Popular Names in England and Wales

Information from National Statistics
Boys
Rank Name +/-
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John
+1
2.
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William
-1
3.
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George
0
4.
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Thomas
0
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James
+1
6.
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Arthur
-1
7.
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Frederick
+1
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Albert
+1
9.
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Charles
-2
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Robert
+5
11.
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Edward
+1
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Joseph
+1
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Ernest
-3
14.
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Alfred
-3
15.
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Frank
+1
16.
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Henry
+1
17.
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Leslie
+7
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Harold
-4
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Harry
-1
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Leonard
+2
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Ronald
+20
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Stanley
+1
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Walter
-4
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Reginald
-4
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Herbert
-4
26.
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Richard
-1
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Eric
+8
28.
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Norman
+5
29.
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Cyril
-3
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Jack
+9
31.
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Sidney
-4
32.
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David
-2
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Kenneth
+19
34.
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Francis
-6
35.
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Wilfred
-4
36.
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Samuel
-4
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Sydney
-1
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Patrick
+6
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Michael
+7
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Bernard
+5
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Donald
+10
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Peter
+17
43.
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Horace
-6
44.
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Percy
-15
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Clifford
-2
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Cecil
-12
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Fred
-9
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Maurice
+2
49.
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Victor
-2
50.
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Edwin
-10
51.
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Raymond
+22
52.
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Philip
-4
53.
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Alexander
-11
54.
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Gordon
+28
55.
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Geoffrey
+3
56.
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Dennis
+31
57.
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Douglas
-3
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Alan
+4
59.
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Daniel
-2
60.
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Ralph
+6
61.
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Hugh
-6
62.
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Lawrence
-6
63.
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Benjamin
-10
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Roy
new
65.
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Edgar
-16
66.
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Christopher
-5
67.
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Andrew
+4
68.
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Stephen
-1
69.
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Denis
+29
70.
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Gerald
-2
71.
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Hubert
-6
72.
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Gilbert
-8
73.
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Ivor
+6
74.
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Tom
-11
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Arnold
0
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Anthony
+15
77.
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Bertram
-3
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Lewis
-8
79.
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Louis
-1
80.
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Edmund
-4
81.
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Lionel
+5
82.
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Colin
+14
83.
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Roland
-3
84.
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Alec
+6
85.
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Matthew
-1
86.
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Martin
-1
87.
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Laurence
+12
88.
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Archibald
-28
89.
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Allan
+3
90.
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Clarence
-13
91.
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Vincent
new
92.
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Basil
new
93.
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Paul
new
94.
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Percival
-22
95.
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Howard
0
96.
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Evan
-8
97.
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Claude
-14
98.
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Owen
-4
99.
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Phillip
new
100.
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Trevor
new
Girls
Rank Name +/-
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Mary
0
2.
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Margaret
+5
3.
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Doris
0
4.
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Dorothy
+1
5.
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Kathleen
+13
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Florence
-4
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Elsie
+3
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Edith
-4
9.
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Elizabeth
0
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Winifred
+2
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Gladys
0
12.
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Annie
-6
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Alice
-5
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Phyllis
+18
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Hilda
-1
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Lilian
-1
17.
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Ivy
-1
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Marjorie
+9
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Ethel
-6
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Violet
-3
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Irene
+18
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Edna
+20
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Vera
+22
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Ellen
-5
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Lily
-5
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Olive
+4
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Eileen
+43
28.
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Evelyn
+3
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Joan
+61
30.
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Rose
-1
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Sarah
-10
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Nellie
-10
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Beatrice
-7
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Mabel
-10
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May
-7
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Catherine
-2
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Frances
0
38.
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Emily
-15
39.
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Ada
-14
40.
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Jessie
-4
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Muriel
+5
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Grace
-4
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Agnes
-8
44.
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Constance
-3
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Gwendoline
+11
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Gertrude
-13
47.
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Nora
+8
48.
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Eva
-8
49.
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Joyce
new
50.
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Nancy
+50
51.
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Jane
-8
52.
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Freda
+34
53.
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Barbara
+29
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Daisy
-7
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Anne
+6
56.
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Norah
+6
57.
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Amy
-13
58.
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Iris
+34
59.
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Dora
-5
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Helen
-3
61.
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Lucy
-11
62.
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Ruth
+11
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Marion
+5
64.
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Maud
-15
65.
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Betty
new
66.
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Minnie
-18
67.
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Eleanor
-15
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Ruby
+9
69.
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Ida
-11
70.
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Hannah
-10
71.
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Lillian
-5
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Ann
-5
73.
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Louisa
-20
74.
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Bessie
-5
75.
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Jean
+20
76.
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Clara
-17
77.
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Marie
+2
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Doreen
new
79.
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Emma
-28
80.
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Mildred
-8
81.
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Isabella
-7
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Sylvia
new
83.
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Esther
-7
84.
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Martha
-20
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Bertha
-20
86.
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Audrey
new
87.
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Laura
-16
88.
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Margery
+10
89.
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Rosina
-5
90.
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Maria
-10
91.
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Janet
-3
92.
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Bridget
new
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Beryl
new
94.
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Enid
new
95.
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Josephine
new
96.
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Charlotte
-21
97.
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Kate
-34
98.
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Amelia
-13
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Patricia
new
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Millicent
-13