Where Are They Now? - 1911 #11-20

Lillian Gish in 1921 via Wikipedia

Last week, I took a look at the Top 10 names of 1911 to see if any of them have fallen from the top only to rise again by 2011. As we saw, all but three of the names (Elizabeth, William and James) are still falling in popularity. I have decided to continue the research and examine the top names of 1911 20 at a time (10 of the girl names and 10 of the boy names) to see if there is a group of names that is more likely to follow the "100 year rule" than others. This week we look at the names ranked between 11 and 20.

1911 #11-20

11 Henry - #57 and rising (after falling to #146)
12 Walter - #375 and falling
13 Harry - #709 and falling
14 Willie - #614 and falling
15 Albert - #392 and steady
16 Harold - #843 and falling
17 Paul - #187 and falling
18 Arthur - #338 and steady
19 Raymond - #234 and falling
20 Richard - #127 and falling

11 Alice - #142 and rising (after falling to #444)
12 Florence - fell off the Top 1000 after 1981
13 Lillian - #22 and rising (after falling to #485)
14 Rose - #291 and rising (after falling to #362)
15 Ethel - fell off the Top 1000 after 1975
16 Evelyn - #24 and rising (after falling to #289)
17 Edna - fell off the Top 1000 after 1991
18 Gladys - fell off the Top 1000 after 1999
19 Louise - fell off the Top 1000 after 1991
20 Catherine - #161 and steady

Lillian is the biggest turnaround and proof of the "100 year rule" so far. Henry, Alice, Rose and Evelyn are also followers of the rule. However, this group has the biggest drops as well, with five of the ten girl names falling off of the Top 1000 with no foreseeable reentry in the near future. One thing that seems to be compatible to most ideas on baby names--boy names tend to be more consistent, with less drastic or dramatic movement. It will be interesting to see if Albert and Arthur start rising to the top again soon.

Note: I had to make some changes to the information from last week's post. Nothing changing the analysis, but the corrections have been made.