January 23, 2013

Top 10 American Baby Names from 100 Years Ago

You won’t find “Jackson,” “Jayden”, “Madison”, or “Addison” here. In 1913, people weren’t naming their babies to be future DJs, bartenders, and strippers. These babies needed strong, ass-kicking American names to protect against stuff like black plague and Germans.*

Male:

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

Female:

  1. Mary
  2. Helen
  3. Dorothy
  4. Margaret
  5. Ruth
  6. Mildred
  7. Anna
  8. Elizabeth
  9. Frances
  10. Marie

*Source: Get Fuzzy desk calendar.


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