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Vintage Girl Names: Ada, Birdie, Daphne, Ruth

September 19, 2023 By appellationmountain 11 Comments

vintage girl names

Vintage girl names follow trends, rising and falling as the decades come and go. That sounds counter-intuitive, right? Trendy names, we think, must be the Ashleys and Jessicas, Mileys and Khaleesis. They define a generation. Or maybe they’re so tied to pop culture that they feel tied to a particular moment, one that will fade […]

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1924 Boy Names: Merrill, Hosea, Randolph

September 14, 2023 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

1924 boy names

1924 boy names often sound exactly like today’s favorites. There’s James and William in the Top Ten, with Jack not too far behind – just like the current list. Except when you zoom out, the most popular names are wildly different, too. Harold and Kenneth, Ralph and Carl, Ernest and Earl. All Top 100 choices […]

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1924 Girl Names: Ione, Inez, Lula

September 7, 2023 By appellationmountain 1 Comment

1924 Girl Names

1924 girl names blend antique charm with a certain freshness. After a century in style limbo, many of these feel fresh and interesting again. Or not. Some 1924 names are still languishing in obscurity. Are we ready for the return of Eunice and Beulah? Maybe not yet. Other favorites from one hundred years ago are […]

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1923 Boy Names: John, Dorsey, Ike

August 10, 2023 By appellationmountain 7 Comments

1923 boy names

Wondering what 1923 boy names were on top? It turns out that plenty of today’s familiar favorites were the most popular baby names one hundred years ago, too. But mixed in with upstanding classics like James and John, we find some unexpected gems. A few of these names – both from the 1923 boy names’ […]

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1923 Girl Names: Aurelia, Rita, Yvette

August 8, 2023 By appellationmountain 4 Comments

1923 girl names

1923 girl names range from classic Anna to the unexpected Marvel. In naming, we often talk about the “100 Year Rule.” It’s more of a notion than an ironclad law. The 100 Year Rule in brief: We generally find the most popular baby names of our parents’ generation quite dated. Our grandparents’ names can feel […]

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EcoVintage Girl Names: Flora, Lillie, June

May 12, 2022 By appellationmountain 15 Comments

What, exactly, are ecovintage girl names? They sit at the intersection of two irresistible baby name trends: they’re nature names, tied to the outdoors. But they’re also vintage in style. They’ll appeal to some parents who love Willow and Skye, and others who favor Evelyn and Amelia. To make this list, a name has to: […]

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1930s Girl Names: Audrey, Elaine, Rita

November 27, 2021 By appellationmountain 7 Comments

1930s girl names

1930s girl names should be on the upswing right about now. After all, it usually takes around a century for any popular name to fall out of favor, hibernate for a generation or two, and then come back around, feeling fresh and exciting once more. In real life, though, names don’t follow an orderly cycle. […]

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Rare 1885 Baby Names: Leda, Dempsey, Rome

November 8, 2021 By appellationmountain 28 Comments

1885 baby names

Rare 1885 baby names mix place names, surnames, and what exactly explains this? names. It makes for a quirky list. They’re the flipside of the Neglected Gems from the 1880s and 1890s. While the chart toppers of generations past may feel antique today, we remember and acknowledge them as given names. We all imagine that someone […]

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1921 Girl Names: Mary, Lucy, Ida, Libby

November 21, 2020 By appellationmountain 5 Comments

1921 girl names

Let’s talk about 1921 girl names. A century ago, Mary sat the top of the charts. No surprise there – the name had been #1 since the beginning of the rankings, in 1880, and would continue to hold that spot for more than another two decades. But it’s still interesting to look at the Top […]

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Hottest 1921 Boy Names: Santiago, Dante, Ford

November 14, 2020 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

hottest 1921 boy names

These were some of the hottest 1921 boy names, the names that I would’ve been blogging about back during the Harding administration. Maybe while wearing T-strap heels and a beaded headband. For our purposes, “hottest” means fastest rising from 1920 to 1921 in terms of popularity rank. It’s an imperfect measure. Name data was less […]

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