Names that were once popular

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Registered: 07-23-2004
Names that were once popular
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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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Registered: 03-28-2005
Tue, 02-21-2006 - 2:35pm

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.

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Registered: 06-14-2003
Tue, 02-21-2006 - 2:36pm

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)

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Registered: 12-28-2005
Tue, 02-21-2006 - 2:44pm

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

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Registered: 04-08-2003
Tue, 02-21-2006 - 2:46pm


Boys: Jeff, Brian, Justin, Shawn, Shane, Brandon, Cody, Jason, Travis

Girls: Lisa, Heather, Jamie, Suzanne, Mindy, Kristy, Amy

Tricia

mom to Natalie, Hallie, Abbie and Jace

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Registered: 05-29-2003
Tue, 02-21-2006 - 4:07pm

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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