AndyJoy Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Lisa has pretty much fallen off the chart. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) I recently met a lady named Evie (Evelyn) who is in her 70s. She thinks it is hilarious that her name is so popular again. She thinks it sounds too old-fashioned, but I told her better Evelyn than Mildred... Edited December 22, 2017 by AndyJoy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoutingmom Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Granted, in 40 years, people may start using these names again for babies, but I was thinking today about names many people born in the 60s and 70s were named that are very unlikely to be used currently. Names such as: Karen Dawn Sue/Susan Annette Melissa Alicia Kim/Kimberly Jeff/Jeffrey John/Jonathan Anthony Don/Donald Robert The guys name list seems shorter because males have repeated ancestral names much more than females (I guess?). Fashion-forward naming for boys was much less common when I was a kid than it is now, at least, where I live. What names would you add to this? Which names do you think will start to sound good again to moms a few decades from now? I have a child with one of those names and another child with one as a middle name... Sent from my SM-G903W using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Robyn or Robin Gail Sally Tyrone Most others have been mentioned! At my schools it was majority Lisa, Belinda, Jessica, Rebecca. The boys were mostly Matthews, Michaels and Dylans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gstharr Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Not a Gary under 40. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laundrycrisis Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Tad, Greg, Lynn, Joan However I have seen a lot of boys named John, Jonathan, Jeffrey, Michael, and Anthony since our kids were born 12 yrs ago. Maybe it’s regional. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 We sell a lot of labels to middle-aged ladies named Deb or Deborah or Debbie. Fair number of Lindas, Kathleens, Margarets/Peg/Peggy (although I think Catholicism keeps Margaret from ever going too far out of style). When I was in school Sara (my name) was the most popular, although with an H normally. Also a lot of Katies, from all kinds of sources (Catherines, Katherines, Katelyns, etc.), Rachels, Heathers, Elizabeths. Where I live, many classic Bible names never really come or go. Sara(h), K©atherine, Rachel, Elizabeth, Matthew, Joshua, Michael, James. The main difference seems to be versions of nicknames, as I haven’t heard of any little Kathies, though lots of Kates or Katies, or just the full name use. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8circles Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) I grew up with a bunch of Mike Dave Jeremy ETA: Mark, Erik, Steve Heather Jennifer Kendra Amy Mandy Beth Susie Kathy ETA: Becky (Rebecca) and Shelly (Michelle) Edited December 22, 2017 by 8circles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Gregory Craig 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Cycles. No one used Mamie or Nora or Henry or Max when we were named. We will have grandchildren named Sharon and Scott :-) Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikslo Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Kenneth / Kenny 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) Debbie that's what I was going to add. Also Lisa. I don't know any Debbie's or Lisa's under the age of 40. What I've noticed with my children's gen is that they are using my grandparent's generation names. We have an Oliver, an Alfred , and a Harvey who were born this year in our extended family. I know I've seen some Hazel's and others that I would consider very old-fashioned names. (But no Bertha yet :lol: ). Edited December 22, 2017 by PrincessMommy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) Usually the only other Alison/Allisons I meet are my age (upper 30s) but I did meet a young college student recently who is an Alyson.... DIsney Channel has had a star named Alyson and a main character named Allyson who went by Ally. It drives DD, who is an Allison, crazy, because no one her age ever spells her name correctly. Edited December 22, 2017 by Dmmetler2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 The other thing I’m seeing less of is the Prefix names. For awhile, almost every young Black child I met had a name that began with Le, De, or Me-like LeBron James. I’m not seeing that now. DD went to baby showers last year for college classmates named LaKedra and MaKeshia, and one named her baby Ruth, and the other James :). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 John is declining but it still made #26 in 2015! John was at #48. Name voyager is fun: http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager#prefix=john&sw=both&exact=false My 8-year-old's middle name is John (for my dad). Yes, I have had fun with those charts. One of my daughters is named after her great grandmother, and looking at the chart for her name it was common in the 1920's when the g.gma was born, and has seen a significant revival in the 2000s. I think named skipping two generations like that is not unusual. I get a kick out of the graph for Elsa: http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager#prefix=elsa&sw=both&exact=false 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyB Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Tammi - and let's just hope that stays dead. I concur. (from another Tammy) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweiss Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I know several little girls with multiple names. Two of my favorites are Belle Grace and Mary Ellie. My daughter has a double-name as well! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweiss Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Yes, I have had fun with those charts. One of my daughters is named after her great grandmother, and looking at the chart for her name it was common in the 1920's when the g.gma was born, and has seen a significant revival in the 2000s. I think named skipping two generations like that is not unusual. I get a kick out of the graph for Elsa: http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager#prefix=elsa&sw=both&exact=false We almost named my daughter "Elsa" in 2003, well before the Frozen movie. We chickened out because my husband was worried that kids would call her "Elsie the Cow". Of course, in hindsight, that was ridiculous because none of the kids today even know who Elsie the Cow is! But now that the name is so trending up so much, I'm glad we didn't use it anyway! