[Genoa]

Boys’ Names 1900

1. John
2. William
3. James
4. George
5. Charles
6. Robert
7. Joseph
8. Frank
9. Edward
10. Henry

Girls’ Names 1900

1. Mary
2. Helen
3. Anna
4. Margaret
5. Ruth
6. Elizabeth
7. Florence
8. Ethel
9. Marie
10. Lillian

[informavoracious]

What, no La’Queshia or Damianique? Custom made to be unpopular!

[Tax-chick]

American parents want unique baby names ...

That's nonsense. Most parents want their baby to have the same name as someone else's. Otherwise, there would never have been more than one "Nevaeh."

[Malone LaVeigh]

I’m surprised Hodor didn’t make the list.

[HangnJudge]

Popular names of the 1950’s

1 James 843,189 Mary 625,464
2 Michael 836,913 Linda 564,204
3 Robert 829,819 Patricia 459,530
4 John 797,331 Susan 437,662
5 David 769,391 Deborah 430,459
6 William 590,833 Barbara 345,635
7 Richard 535,007 Debra 341,256
8 Thomas 454,057 Karen 332,453
9 Mark 382,369 Nancy 286,725
10 Charles 360,871 Donna 270,297

[CapnJack]

I always thought the most popular name (especially when I was a kid) was Damn-it ... at least that was what I was called.

I didn’t know my real name till I was 10.

[COBOL2Java]

Went to sss.gov, queried popular names for my birth year, and I'm number 53. My wife beat me out, she's number 40 for her birth year.