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Names that were once popular
| Mon, 02-20-2006 - 7:49pm |
Hi. I was wondering if anyone could give ideas/suggestions of names (both boys & girls) that were once popular but not so much anymore. Maybe names that were popular 20 years ago?
And I'm just naming off the top of my head but:
Some girl names I thought of are Anna, Stephanie, Melissa, Nicole, Heather, Rebecca, Erin, etc.
Some boy names I thought of are Robert, Jason, Justin, Steven, Jonathan, Jeffrey, Mark, etc.
Any ideas/suggestions would be very much appreciated! Thank you.

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These are perhaps 20-30 years ago:
Jennifer, Elaine, Carol. Dana suddenly became a girl's name (previously boy name)
Brett, Blaise, John, Michael, Greg
The first two boy names had a very brief surge of popularity that seemed to be regionally based.
You could check w/ the Social Security Admin & see their stats but here's my take on what was popular around my area when I was a teenager (20 yrs ago!!). Of course these are not names of those who were BORN 20 yrs ago but they seem to fit the style of names you've listed...
Girls:
Tracy, Kelly, Laurie, Karen, Sue, Beth, Cindy
Boys:
Mike, Dave, Chris (Christopher)
girls:
Amanda
Jennifer
Julie
Stacy
Amy
Laura
Lori
Kelly
Kristina
Kathleen
Angela
Crystal
Diana/Diane
Jamie/Jaime
Jessica
Suzanne/Suzanna
Lindsey/Lindsay
Courtney
Carrie/Kari/Kerry/Cari, etc.
Kara/Cara
Michelle
Danielle
Jodie/Jodi/Jody
Vickie/Vicki
Kristen
Dana
Dena
Gina
Jenny
Robin/Robyn
Denise
Erika/Erica
Holly
Molly
Maggie
Kimberly
Kristy/Kristi/Christy/etc.
Lisa
Patricia
Wendy
Tracy
boys:
Bobby
David
Derek
James
Jimmy
Joseph
Benjamin
Richard
Adam
Patrick
Billy
William
Willie
Andrew
Alex
Christopher
Brian/Bryan
Ryan
Scott
Daniel
Thomas
Frank
Gregory
Greg
Timothy
Tony
Anthony
Bradley
Eric/Erik
Jake
Kevin
Michael
Nicholas
Nathan
Peter
Shawn
Sean
Shane
Samuel
Boys: Jeff, Brian, Justin, Shawn, Shane, Brandon, Cody, Jason, Travis
Girls: Lisa, Heather, Jamie, Suzanne, Mindy, Kristy, Amy
mom to Natalie, Hallie, Abbie and Jace
Anna, Rebecca and Erin are popular again! Jonathan and Justin too!
names popular 20 yrs ago not popular today include:
Ashley
Erica
Allison
Brooke
Courtney
Dawn
Heather
Jennifer
Kimberly
Kristen
Lindsey
Michelle
Melissa
Melanie
Stephanie
Tiffany
Whitney
Bradley
Casey
Corey
Derek
Dustin
Eric
Gregory
Jason
Jeremy
Kevin
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