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... compiled from birth data in one small parish in Kent.
The top 15 for 1840-50:
1 William
2 John
3 James
4 Thomas and George
6 Henry
7 Edward
8 Charles
9 Alfred
10 Stephen
11 Richard
12 Robert and Frederic
14 Joseph
15 Frederick

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1 Mary
2 Elizabeth
3 Sarah
4 Eliza
5 Ann
6 Emma
7 Matilda
8 Jane
9 Emily
10 Harriet and Frances
12 Charlotte
13 Ellen
14 Susanna and Caroline

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1880-90:

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1 William
2 George (up)
3 Arthur (new entry)
4 Frederick (up) and Albert (new entry)
6 Edward (up)
7 James (down)
8 Ernest (new entry)
9 Alfred
10 Thomas (down)
11 Charles (down)
12 Percy (new entry)
13 Herbert (new entry)
14 Harry and Frank (both new entries)

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1 Elizabeth (up)
2 Alice (new entry)
3 Edith (new entry)
4 Mary (down)
5 Emily (up)
6 Florence (new entry), Ethel (new entry) and Ellen (up)
9 Annie (new entry)
10 Sarah (down)
11 Eliza (down)
12 Lilian (new entry)
13 Beatrice (new), Ada (new) and Emma (down)

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1920-30:
1 Albert (up)
2 John (back up to its place in 1840) and Arthur (up)
4 Ronald (new entry)
5 William (down)
6 George (down)
7 Robert (back in from 1840) and Kenneth (new entry)
9 Reginald (new), Frederick (down) and Eric (new)
12 Norman (new), Leonard (new) and James (down)

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1 Dorothy (new entry)
2 Kathleen, Joyce, Joan and Betty (all new entries)
6 Gladys and Doris (new entries)
8 Margaret, Jessie and Edna (all new entries)
11 Winifred, Violet, Vera, Peggy, May (all new entries)

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Anyone want to have a go at guessing what the top 15 in 1960-70 were? I'll post my guesses later (don't actually have the data, sorry!)