It certainly seems to hold true for a few modern picks (Emmett and Sophie for instance), so I thought it'd be fun to take a look at names that were at their most popular (and at least in the Top 200) in the late 1800s - early 1900s, but have since died off. Perhaps they're ready for use today? Or are all the names worthy of revival already back....?
*note: since boys' names as a rule decline more slowly than girls; the genders were held to slightly different standards. Boys' names were considered "dead" if they're currently below the Top 500; girls' if they are currently below the Top 700.
Boys:
- Alton
- Amos
- Archie
- Bernard
- Bert
- Booker
- Cecil
- Clarence
- Claude
- Clifton
- Clyde
- Edmund
- Elmer
- Ernest/Earnest
- Floyd
- Francis
- Grover
- Herman
- Hugh
- Irving
- Lee
- Lloyd
- Luther
- Mack
- Maurice
- Milton
- Morris
- Otis
- Otto
- Percy
- Ralph
- Roy
- Rufus
- Sidney
- Stanley
- Sylvester
- Vernon
- Wilbur
- Willard
- Willis
- Wilson
- Woodrow
Girls:
- Agnes
- Alberta
- Alma
- Augusta
- Bernice
- Bertha
- Beulah
- Blanche
- Cleo
- Della
- Dora
- Dorothea
- Edith
- Edna
- Effie
- Erma/Irma
- Estella
- Estelle
- Ethel
- Etta
- Eula
- Eunice
- Fern
- Florence
- Freda/Frieda
- Gertrude
- Gladys
- Goldie
- Henrietta
- Hilda
- Ida
- Ina
- Inez
- Leola
- Leona
- Lottie
- Louise
- Luella
- Lula
- Mabel
- Mamie
- Maud/Maude
- Mildred
- Myrtle
- Nell
- Nettie
- Opal
- Ora
- Pauline
- Thelma
- Velma
- Verna
- Viola
- Winifred
I know of babies Clyde, Pauline and Mabel, but think it will be a while before any of these names rise a lot in ranks.
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