[La Lydia]

I suspect all the little Marias have made up for it.

[Jacquerie]

I miss the old southern practice of naming daughters after some states; Virginia, Carolina, Georgia. And yes, I met one named Florida and one named Mississippi.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

What became of Gertrude, Maude, Lenore and Irene? Those are all on my maternal side. Great old names, all of them. How sad to see them go.

[Straight Vermonter]

I thought you might be right but in the last 30 years it went from 37th to 71st.

http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi

[Oldpuppymax]

But there are PLENTY of Shaliquas!

[Oldpuppymax]

But dey be PLENTY uv Shaliquas!

[Cronos]

Baby names go in cycles of popularity. That's why in one generation you can find tons of kids with the same first name (except for some African Americans who make up the craziest names like Shanique or Beyonce!) and all the parents heard one name and copied it. This mostly peters down from the "upper class" downwards (there was a study done on this in some economics/sociological book, perhaps Freakonomics?).

Then everyone gets fed up and chooses a different name!