Below are the compiled rankings for the most popular births in England and Wales in 1860 from the England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915.
Disclaimer: It should be noted that the data is not without its flaws. Births were originally recorded by a registrar (in their own handwriting) which were later typed up into the register. Some names are invariably recorded incorrectly and it is impossible to know where the mistake was made. Also, I have been compiling the ranks myself, and while I have endeavored to record the number of names as accurately as possible I am also liable to human error. This, however, should not affect the rankings very much overall.
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The Top 200 names in England and Wales in 1860:
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| William |
| John |
| Thomas |
| George |
| James |
| Henry |
| Charles |
| Joseph |
| Frederick |
| Robert |
| Alfred |
| Edward |
| Arthur |
| Richard |
| Samuel |
| Walter |
| David |
| Harry |
| Albert |
| Edwin |
| Francis |
| Frank |
| Benjamin |
| Herbert |
| Daniel |
| Tom |
| Isaac |
| Fred |
| Peter |
| Ernest |
| Michael |
| Stephen |
| Patrick |
| Matthew |
| Edmund |
| Frederic |
| Alexander |
| Philip |
| Mark |
| Evan |
| Andrew |
| Abraham |
| Hugh |
| Christopher |
| Sidney |
| Lewis |
| Jonathan |
| Jesse |
| Ralph |
| Joshua |
| Sam |
| Martin |
| Owen |
| Josiah |
| Jacob |
| Reuben |
| Joe |
| Leonard |
| Edgar |
| Eli |
| Enoch |
| Job |
| Oliver |
| Anthony |
| Amos |
| Horace |
| Elijah |
| Timothy |
| Cornelius |
| Moses |
| Jeremiah |
| Sydney |
| Louis |
| Nicholas |
| Aaron |
| Percy |
| Ebenezer |
| Willie |
| Luke |
| Dennis |
| Jabez |
| Levi |
| Augustus |
| Adam |
| Nathaniel |
| Harold |
| Allen |
| Griffith |
| Ben |
| Bernard |
| Rowland |
| Ellis |
| Rees |
| Archibald |
| Ambrose |
| Lawrence |
| Morgan |
| Noah |
| Simon |
| Ephraim |
| Caleb |
| Elias |
| Reginald |
| Isaiah |
| Roger |
| Phillip |
| Jonas |
| Nathan |
| Clement |
| Solomon |
| Morris |
| Charley |
| Emanuel |
| Gilbert |
| Paul |
| Hubert |
| Maurice |
| Simeon |
| Abel |
| Wilfred |
| Dan |
| Emmanuel |
| Jim |
| Ezra |
| Squire |
| Seth |
| Theodore |
| Horatio |
| Wright |
| Theophilus |
| Vincent |
| Wilson |
| Alan |
| Stanley |
| Sampson |
| Miles |
| Wallace |
| Israel |
| Smith |
| Humphrey |
| Hiram |
| Howard |
| Cecil |
| Felix |
| Allan |
| Oswald |
| Silas |
| Austin |
| Nelson |
| Douglas |
| Hedley |
| Enos |
| Eugene |
| Edmond |
| Percival |
| Spencer |
| Robinson |
| Septimus |
| Adolphus |
| Joel |
| Luther |
| Cuthbert |
| Jonah |
| Bartholomew |
| Donald |
| Elisha |
| Uriah |
| Johnson |
| Laurence |
| Lionel |
| Clarence |
| Llewellyn |
| Oscar |
| Norman |
| Dick |
| Charlie |
| Godfrey |
| Herman |
| Colin |
| Harvey |
| Walker |
| Claude |
| Denis |
| Hezekiah |
| Zachariah |
| Duncan |
| Harrison |
| Julius |
| Llewelyn |
| Roland |
| Jackson |
| Jasper |
| Victor |
| Giles |
| Hartley |
| Jenkin |
| Lancelot |
| Gerald |
| Valentine |
| Clifford |
| Thompson |
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| Mary |
| Elizabeth |
| Sarah |
| Ann |
| Jane |
