There has been much talk about how Britain is turning to turn-of-the-century trends for inspiration. Mum's name now feels "Mumsy", grandmother's name feels "old", but great-grandmother's name? .... That's actually sounding quite fresh now.
I have compiled a list of the Top 100 names in England and Wales from 1904, and compared their ranks in 2009 to see to what extend British parents have revived Edwardian trends. Over the course of the week I will do the same for all the decades from 1914-1984 and we should have some nice statistics and percentages to draw some conclusions from. Have we come full circle, or are we still hanging on to our 80s trends?
Here are the Top 100 names from England and Wales in 1904 with their current 2009 rank added for comparison:
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Rank in 1904
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
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Name
WILLIAM
JOHN
GEORGE
THOMAS
ARTHUR
JAMES
CHARLES
FREDERICK
ALBERT
ERNEST
ALFRED
EDWARD
JOSEPH
HAROLD
ROBERT
FRANK
HENRY
HARRY
WALTER
REGINALD
HERBERT
LEONARD
STANLEY
LESLIE
RICHARD
CYRIL
SIDNEY
FRANCIS
PERCY
DAVID
WILFRED
SAMUEL
NORMAN
CECIL
ERIC
SYDNEY
HORACE
FRED
JACK
EDWIN
RONALD
ALEXANDER
CLIFFORD
PATRICK
BERNARD
MICHAEL
VICTOR
PHILIP
EDGAR
MAURICE
DONALD
KENNETH
BENJAMIN
DOUGLAS
HUGH
LAWRENCE
DANIEL
GEOFFREY
PETER
ARCHIBALD
CHRISTOPHER
ALAN
TOM
GILBERT
HUBERT
RALPH
STEPHEN
GERALD
BERTIE
LEWIS
ANDREW
PERCIVAL
RAYMOND
BERTRAM
ARNOLD
EDMUND
CLARENCE
LOUIS
IVOR
ROLAND
MARK
GORDON
CLAUDE
MATTHEW
MARTIN
LIONEL
DENNIS
EVAN
HECTOR
ALEC
ANTHONY
ALLAN
OLIVER
OWEN
HOWARD
COLIN
MORRIS
DENIS
LAURENCE
JESSE
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Rank in 2010
7
94
9
6
82
10
62
95
159
574
154
43
15
1241
90
239
34
3
758
854
854
413
88
2036
221
2400
236
298
1407
64
358
14
4678
3865
256
1055
2941
495
2
503
1144
21
3865
126
1082
53
296
296
758
1551
1407
792
22
402
364
355
11
1344
147
503
104
205
176
1241
574
258
217
2199
811
27
133
3865
699
1344
1407
721
2941
69
1029
1551
201
2036
2629
41
267
2036
470
76
386
574
148
897
1
59
1171
491
1620
470
343
189
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Rank in 1904
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
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Name
MARY
FLORENCE
DORIS
EDITH
DOROTHY
ANNIE
MARGARET
ALICE
ELIZABETH
ELSIE
GLADYS
WINIFRED
ETHEL
HILDA
LILIAN
IVY
VIOLET
KATHLEEN
ELLEN
LILY
SARAH
NELLIE
EMILY
MABEL
ADA
BEATRICE
MARJORIE
MAY
ROSE
OLIVE
EVELYN
PHYLLIS
GERTRUDE
CATHERINE
AGNES
JESSIE
FRANCES
GRACE
IRENE
EVA
CONSTANCE
EDNA
JANE
AMY
VERA
MURIEL
DAISY
MINNIE
MAUD
LUCY
EMMA
ELEANOR
LOUISA
DORA
NORA
GWENDOLINE
HELEN
IDA
CLARA
HANNAH
ANNE
NORAH
KATE
MARTHA
BERTHA
LILLIAN
ANN
MARION
BESSIE
EILEEN
LAURA
MILDRED
RUTH
ISABELLA
CHARLOTTE
ESTHER
RUBY
HARRIET
MARIE
MARIA
CAROLINE
BARBARA
ELIZA
ROSINA
AMELIA
FREDA
MILLICENT
JANET
FANNY
JOAN
LYDIA
IRIS
BLANCHE
MIRIAM
JEAN
RACHEL
ELLA
MARGERY
CHRISTINA
NANCY
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Rank in 2010
213
54
2235
259
695
153
469
50
43
124
4564
1837
4564
3031
483
281
135
738
271
8
79
1004
4
471
547
129
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387
94
428
85
---
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267
576
301
647
7
1837
38
319
3031
879
28
1411
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18
621
2759
16
41
56
255
1105
771
2535
576
726
239
29
821
1139
190
81
5556
390
1022
3936
1171
1467
117
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342
15
14
182
2
89
543
93
664
1171
119
1467
9
2535
508
1467
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3031
91
195
5556
355
2019
140
13
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375
157
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Now for the stats:
28% of boys names and 25% of girls names rank in the Top 100 in both 1904 and 2009.
Names that are in the Top 100 for 1904 and are in the Top 500 for 2009 represent 56% for boys and 54% for girls.
Statistics taken from data supplied by the Office for National Statistics.
