Where Are They Now? - 1911 #71-80

Stella McCartney via www.stellamccartney.com

Stella McCartney, who was born in 1971 was named after both of her maternal great-grandmothers. We've been looking at the Top 100 of 1911, and it looks like Stella is definitely a follower of the "100 year rule." Let's look at the other #70s...

1911 #71-80

71 Ray - #685 and falling (after rising to #57)
72 Jesse - #141 and falling (after falling to #150 and then rising to #37)
73 Melvin - #622 and falling (after rising to #47)
74 Lloyd - fell off the Top 1000 after 2002 (after rising to #51)
75 Martin - #262 and falling
76 Cecil - fell off the Top 1000 after 1997
77 Leon - #405 and rising (after rising to #73 and then falling to #525)
78 Eddie - #488 and steady (after falling to #120 and then rising to #78)
79 Jessie - #696 and falling
80 Vincent - #101 and rising (after rising to #61, falling to #113, rising to #58, and falling to #123)

71 Mae - #803 and rising (after falling out of the Top 1000 for 40 years)
72 Stella - #73 and rising (after rising to #62 and falling out of the Top 1000 for 10 years)
73 Kathryn - #237 and falling (after rising to #60, falling to #113, rising to #45, falling to #111, and rising to #48)
74 Jean - fell off the Top 1000 after 1994 (after rising to #12)
75 Blanche - fell off the Top 1000 after 1964
76 Leona - #929 and rising (after rising to #74 and then falling out of the Top 1000 for 27 years)
77 Lucy - #72 and rising (after falling to #588)
78 Carrie - fell off the Top 1000 after 2008 (after falling to #241 and then rising to #28)
79 Beulah - fell off the Top 1000 after 1959
80 Vivian - #154 and rising (after rising to #64 and then falling to #539)

Jesse did a dip and rise and then a dip again in the last 100 years, but has been consistently falling since 1995. The other boys are not as interesting, except Leon, which fell to #525 in 2005 and then started rising again and Vincent, which did a roller coaster ride but stayed fairly close to the Top 100 the entire time.

Yet again, half of the girls names are on the rise. Mae reentered the Top 1000 in 2010 at #982 after FORTY years and then jumped another nearly 179 spots in 2011. Will it keep that pace in 2012? Stella reentered the Top 1000 in 1998 after a 10 year absence and has made huge strides since then to return to almost the exact ranking it was at in 1911. Kathryn's road over the last 100 years is similar to its counterpart Katherine. Leona reentered the Top 1000 in 2009 and has held steady in the #900s so far. Lucy is another perfect "100 year rule" subject, and is especially interesting as its rankings from 1880 until now makes a perfect bell curve (it was #44 in 1880... will it make it that high again?). And it looks like Vivian is heard more and more lately, especially with a few celebrity babies carrying the name (and its Vivienne spelling).

I personally love Ray and would like to see it on the rise again. What are your favorites?