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Just like fashion, baby name trends come and go as time passes. Even trends that you thought would never be popular again end up being just that.
Baby naming website Nameberry have compiled a list of old fashioned baby names that were popular 100 years ago in 1918.
Topping the list of most popular names one century ago were John and Mary, followed by James and Dorothy, Robert and Margaret, Charles and Ruth. But if you need more inspiration, check out the full top 50 lists below in alphabetical order:
Girl’s names:
- Agatha
- Alpha
- Althea
- Augusta
- Avis
- Bernadette
- Beryl
- Bessie
- Birdie
- Carmella
- Cleo
- Delia
- Dixie
- Effie
- Etta
- Fay
- Geneva
- Gertie
- Ida
- Inez
- Ione
- Iva
- Lelia
- Loretta
- Lorna
- Lottie
- Louella
- Lucinda
- Lula
- Lulu
- Mamie
- Maude
- Merle
- Minerva
- Minnie
- Muriel
- Myrtle
- Odessa
- Olga
- Opal
- Pauline
- Philomena
- Polly
- Rosalind
- Rosella
- Roxie
- Sibyl
- Theda
- Winifred
- Yolanda
Boy’s names:
- Abe
- Alphonse
- Ambrose
- Archie
- Barney
- Benedict
- Booker
- Burl
- Cecil
- Chester
- Claude
- Clement
- Cleveland
- Cornelius
- Dale
- Dewey
- Dorsey
- Doyle
- Dudley
- Edmund
- Ferdinand
- Floyd
- Forest
- Garland
- Grover
- Hiram
- Homer
- Isadore
- Kermit
- Lemuel
- Lowell
- Lucius
- Luther
- Ned
- Noble
- Norris
- Ollie
- Perry
- Pete
- Roscoe
- Rufus
- Sol
- Stuart
- Thaddeus
- Ulysses
- Vito
- Waldo
- Wallace
- Ward
- Wiley
If you want to give your bub the best start in life, these names will guarantee your little ones earns a higher salary later on in life.
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