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Most popular baby names of 1920 in England and Wales

In 1920, 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.

← 19191921 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary5,280
  2. 2Margaret3,844
  3. 3Dorothy2,966
  4. 4Joan2,539
  5. 5Annie2,442
  6. 6Elsie2,365
  7. 7Doris2,275
  8. 8Irene2,021
  9. 9Edith2,008
  10. 10Kathleen1,941
  11. 11Gladys1,888
  12. 12Elizabeth1,858
  13. 13Alice1,851
  14. 14Florence1,790
  15. 15Hilda1,777
  16. 16Marjorie1,587
  17. 17Edna1,570
  18. 18Winifred1,523
  19. 19Lilian1,410
  20. 20Ethel1,255
  21. 21Leslie1,246
  22. 22Vera1,172
  23. 23Ellen1,048
  24. 24Lily1,039
  25. 25May1,016
  26. 26Ivy986
  27. 27Phyllis969
  28. 28Eileen903
  29. 29Joyce837
  30. 30Catherine825
  31. 31Muriel800
  32. 32Sarah778
  33. 33Nellie761
  34. 34Olive761
  35. 35Frances742
  36. 36Evelyn708
  37. 37Violet699
  38. 38Agnes648
  39. 39Ada633
  40. 40Betty620
  41. 41Beatrice609
  42. 42Emily586
  43. 43Constance558
  44. 44Jessie555
  45. 45Nora510
  46. 46Sydney508
  47. 47Barbara486
  48. 48Jane485
  49. 49Rose470
  50. 50Eva461
  51. 51Gertrude459
  52. 52Mabel452
  53. 53Norah450
  54. 54Doreen422
  55. 55Marian420
  56. 56Marion419
  57. 57Freda411
  58. 58Nancy402
  59. 59Gwendoline387
  60. 60Ruth351
  61. 61Amy341
  62. 62Iris337
  63. 63Bessie335
  64. 64Lucy323
  65. 65Ann308
  66. 66Mildred308
  67. 67Audrey280
  68. 68Bertha280
  69. 69Ida280
  70. 70Minnie279
  71. 71Hannah274
  72. 72Grace266
  73. 73Dora265
  74. 74Martha258
  75. 75Veronica245
  76. 76Clara242
  77. 77Patricia242
  78. 78Eleanor230
  79. 79Margery229
  80. 80Marie225
  81. 81Emma222
  82. 82Josephine221
  83. 83Mona218
  84. 84Louisa217
  85. 85Eveline216
  86. 86Esther211
  87. 87Sylvia211
  88. 88Enid206
  89. 89Helen206
  90. 90Beryl189
  91. 91Maud188
  92. 92Eunice182
  93. 93Millicent179
  94. 94Alma176
  95. 95Brenda172
  96. 96Peggy168
  97. 97Jennie167
  98. 98Daisy157
  99. 99Teresa155
  100. 100Laura151

Boys

  1. 1John9,087
  2. 2William6,938
  3. 3James4,982
  4. 4Thomas4,472
  5. 5George4,124
  6. 6Joseph2,677
  7. 7Arthur2,546
  8. 8Robert2,518
  9. 9Harold2,168
  10. 10Albert2,027
  11. 11Frank2,020
  12. 12Harry1,932
  13. 13Charles1,797
  14. 14Frederick1,743
  15. 15Edward1,716
  16. 16Eric1,699
  17. 17Ronald1,600
  18. 18Kenneth1,562
  19. 19Ernest1,349
  20. 20Norman1,335
  21. 21Stanley1,326
  22. 22Jack1,310
  23. 23Alfred1,227
  24. 24Richard1,195
  25. 25Henry1,146
  26. 26Walter1,073
  27. 27Herbert977
  28. 28Francis945
  29. 29Leonard937
  30. 30Fred870
  31. 31Cyril824
  32. 32David776
  33. 33Wilfred734
  34. 34Samuel697
  35. 35Reginald679
  36. 36Clifford625
  37. 37Peter624
  38. 38Douglas623
  39. 39Jean540
  40. 40Bernard536
  41. 41Alan516
  42. 42Donald478
  43. 43Sidney453
  44. 44Raymond444
  45. 45Dennis414
  46. 46Geoffrey365
  47. 47Edwin353
  48. 48Gordon346
  49. 49Philip304
  50. 50Roy290
  51. 51Horace277
  52. 52Arnold276
  53. 53Lawrence275
  54. 54Percy265
  55. 55Victor258
  56. 56Patrick255
  57. 57Tom249
  58. 58Hugh247
  59. 59Alexander236
  60. 60Michael234
  61. 61Maurice228
  62. 62Denis219
  63. 63Benjamin211
  64. 64Cecil209
  65. 65Christopher191
  66. 66Stephen189
  67. 67Vincent184
  68. 68Daniel179
  69. 69Ralph176
  70. 70Allan167
  71. 71Gerald167
  72. 72Owen152
  73. 73Anthony149
  74. 74Clarence145
  75. 75Edmund144
  76. 76Colin142
  77. 77Edgar138
  78. 78Andrew131
  79. 79Roland131
  80. 80Gerard123
  81. 81Gilbert123
  82. 82Terence118
  83. 83Matthew104
  84. 84Evan102
  85. 85Trevor95
  86. 86Hubert90
  87. 87Basil89
  88. 88Brian87
  89. 89Rowland85
  90. 90Martin83
  91. 91Lewis81
  92. 92Alec79
  93. 93Louis77
  94. 94Noel77
  95. 95Wallace76
  96. 96Ivor74
  97. 97Vernon72
  98. 98Desmond71
  99. 99Derek69
  100. 100Bertram68

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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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