Allen is a Celtic name meaning noble or fair.

Common boy names from the 1800s. It means elf and counsel. If you had to guess what the most popular names were in the late 1800s youd probably dream up out-of-date names such as Virgil and Elmer or Eula and Blanche. Alonzo is a super unique boy names from the 1800s.

The most popular 10 names in that year were John Patrick James Michael Thomas William Joseph Edward Daniel and Peter. We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency. Popular Given Names US 1801-1999.

The file lines consist of a name a comma and then the count of occurrences in the sample. They are as follows. Alfred is an English baby name stemming from the old English Aelfraed.

Name Frequency Approximate Number Rank. Total registered births - 1226. The 1850s first saw the Rimmers use of the boys name Paul 1859 and the girls name Laura 1850.

This month Im looking at the top fifty male names in 1800. Parents considering a boy name like Noah Elijah Mason or Logan should know that their baby boy will be in good company as those names are some of the top 10 most popular boy names. A further one-in-10 were called Patrick - meaning close to a quarter of the male population had the name of John or Patrick in Ireland in 1911.

Popular names by decade are determined the same way we determine the popularity of a name during a single year. For girls you see names. Alexander is a common name of numerous monarchs and popes.