Although there are statistics for the frequency of American given names that go back as far as 1850, I can’t seem to find any such statistic for names in the UK that go back further than the late 90’s. I have found some data provided by ancestry.com, which stated the most popular names in the UK and
Ireland which I found interesting, but it only gave the top 25 names for each gender. Does anyone have such statistics? Thanks!
The link to the ancestry.com data, if anyone wants it:
http://www.ancestry.fr/corporate/international/press-releases/Keeping-up-with-the-Joneses---John-and-Mary-since-1530#_ednref2Smith-officially-the-most-popular-names-