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These 100-Year-Old Baby Names Are Back In A BIG Way

Aw, bb Betty! - by Lucy Bode
  • 08 Jan 2020
These 100-Year-Old Baby Names Are Back In A BIG Way
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Much alike matching tracksuits and mullets (cheers, Miley!), the moniker ‘Mildred’ is about to receive a major revival. Don’t believe us? Allow us to introduce you to the 100-year-rule.

Essentially, it’s a theory (based on past trends) that it takes around a century for baby names to become cool again. So what are we in for in 2020?

*Drumroll, pls.*

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According to the US social security records and Nameberry website, these were the top 10 names for boys in the year 1920:

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

And for girls?

  1. Mary
  2. Dorothy
  3. Helen
  4. Betty
  5. Margaret
  6. Ruth
  7. Virginia
  8. Doris
  9. Mildred
  10. Frances

Cue: cute!

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