| Emma |
| Ellen |
| Alice |
| Eliza |
| Margaret |
| Emily |
| Hannah |
| Martha |
| Harriet |
| Louisa |
| Catherine |
| Annie |
| Fanny |
| Clara |
| Charlotte |
| Maria |
| Caroline |
| Anne |
| Frances |
| Lucy |
| Agnes |
| Kate |
| Isabella |
| Ada |
| Amelia |
| Florence |
| Esther |
| Julia |
| Eleanor |
| Susan |
| Edith |
| Matilda |
| Rebecca |
| Susannah |
| Harriett |
| Laura |
| Anna |
| Rachel |
| Sophia |
| Lydia |
| Jessie |
| Catharine |
| Ruth |
| Rose |
| Selina |
| Betsy |
| Amy |
| Henrietta |
| Rosa |
| Grace |
| Susanna |
| Helen |
| Phoebe |
| Bridget |
| Rosina |
| Nancy |
| Priscilla |
| Lavinia |
| Adelaide |
| Rosanna |
| Gertrude |
| Rhoda |
| Minnie |
| Jemima |
| Georgina |
| Bertha |
| Dorothy |
| Eva |
| Isabel |
| Janet |
| Georgiana |
| Betty |
| Bessie |
| Lizzie |
| Betsey |
| Marian |
| Christiana |
| Rosetta |
| Constance |
| Beatrice |
| Dinah |
| Flora |
| Barbara |
| Miriam |
| Helena |
| Leah |
| Maud |
| Marion |
| Lizzy |
| Johanna |
| Hester |
| Phebe |
| Teresa |
| Augusta |
| Thirza |
| Letitia |
| Emmeline |
| Naomi |
| Angelina |
| Bessy |
| Cecilia |
| Celia |
| Blanche |
| Mercy |
| Kezia |
| Theresa |
| Phillis |
| Elinor |
| Katherine |
| Lilly |
| Adeline |
| Joanna |
| Ethel |
| Sabina |
| Lilian |
| Honor |
| Honora |
| Mabel |
| Olive |
| Marianne |
| Katharine |
| Louise |
| Alma |
| Dora |
| Prudence |
| Deborah |
| Josephine |
| Lois |
| Christina |
| Abigail |
| Lily |
| Winifred |
| Ida |
| Sally |
| Rachael |
| Dorcas |
| Clarissa |
| Ella |
| Marie |
| Rosannah |
| Blanch |
| Evelyn |
| Polly |
| Adah |
| Eunice |
| Nanny |
| Victoria |
| Margaretta |
| Arabella |
| Millicent |
| Pamela |
| Hephzibah |
| Jennet |
| Violet |
| Maude |
| Diana |
| Elisabeth |
| Patience |
| Zillah |
| Judith |
| Clare |
| Edna |
| Eveline |
| Kathleen |
| Margery |
| Gwenllian |
| Leonora |
| Tamar |
| Annette |
| Amanda |
| Cordelia |
| Tryphena |
| Mahala |
| Norah |
| Gwen |
| Adela |
| Emeline |
| Evangeline |
| Mildred |
| Melinda |
| Kitty |
| Olivia |
| Charity |
| Joan |
| Tabitha |
| Cecily |
| Eugenie |
| Euphemia |
| Juliana |
| Myra |
| Drusilla |
| Lillian |
| Wilhelmina |
| Annis |
| Lucretia |
| May |
| Thomasine |
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Statistics compiled by Eleanor Nickerson at britishbabynames.com
No unauthorised copying without credit or permission.
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The #1 names for boys and girls remain the same for 1900, 1890, 1880, 1870 and 1860: William and Mary. Once again, The difference lies in the declining number of children given these names over that time period:
William
1860 - 51,229 births
1870 - 51,299 births
1880 - 50,525 births
1890 - 45,925 births
1900 - 44,912 births
Mary
1860 - 54,632 births
1870 - 47,108 births
1880 - 39,612 births
1890 - 27,802 births
1900 - 22,194 births
Some 22 boys in 1860 were given the name Garbaldi, putting it not far below the top 200. Several children were given the name as a middle name, and girls even sported Garibalda and Garibaldine. This coincides with Giuseppe Garibaldi's Sicilian Campaign of 1860 which gained a lot of press in Britain.
