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28th November 2019
11:26am GMT

In 1904, the top five most popular boy's names were:
1. William
2. John
3. George
4. Thomas
5. Arthur
And the top five most popular girl's names were:
1. Mary
2. Florence
3. Doris
4. Edith
5. Dorothy
Just a teeny bit different to today...
According to website British Baby Names, these old school names just are not as popular as they used to be.
And, to be honest, we're not surprised.
For the boys, William is still popular enough, only having dropped seven spots down the list by 2009.
However, the likes of John and Arthur haven't really stood the test of time, having dropped almost 90 places on the baby names list each.
Girls names have changed even more drastically, with the 1904 number one Mary dropping over 200 spots.
Surprisingly, Florence managed to stay within the top 100, but Doris dropped a staggering 2235 places.
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