilfred655
  34. 34Samuel626
  35. 35Cyril593
  36. 36Reginald548
  37. 37Peter498
  38. 38Clifford454
  39. 39Bernard428
  40. 40Victor412
  41. 41Sidney386
  42. 42Donald378
  43. 43Alan362
  44. 44Raymond356
  45. 45Jean351
  46. 46Geoffrey310
  47. 47Edwin301
  48. 48Dennis289
  49. 49Gordon258
  50. 50Percy252
  51. 51Tom246
  52. 52Philip236
  53. 53Michael235
  54. 54Lawrence231
  55. 55Horace227
  56. 56Hugh208
  57. 57Alexander206
  58. 58Arnold206
  59. 59Patrick206
  60. 60Denis204
  61. 61Roy188
  62. 62Benjamin178
  63. 63Ralph174
  64. 64Maurice165
  65. 65Cecil164
  66. 66Vincent152
  67. 67Daniel148
  68. 68Gerald144
  69. 69Christopher139
  70. 70Allan138
  71. 71Stephen135
  72. 72Edgar128
  73. 73Anthony125
  74. 74Clarence106
  75. 75Edmund102
  76. 76Colin98
  77. 77Andrew94
  78. 78Roland92
  79. 79Gerard91
  80. 80Gilbert86
  81. 81Wilfrid84
  82. 82Owen83
  83. 83Ivor82
  84. 84Matthew81
  85. 85Rowland81
  86. 86Martin78
  87. 87Alec76
  88. 88Lewis75
  89. 89Hubert70
  90. 90Terence69
  91. 91Gwilym65
  92. 92Noel65
  93. 93Trevor65
  94. 94Basil64
  95. 95Louie63
  96. 96Bertram62
  97. 97Evan62
  98. 98Willie62
  99. 99Brian57
  100. 100Isaac55

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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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