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Mid-century names are a fashion blind spot we don't even think about. Are any of them ready for a comeback? 
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June Allyson The names Alison and Allison had been in the U.S. baby name data for decades by the time the names Alyson and Allyson popped up, one after the other, in the mid-1940s: YearAllyson usag…
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The baby name Harolyn saw peak usage in the U.S. in 1945: 1947: 28 baby girls named Harolyn1946: 19 baby girls named Harolyn1945: 45 baby girls named Harolyn13 born in New York6 born in Pennsylvani…
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The curious name Nyoka [pronounced nye-OH-kah] first appeared in the U.S. baby name data in 1941. Usage of the name peaked two years later: 1946: 20 baby girls named Nyoka1945: 26 baby girls named …
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Taffy Tucker …in the baby name data! Taffy isn’t just a type of candy — it’s also a name, and it debuted in the U.S. baby name data in 1943: 1947: 12 baby girls named Taffy1…
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Looking for an under-the-radar girl name with a retro feel? Check out this post and the rest of the “early cinema” series, featuring thousands of uncommon female names collected from ol…
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Looking for an uncommon A-name for your baby girl? Here’s half of the final installment of names from the early cinema series. The other half of the A-list will go up in a few weeks. * Amabel…
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From Franklin D. Roosevelt to Thelma and Louise, the 1940s gave us some of the most famous political and social figures - and, in some cases, many of our favorite classic names.
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Time for more unusual female names from old films! This is the “B” installment, meaning that we are almost done with the series. (I’ve been going backwards since starting with Z i…
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Years before the boy name Darryl was at the height of its trendiness (in the early ’60s), the Darryl-based, Marilyn-like name Darrylin debuted in the baby name data: 1955: unlisted 1954: 6 ba…
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The name Scheherazade (sheh-hehr-uh-zahd) comes to us from classic literature: Scheherazade was the wife of the sultan Shahryar in The Arabian Nights*, the collection of Middle Eastern and Indian f…
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In 1948, the baby name Darina first appeared in the U.S. baby name data: 1950: 5 baby girls named Darina1949: unlisted1948: 7 baby girls named Darina [debut]1947: unlisted1946: unlisted Where did i…
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“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world…she walks into mine.” Who is “she”? Ilsa Lund, the ex-lover of Rick Blaine in the classic film Casablanca, whi…
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L’Tanya Griffin w/ daughter L’Tanya. In the late ’40s, long before the name Tanya (a diminutive of Tatiana) reached peak trendiness in the ’70s, some specific Tanya-based na…
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The name French name Fabienne debuted in the U.S. baby name data in 1949. The very next year, it saw its highest-ever usage, and the similar names Fabiene and Fabian (typically a male name) both po…
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In the early 1880s, Laura was a top-20 name in the United States. From the mid-1880s onward, though, the name slowly sank in popularity. It even slipped out of the top 100 for a decade. But then, i…
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GIRLS Marva Matalene - possibly a variant spelling of Madeline. It was the lady's middle name, but the spelling was interesting.
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Radio Guide, Sept. 1936 You could say that the name Durelle debuted in the U.S. baby name data twice — first as a girl name in the ’30s, next as a boy name in the ’50s. The name&#…
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© 1947 Life The baby name Tawn debuted as a girl name in the U.S. baby name data in 1948: 1950: unlisted1949: 6 baby girls named Tawn1948: 12 baby girls named Tawn1947: unlisted The name Dawn no do…
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Sharman Douglas © 1947 LIFE The name Sharman was the fastest-rising baby name of 1948, the second-fastest of 1949, and saw its highest usage in 1950: 1953: 44 baby girls named Sharman1952: 63 baby …
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