If I’m not mistaken, [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Agnes[/name_f], and [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] were the most popular female names in the English-speaking world before [name_f]Mary[/name_f] and [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] took over. Based on what I’ve seen in different periods of historical research:
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Anne[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Louisa[/name_f]