Christian Name Commonality

By standardising the spelling and abbreviations, it is possible to determine the number of instances of occurence of christian names - taking the only the first name when an individual has multiple christian names.

Dividing by the number of individuals of the same gender allows a separate comparison of the commonality of male and female names.

Types of analysis conducted:

1. Census records
   These give the total Glanville population, containing all males named in say, the previous 80 or so years, plus wifes whose names were given at their own birth by non-Glanville parents.
   Thus this answers the question "What names did living Glanvilles have at that time?"
2. Birth records
   These give only the names given by Glanville parents within the timeframe of the analysis
   Thus this answers the question "What names were given to Glanville children at that time?"
3. Electoral Roll & Telephone Directory
   As this excludes young people it only partially answers the question "What names did living Glanvilles have at that time?".
   Being conducted in recent years it is assumed spelling is deliberate and names frequencies are "watered down" by virtue of deliberate spelling variants such as William, Will, Billy, Willie, Bill

1851

For Glanvil(le) names in the 1851 census (England, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man), this yields the following:-

74 different male names were found, with 104 different female names in use.
Some single instance male names were Forest, David, Burgess and Adolphus; whilst some of the single instance female names were Annette, Cybele, Ginefor (Jennifer) and Lusia.

36 of the mens names were found only once - 49% of their names
48 of the womans names were found only once - 45% of their names

1848-53

For Glanvil(le) names registered at birth 1848-1853 inclusive (England, Wales), the following is recorded:-

35 different male names were registered, with 42 different female names.

19 of the mens names were registered only once - 54% of their names
22 of the womans names were registered only once - 52% of their names

1861

The Glanvil(le) names in the 1861 census (England, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man), yields the following:-

61 different male names were found, with 89 different female names in use.
Some single instance male names were Usher, Vivian, and Walter; whilst some of the single instance female names were Clementine, Rosetta and Nance.

30 of the mens names were found only once - 49% of their names
36 of the womans names were found only once - 40% of their names

1871

The Glanvil(le) names in the 1871 census (England, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man), yields the following:-

73 different male names were found, with 100 different female names in use.
Some single instance male names were Alfonse, Owen and Wilfred; whilst some of the single instance female names were Rosa, Phillis, and Naomi.

31 of the mens names were found only once - 42% of their names
47 of the womans names were found only once - 47% of their names

1881

For Glanvil(le) names in the 1881 census (England, Wales and Scotland), this yields the following:-

82 different male names were found, with 122 different female names in use.
Amongst the single instances of male names were Lorenzo, Silvanus, Fletcher and Deeble; whilst amongst the women were Temperance, Selina, Floreska and Aletha.

38 of the mens names were found only once - 46% of their names
48 of the womans names were found only once - 39% of their names

1891

For Glanvil(le) names in the 1891 census (England, Wales and Scotland), this yields the following:-

94 different male names were found, with 141 different female names in use.

38 of the mens names were found only once - 40% of their names
58 of the womans names were found only once - 41% of their names

1901

For Glanvil(le) names in the 1901 census (England, Wales), this yields the following:-

112 different male names were found, with 191 different female names in use.

59 of the mens names were found only once - 52% of their names
97 of the womans names were found only once - 51% of their names

1898-1903

For Glanvil(le) names registered at birth 1898-1903 inclusive (England, Wales), the following is recorded:-

52 different male names were found, with 72 different female names.

26 of the mens names were registered only once - 50% of their names
38 of the womans names were registered only once - 53% of their names

1911

For Glanvil(le) names in the 1911 census (England, Wales), this yields the following:-

86 different male names were found, with 130 different female names in use.

41 of the mens names were found only once - 48% of their names
55 of the womans names were found only once - 42% of their names

1908-13

For Glanvil(le) names registered at birth 1908-13 inclusive (England, Wales), the following is recorded:-

59 different male names were found, with 60 different female names.

35 of the mens names were registered only once - 59% of their names
27 of the womans names were registered only once - 45% of their names

1918-23

For Glanvil(le) names registered at birth 1918-23 inclusive (England, Wales), the following is recorded:-

67 different male names were found, with 79 different female names.

39 of the mens names were registered only once - 66% of their names
42 of the womans names were registered only once - 53% of their names

1950-55

For Glanvil(le) names registered at birth 1950-55 inclusive (England, Wales), the following is recorded:-

48 different male names were found, with 55 different female names.

21 of the mens names were registered only once - 44% of their names
31 of the womans names were registered only once - 56% of their names

1999-2005

For Glanvil(le) names registered at birth 1999-2005 inclusive (England, Wales), the following is recorded:-

81 different male names were registered, with 115 different female names.

49 of the mens names were registered only once - 60% of their names
84 of the womans names were registered only once - 73% of their names

1999

For Glanvil(le) names (all people living) by 1999 (excluding individuals aged under 16), the following was found:-

184 different male names were found, with 312 female names. These numbers are less certain than earlier as unisex names are starting to appear (e.g. Terry, Jay, Dee, Toni), immigrant names of uncertain gender, as well as deliberate (assumed deliberate from the fact that literacy is higher than in the 1800s) spelling variations that ought not to be normalised (e.g. Brigit, Brigitte, Bridget). Additionally the source for this was not a census but a combination of Electorall Roll and Telephone Directory - and as such people had a different approach to the formality on how they wish to appear (e.g. Natasha, Tasha, Tash; Reginald, Reg, Reggie).

73 of the mens names were found only once - 40% of their names
154 of the womans names were found only once - 49% of their names

¹ Given the elimination of girls under 16, and Glanville-born women married to other men, you're left mostly with woman married to Glanville men - and thus one might use this table to support a hypothesis that prior to 1999 Glanville men had a genetic predisposition to marry woman named Margaret ! ! !

1999 All Surnames

This table shows names registered by the whole (National) population, not just those by Glanville parents.
This information is published by the Office of National Statistics

Top National First Names by Year, for England/Wales
		1904	1934	1964	1994	1999
Males	1st	William	John	David	Thomas	Jack
	2nd	John	Peter	Paul	James	Thomas
	3rd	George	William	Andrew	Jack	James
	4th	Thomas	Brian	Mark	Daniel	Daniel
	5th	Arthur	David	John	Matthew	Joshua
Females	1st	Mary	Margaret	Susan	Rebecca	Chloe
	2nd	Florence	Jean	Julie	Lauren	Emily
	3rd	Doris	Mary	Karen	Jessica	Megan
	4th	Edith	Joan	Jacqueline	Charlotte	Jessica
	5th	Dorothy	Patricia	Deborah	Hannah	Sophie

Note the distinction between the earlier analyses which were on everyone alive in those years, and the ONS figures which show the commonality of new names being registered to infants in that year only (and hence cannot be compared directly).