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Last week, I went over the Second 100 Boys from 1914. It's now time to look at the girls ranked between #101-200 from 100 years ago. Could these names be contenders for popularity in 2014? Considering the percentage of use (percent of total girls given the name for the year) over the past three years, we can attempt to determine just that.
Out of the Second 100 girls of 1914, only 43 are still in the Top 1000. First, let's take a look at the names that have been given to an increasing number of girls over the past three years or more. These 18 names may not all rank in the Top 100, but they are becoming more noticeable and are the more interesting names in the bunch...
Ada
Adele
Adeline
Amelia
Audrey
Caroline
Cecelia
Celia
Cora
Eloise
Estelle
Georgia
June
Lydia
Naomi
Nina
Nora
Olive
Most of the next group of names can't decide whether they are increasing or decreasing in popularity. These 11 names have had small climbs and dips over the past three years and may or may not be the next "it" name...
Christine
Eileen
Geraldine
Lola
Maggie
Miriam
Regina
Rosa
Susan
Veronica
Victoria
There are 14 names from the Second 100 of 1914 that are currently in the Top 1000 but decreasing in popularity...
Angelina
Carolyn
Daisy
Isabel
Isabelle
Kathleen
Katie
Madeline
Maria
Nancy
Rachel
Rebecca
Sadie
Sara
The 57 names from the Second 100 of 1914 that have dropped out of the Top 1000 are also divided between those that are continuing to sink, those that are up and down, and those that could be coming back. Here are the names trying to rise...
Bonnie
Cleo
Dora
Erma
Essie
Eula
Fern
Flora
Freda
Geneva
Goldie
Harriet
Henrietta
Inez
Loretta
Lottie
Lucile
Lula
Maude
Olga
Rosie
Sallie
Wanda
Winifred
Here are the names that can't decide whether to go up or down...
Addie
Alberta
Anita
Antoinette
Della
Dolores
Dorothea
Effie
Faye
Hilda
Jeannette
Lorene
Lorraine
Mable
Marcella
Maxine
May
Ollie
Roberta
Sally
Shirley
Susie
Verna
And here are the names that will not be coming back any time soon...
Eunice
Irma
Janet
Jeanette
Mamie
Muriel
Nettie
Norma
Ora
Phyllis
Out of the 100 names listed above, which do you see hitting a positive stride in the coming years? Will the ones increasing in usage continue to increase? Do you see any surprising turnarounds?
I think you categorized these perfectly. That first list is full of names that I see regularly. Those will do the best of them all. It is so interesting how name fashions come and go! Great article!
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