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I scrolled through quickly so forgive me if any of these are duplicates: Janet Janice/Janis Joyce Gwen Eileen Irene Maureen Colleen Kathleen Sheena Sheila Deirdre Lois Cynthia I have a daughter named Maureen - she's 18 now. When she was a baby, our pediatrician said he hadn't had a Maureen in the 30 years he'd been practicing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rose Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Jessica Brenda Cindy Bethanie Scott Gary Larry/Laurence Harry/Harold Doug/Douglas Duane Gordon Wayne Allen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I like names with good nickname possibilities :) Me too--partly because my name (like yours) does not lend itself to nicknames. My kids all have at least one nickname. I've gone with traditional names but mostly uncommon nicknames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 (The girls hate their middle names - Sophia and Grace - I think they are lovely). They are lovely! Dare I mention that I have been fantasizing about having another baby girl and naming her Elisabeth? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Me too. Probably because my name is Amy. That's it, nothing fun you can do with that. 😂 Several of the Amys I've known had people who called them Aim or Aims. It wasn't used as a general nickname - only a very few family members or friends called them those names. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 (The girls hate their middle names - Sophia and Grace - I think they are lovely). Those are both beautiful names! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rose Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Leanne 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalsummer Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I'm the opposite. I chose ds' name - Noah - partly so it couldn't be turned into a nickname. Of course, everyone in the house calls him Noey. Or Noah Joe (his full name). Or 'baby', 'handsome' or 'bunny rabbit'. (He's the youngest, what can I say ? ) And then the middle kid - well, I called her Elizabeth so I could nickname her Beth, but for her entire first year she got called 'Baby Jack' and shortly after that, she let us know 'I Lizzie.' And dc wants to change her name....so I have had very little success with my ideas around nicknames/names. But my names were awesome and the kids should appreciate them/let me call them what i want, lol (The girls hate their middle names - Sophia and Grace - I think they are lovely). My younger girl is Elisabeth; it was my favorite name growing up and I knew a ton of girls named Liz or Lizzie or even Beth, and I was so jealous - Sara doesn't really turn into anything. But all we ever call her is Elisabeth. :) Her middle name is Grace. I think Sophia is a beautiful name too, but one of my SILs has already used it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Angie or Angela (<--my proper name) :sad: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Several of the Amys I've known had people who called them Aim or Aims. It wasn't used as a general nickname - only a very few family members or friends called them those names.Yes, my BFF sometimes calls me Aims and my nieces and nephews all called my Aunt Mamie when they were first learning to talk ðŸ˜. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 (edited) that's what I was going to add. Also Lisa. I don't know any Debbie's or Lisa's under the age of 40. What I've noticed with my children's gen is that they are using my grandparent's generation names. We have an Oliver, an Alfred , and a Harvey who were born this year in our extended family. I know I've seen some Hazel's and others that I would consider very old-fashioned names. (But no Bertha yet :lol: ). My bold - Hi! I'm not 40 yet (I'm 33) and was one of many Lisa's - though I spell mine differently. I agree with your last paragraph, my grandparent/great grandparent's era names are becoming popular again and I love it! Edited December 23, 2017 by LMD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 (edited) We almost named my daughter "Elsa" in 2003, well before the Frozen movie. We chickened out because my husband was worried that kids would call her "Elsie the Cow". Of course, in hindsight, that was ridiculous because none of the kids today even know who Elsie the Cow is! But now that the name is so trending up so much, I'm glad we didn't use it anyway! My grandmother died in 2003, when I was pregnant with my third child. We already had names picked out, but it’s interesting - my SIL was saying, “Now that I think about it, wouldn’t Elsie actually be a super-cute girl’s name now?†I think that was quite prescient. ETA: i left out an important detail - Elsie was my grandmother’s name. Edited December 23, 2017 by Quill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 I'm the opposite. I chose ds' name - Noah - partly so it couldn't be turned into a nickname. Of course, everyone in the house calls him Noey. Or Noah Joe (his full name). Or 'baby', 'handsome' or 'bunny rabbit'. (He's the youngest, what can I say ? ) And then the middle kid - well, I called her Elizabeth so I could nickname her Beth, but for her entire first year she got called 'Baby Jack' and shortly after that, she let us know 'I Lizzie.' And dc wants to change her name....so I have had very little success with my ideas around nicknames/names. But my names were awesome and the kids should appreciate them/let me call them what i want, lol (The girls hate their middle names - Sophia and Grace - I think they are lovely). I also did this. I picked names that do not lend themselves to nicknames. And I love both Sophia and Grace; my dd’s middle name is also Grace. I hated my middle name when I was growing up because it was, at that time, such an old lady name: Lillian. Now here we are with a huge crop of little Lili/Lilly/Lillian/Lilliana names. It does sound pretty to me now, though I mostly abandoned it for my maiden name in the middle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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