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Most popular baby names of 1924 in England and Wales

In 1924, 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.

← 19231925 →

Girls

  1. 1Mary4,188
  2. 2Margaret3,766
  3. 3Joan3,122
  4. 4Dorothy2,560
  5. 5Joyce1,731
  6. 6Kathleen1,728
  7. 7Irene1,647
  8. 8Doris1,557
  9. 9Elsie1,444
  10. 10Annie1,349
  11. 11Marjorie1,346
  12. 12Elizabeth1,299
  13. 13Hilda1,278
  14. 14Edith1,258
  15. 15Leslie1,140
  16. 16Alice1,133
  17. 17Edna1,132
  18. 18Winifred1,119
  19. 19Gladys1,091
  20. 20Vera1,020
  21. 21Florence1,014
  22. 22Lilian988
  23. 23Eileen986
  24. 24Betty828
  25. 25Barbara778
  26. 26Doreen773
  27. 27Ethel716
  28. 28Muriel691
  29. 29Phyllis690
  30. 30Ellen654
  31. 31Olive653
  32. 32Ivy620
  33. 33Audrey615
  34. 34Catherine607
  35. 35Lily603
  36. 36May544
  37. 37Frances514
  38. 38Evelyn495
  39. 39Agnes467
  40. 40Violet465
  41. 41Beryl446
  42. 42Freda445
  43. 43Sarah439
  44. 44Nancy423
  45. 45Constance396
  46. 46Marion381
  47. 47Marian380
  48. 48Nellie378
  49. 49Sheila375
  50. 50Ada348
  51. 51Nora347
  52. 52Patricia343
  53. 53Sydney337
  54. 54Beatrice332
  55. 55Rose323
  56. 56Jessie321
  57. 57Brenda318
  58. 58Ruth313
  59. 59Mabel311
  60. 60Emily310
  61. 61Gwendoline302
  62. 62Iris299
  63. 63Eva293
  64. 64Jane290
  65. 65Gertrude285
  66. 66Veronica275
  67. 67Norah265
  68. 68Mildred256
  69. 69Sylvia255
  70. 70Grace233
  71. 71Enid228
  72. 72Josephine224
  73. 73Lucy220
  74. 74Marie215
  75. 75Ann209
  76. 76Dora191
  77. 77Eunice187
  78. 78Peggy185
  79. 79Amy183
  80. 80Clara180
  81. 81Margery179
  82. 82Minnie175
  83. 83Hannah173
  84. 84Bessie171
  85. 85Alma169
  86. 86Eleanor157
  87. 87Ida156
  88. 88Rita155
  89. 89Pauline154
  90. 90Helen151
  91. 91Martha145
  92. 92Mona143
  93. 93Monica143
  94. 94Esther139
  95. 95Bertha138
  96. 96Hazel137
  97. 97Stella135
  98. 98Sybil134
  99. 99Emma128
  100. 100Louisa126

Boys

  1. 1John7,125
  2. 2William4,884
  3. 3James3,470
  4. 4Thomas3,185
  5. 5George3,098
  6. 6Kenneth2,129
  7. 7Robert1,940
  8. 8Arthur1,860
  9. 9Joseph1,829
  10. 10Ronald1,754
  11. 11Frank1,586
  12. 12Harold1,451
  13. 13Eric1,443
  14. 14Albert1,427
  15. 15Frederick1,335
  16. 16Harry1,318
  17. 17Edward1,281
  18. 18Norman1,216
  19. 19Charles1,150
  20. 20Stanley1,090
  21. 21Jean1,073
  22. 22Ernest954
  23. 23Jack863
  24. 24Francis844
  25. 25Peter836
  26. 26Richard826
  27. 27Alfred813
  28. 28Henry806
  29. 29Leonard744
  30. 30David733
  31. 31Cyril725
  32. 32Alan688
  33. 33Dennis688
  34. 34Walter685
  35. 35Geoffrey665
  36. 36Raymond654
  37. 37Donald633
  38. 38Reginald616
  39. 39Bernard613
  40. 40Herbert602
  41. 41Roy554
  42. 42Clifford498
  43. 43Gordon497
  44. 44Fred487
  45. 45Wilfred473
  46. 46Samuel461
  47. 47Douglas360
  48. 48Sidney342
  49. 49Gerald282
  50. 50Philip282
  51. 51Edwin270
  52. 52Denis268
  53. 53Michael266
  54. 54Anthony265
  55. 55Derek254
  56. 56Vincent248
  57. 57Maurice225
  58. 58Patrick225
  59. 59Arnold216
  60. 60Lawrence215
  61. 61Colin213
  62. 62Victor201
  63. 63Hugh188
  64. 64Alexander180
  65. 65Allan179
  66. 66Percy167
  67. 67Horace164
  68. 68Tom164
  69. 69Cecil162
  70. 70Brian160
  71. 71Gerard153
  72. 72Ralph151
  73. 73Terence148
  74. 74Christopher143
  75. 75Stephen143
  76. 76Roland141
  77. 77Daniel136
  78. 78Derrick132
  79. 79Benjamin122
  80. 80Desmond117
  81. 81Owen112
  82. 82Jeffrey105
  83. 83Trevor103
  84. 84Hubert100
  85. 85Edgar99
  86. 86Edmund91
  87. 87Gilbert90
  88. 88Clarence88
  89. 89Ivor88
  90. 90Andrew84
  91. 91Keith84
  92. 92Noel77
  93. 93Alec75
  94. 94Martin75
  95. 95Neville71
  96. 96Basil68
  97. 97Ian66
  98. 98Howard65
  99. 99Graham63
  100. 100Gwilym63

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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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