This time we can see quite a few varient spellings appearing together in the Top 100, including three spellings for Mohammed and two for Gary, Stephen, Anthony, Geoffrey, Brian, Stuart, Dennis, Philip, Anne, Carol, Catherine, Teresa, Linda, Lynn and Marion
Here are the Top 100 names from England and Wales in 1954 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
DAVID
JOHN
STEPHEN
MICHAEL
PETER
ROBERT
PAUL
ALAN
CHRISTOPHER
RICHARD
ANTHONY
ANDREW
IAN
JAMES
WILLIAM
PHILIP
BRIAN
KEITH
GRAHAM
KEVIN
MARTIN
COLIN
STEVEN
THOMAS
KENNETH
RAYMOND
NIGEL
GEOFFREY
TERENCE
TREVOR
MALCOLM
MARK
BARRY
GARY
GEORGE
NICHOLAS
DEREK
CHARLES
PATRICK
TIMOTHY
ROGER
LESLIE
RONALD
CLIVE
EDWARD
NEIL
JOSEPH
JEFFREY
STUART
ROY
GORDON
JONATHAN
SIMON
ADRIAN
DENNIS
MOHAMMED
PHILLIP
ALLAN
ROBIN
GERALD
FRANCIS
ERIC
BERNARD
DONALD
FRANK
NORMAN
FREDERICK
HOWARD
DOUGLAS
JEREMY
ALEXANDER
ARTHUR
DANIEL
ABDUL
MARTYN
LEONARD
LAWRENCE
GERARD
TONY
BRYAN
CLIFFORD
GARRY
HENRY
MOHAMMAD
GARETH
STANLEY
VINCENT
VICTOR
HUGH
MOHAMED
STEWART
TERRY
ALBERT
GREGORY
MAURICE
JULIAN
DENIS
GLENN
ANTONY
HARRY
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Rank in 2009
64
83
210
51
133
91
215
193
94
209
139
129
552
9
8
304
376
1099
1425
184
257
627
224
6
884
535
1425
1649
904
1568
1067
184
1302
576
11
130
1099
58
120
271
1859
2126
848
3744
44
581
14
884
558
1008
1568
127
301
190
417
16
617
904
366
1568
274
274
1133
1568
259
2544
96
1649
385
417
22
93
10
169
1749
374
385
3227
461
570
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581
37
62
923
98
196
254
385
150
2126
627
160
544
1568
315
596
2318
427
3
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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
SUSAN
LINDA
CHRISTINE
MARGARET
JANET
PATRICIA
CAROL
ELIZABETH
MARY
ANNE
ANN
JANE
JACQUELINE
BARBARA
SANDRA
GILLIAN
PAULINE
ELAINE
LESLEY
ANGELA
PAMELA
HELEN
JENNIFER
VALERIE
JEAN
CATHERINE
JULIE
KATHLEEN
DENISE
MAUREEN
JUDITH
WENDY
DIANE
SHEILA
JANICE
LYNN
KAREN
YVONNE
LYNNE
SHIRLEY
MARION
MARIA
ROSEMARY
CAROLE
JOAN
MARILYN
JUNE
LORRAINE
LYNDA
SALLY
MARIAN
BRENDA
ALISON
TERESA
JULIA
HEATHER
MARIE
EILEEN
DEBORAH
KATHRYN
HILARY
CAROLINE
SHARON
SYLVIA
RUTH
IRENE
DOROTHY
SARAH
FRANCES
JOSEPHINE
JILL
JOYCE
HAZEL
ANNETTE
BEVERLEY
GAIL
RITA
GERALDINE
DIANA
CAROLYN
CHRISTINA
PENELOPE
JEANETTE
SUZANNE
AMANDA
DAWN
THERESA
ANNA
JOY
DOREEN
FIONA
CHERYL
KAY
GLYNIS
ANITA
STEPHANIE
NICOLA
VERONICA
ANDREA
AUDREY
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Rank in 2009
865
1004
982
469
1467
897
2759
43
227
821
1022
879
1668
1171
594
5556
3936
1526
2148
495
2148
576
166
1325
2019
267
879
738
1668
2759
1325
1526
3031
2326
1909
2535
982
2019
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3422
3936
93
621
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3031
3031
2535
2535
---
556
2326
2535
1022
1105
84
438
543
1467
469
447
3422
664
958
835
342
1837
701
79
647
260
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1004
398
2148
3031
---
1365
3936
455
2759
375
328
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1526
455
1752
1909
64
679
3031
483
865
3422
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783
238
248
525
664
576
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The stats:
21% of boys names and 5% of girls names rank in the Top 100 in both 1954 and 2009.
Names that are in the Top 100 for 1954 and are in the Top 500 for 2009 represent 58% for boys and 23% for girls.
Statistics taken from data supplied by the Office for National Statistics.
