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In 1948, the name Gwyned was a one-hit wonder in the U.S. baby name data. In fact, it was the top one-hit wonder of the year. 1950: unlisted 1949: unlisted 1948: 9 baby girls named Gwyned [debut] 1…
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Hi all! I usually don’t post on weekends, but this is a quickie to let you know that my ebook Pop Culture Baby Names: 1940s will be free at Amazon from today until Wednesday. This window incl…
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The rare name Lillette appeared in the U.S. baby name data for four sequential years from the late ’40s to the early ’50s: 1952: unlisted 1951: 5 baby girls named Lillette 1950: 9 baby …
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Here’s the next installment of rare female names used by either the actresses or characters in very old films (1910s, 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s). Paducah Paducah Pomeroy was a character played …
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The unusual baby name Caresse saw its highest usage in the late ’80s and early ’90s (no doubt thanks to commercials for Caress soap, which was launched by Lever in 1985). But it debuted…
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Today’s mystery name is Chyleen, a uniquely spelled one-hit wonder from 1945: 1947: unlisted 1946: unlisted 1945: 9 baby girls named Chyleen [debut] 1944: unlisted 1943: unlisted The names Ch…
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Mary, Carol and Sandra dominated.
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Here are names that appear in the French Top 1000 Between 1930-1940. This list is not exhaustive and I mainly picked names that jumped out at me personally. Wdyt? Male Agop Amar Ary Attale Axel Baudoin Carol Césaire Dany Eutrope Expédie/Expédit François-Xavier Garabed Ildebert Irmin Ivrin Jacquie Janick Jean-Bernard Jean-Loup Jean-Noël Jean-Yves Jimmy Joe Josian…
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I thought it'd be fun to search the SSA lists of the 1910s-1940s to see what new -lyn/lynn/line/lyne/lene/leen names our great-grandparents came up with.
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Here’s the next installment of rare female names collected from very old films (1910s, 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s). There were a lot of T-names, so I split the list into two posts. The second ha…
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Inspirational Greatest Generation hero names for babies.
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From the 1920s to the 1940s, brothers Paul Glee Waner (1903-1965) and Lloyd James Waner (1906-1982) played major league baseball, primarily for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Many Pirates fans of the era …
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Want a rare girl name with a retro feel? Here’s a list of uncommon, feminine O-names associated with the earliest decades of cinema. For those that saw enough usage to register in the nationa…
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“In a few years, a little Belgian kid in Neufchateau is going to begin to wonder how in hell his name got to be James E. Goforth Halter, instead of Francois or Albert like his little friends.”
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I’m excited to announce that Pop Culture Baby Names: 1940s is available at Amazon! The ebook highlights nearly 100 baby names that debuted in the U.S. data in the 1940s. All of them can be co…
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Richard Llewellyn’s 1939 novel How Green Was My Valley told the story of a Welsh coal-mining family during the late 19th century. The story’s narrator was schoolboy Huw Morgan, eighth o…
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Lou Gehrig was the talented first baseman who played his entire career (1923-1939) for the New York Yankees. He was a seven-time All-Star and set several major league records during his career, inc…
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Back in 1940, the baby name Sierra debuted in the U.S. baby name data rather impressively. It was the top newbie name of the year, in fact. 1942: 13 baby girls named Sierra 1941: 24 baby girls name…
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Another Monday, another mystery name! Today we’ve got Lindola, an impressive one-hit wonder from 1940 that popped up with 13 baby girls…then disappeared just as suddenly. 1942: unlisted…
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In late 1946, a baby girl was born to Paul Henning of Denver, Colorado. He’d heard of a man in Seattle who had 17 given names* and, impressed, decided that his own daughter’s name shoul…
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Looking for a rare girl name with a retro feel? Here are dozens of ideas. All came straight from very old films that were released from the 1910s to the 1940s. This post is part of a series of post…
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The cute name Tisa first appeared in the U.S. Social Security Administration’s baby name dataset in the late ’40s: 1951: 6 baby girls named Tisa 1950: 5 baby girls named Tisa 1949: 11 b…
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Why not consider the fabulous female stars of 1930’s and 1940’s Hollywood films? Witty, strong, and beautiful, these women continue to inspire audiences and fans today.
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Here’s the next installment of uncommon female names collected from very old films (released from the 1910s to the 1940s). Vail Vail was a character played by actress Vivian Rich in the short…
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