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I found a list for the top 200 most popular birth names in 1860. These are the ones that caught my eye, tell me what you think of them!
Boys:
Horace (66)
Cornelius (69)
Charley (112)
Theophilus (130)
Sampson (134)
Humphrey (140)
Hedley (150)
Enos (152)
Robinson (157)
Septimus (157)
Adolphus (159)
Cuthbert (162)
Hezekiah (182)
Zachariah (182)
Hartley (194)
Jenkin (194)
Lancelot (194)
Valentine (198)
Thompson (200)

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Girls:
Catharine (47)
Selina (50)
Rosina (60)
Lavinia (63)
Rosetta (83)
Constance (84)
Phebe (96)
Thirza (100)
Rosannah (145)
Adah (148)
Hephzibah (157)
Jennet (157)
Zillah (163)
Gwenllian (171)
Leonora (171)
Tamar (171)
Tryphena (175)
Mahala (178)
Euphemia (192)
Annis (199)
Lucretia (199)
Thomasine (199)

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I don’t think I’ve been on the website the list is from before, so I cannot guarantee it’s reliability, but here’s the link to the complete list if anyone’s interested:
https://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2015/04/top-200-most-popular-names-in-england-and-wales-in-1860.html

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:)