Popular Names of Past Decades (100 years of naming challenge-PART 2 😝)

My previous thread was about you naming your children with popular names from past decades.

Link to Part 1 - Naming Your Children

Now, I’m switching it up. Using names from the top 100 of each decade from 1910-2010, what would you name YOURSELF?

Name yourself as any gender, as many times as you like and you can even name your siblings (imaginary or real life) if you want! The choice is entirely yours!

PS: if your own name features in the top 100 of any decade, then feel free to use it if you want to :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

Have Fun :two_hearts:

Based on England & Wales Top 100

1910s
eleanor josephine (nell)

1920s
nancy gwendoline

1930s
diana elizabeth

1940s
julia frances (jules)

1950s
caroline helen (caro)

1960s
judith louise (jude)

1970s
georgina susan (george)

1980s
joanna charlotte (jo)

1990s
sophie elizabeth

2000s
lydia bethan

2010s
alice phoebe

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Fun idea! :slight_smile:

1910s
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_f]Mabel[/name_f]

1920s
[name_f]Elaine[/name_f] [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]

1930s
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f]

1940s
[name_f]Christine[/name_f] [name_u]Louise[/name_u]

1950s
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]

1960s
[name_f]Amy[/name_f] [name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]

1970s
[name_u]Lisa[/name_u] [name_f]Danielle[/name_f]

1980s
[name_f]Natasha[/name_f] [name_f]Christine[/name_f]

1990s
[name_f]Samantha[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]

2000s
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f] [name_f]Victoria[/name_f]

2010s
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f] [name_f]Sophie[/name_f]

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1910s
[name_f]Martha[/name_f] [name_f]Gwendoline[/name_f]

1920s
[name_f]Hilda[/name_f] [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]

1930s
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f]

1940s
[name_f]Julia[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]

1950s
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] [name_f]Ruth[/name_f]

1960s
[name_f]Wendy[/name_f] [name_u]Louise[/name_u]

1970s
[name_f]Claire[/name_f] [name_f]Heather[/name_f]

1980s
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_u]Marie[/name_u]

1990s
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_f]Georgia[/name_f]

2000s
[name_f]Rosie[/name_f] [name_f]Isobel[/name_f]

2010s
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f] [name_u]Willow[/name_u]

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I’ll do the US for now and add the UK later bc I’m on my phone :rofl::rofl:

1910s
betty katherine

1920s
barbara louise “barbie”

1930s
marilyn elizabeth

1940s
brenda ann

1950s
pamela jane

1960s
cheryl dawn “cherry”

1970s
kelly melissa

1980s
stephanie christina

1990s
lauren alexis

2000s
ava grace

2010s
addison victoria

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Ooh how fun!

Based on US data:

1910’s: [name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]

1920’s: [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]

1930’s: [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] [name_f]Lucille[/name_f]

1940’s: [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_u]Louise[/name_u]

1950’s: [name_f]Diana[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]

1960’s: [name_f]Cynthia[/name_f] [name_f]Renee[/name_f]

1970’s: [name_f]Heather[/name_f] [name_f]Nicole[/name_f]

1980’s: [name_f]Lauren[/name_f] [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]

1990’s: [name_f]Rachel[/name_f] [name_u]Mackenzie[/name_u]

2000’s: [name_f]Natalie[/name_f] [name_u]Alexis[/name_u]

2010s: [name_f]Ella[/name_f] [name_f]Audrey[/name_f]

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1910: [name_f]Lena[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
1920: [name_f]Gloria[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] (maybe GG for short)
1930: [name_f]Joanne[/name_f] [name_f]Frances[/name_f] (Jo for short)
1940: [name_f]Suzanne[/name_f] [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] (Suzie for short)
1950: [name_f]Betty[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
1960: [name_u]Julie[/name_u] [name_f]Diane[/name_f] (one letter off from my own name - yet I was born in the 90s! The two names were rated in the top 100 for many decades, but combined they ranked the highest in the 60s.)
1970: [name_f]Veronica[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] (Ronnie for short)
1980: [name_u]Holly[/name_u] [name_f]Erin[/name_f] (I actually wanted to rename myself [name_u]Holly[/name_u] in kindergarten - no idea why.)
1990: [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] [name_f]Lauren[/name_f]
2000: [name_u]Jordan[/name_u] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
2010: [name_u]Piper[/name_u] [name_f]Naomi[/name_f]

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Hahaha, going through drafts and apparently I forgot to post this.

1910s:
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]

1920s:
[name_u]Anne[/name_u] [name_f]Kathleen[/name_f]

1930s:
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] (Sylvie)

1940s:
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Virginia[/name_f]

1950s:
[name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Carolyn[/name_f]

1960s:
[name_f]Monica[/name_f] [name_f]Renee[/name_f]

1970s:
[name_u]Holly[/name_u] [name_f]Christine[/name_f]

1980s:
[name_f]Samantha[/name_f] [name_f]Erin[/name_f]

1990s:
[name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_f]Savannah[/name_f]

2000s:
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]

2010s:
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]

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because my real first & middle name are alliterative, I’m keeping with this theme for the past decade renaming! also it’s easier to do it like this with all the choice of names :joy: also these names definitely aren’t my favourites from each decade, but (I think) they are the ones that match me the best haha! :blush:


1910s: [name_f]Millicent[/name_f] [name_f]Maud[/name_f]

1920s: [name_f]Annie[/name_f] [name_f]Audrey[/name_f]

1930s: [name_f]Eileen[/name_f] [name_f]Edith[/name_f]

1940s: [name_f]Bridget[/name_f] [name_f]Betty[/name_f]

1950s: [name_u]Shirley[/name_u] [name_f]Susan[/name_f]

1960s: [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] [name_u]Kay[/name_u]

1970s: [name_f]Heidi[/name_f] [name_f]Hayley[/name_f]

1980s: [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] [name_f]Stephanie[/name_f]

1990s: [name_f]Aimee[/name_f] [name_f]Abigail[/name_f]

2000s: [name_f]Mollie[/name_f] [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]

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ok, i’m doing the US version but instead of like, searching for names i like i’m going to be doing names with the exact same popularity as my first and middle in my birth year…

1880
floy carol

1890
leota margaretta

1900
lona prudence

1910
merle jettie

1920
helena lavon

1930
elnora easter

1940
leah velda

1950
margarita vickey

1960
laurel cherry

1970
courtney jeana

1980
devon hilda

1990
sylvia valeria

2000
georgia hayden

2010
tatum ally

2020
amari capri

my name is talia ann, i was born in 2004 so the popularity for my names was 334 and 685.

[name_f]My[/name_f] name is a chosen name, I go by [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] because it’s not an overly frilly name, and while it is not unisex it it’s hyper feminine (I’m non-binary). So I’d definitely pick names like that! I’m not choosing [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] even if it’s on the lists lol

1910s
[name_u]Jessie[/name_u] [name_u]Florence[/name_u]

1920s
[name_f]Maxine[/name_f] [name_f]Audrey[/name_f]

1930s
[name_f]Bonnie[/name_f] [name_u]Hazel[/name_u]

1940s
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] (nn Sylvie) [name_f]Marjorie[/name_f]

1950s
[name_u]Connie[/name_u] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]

1960s
[name_f]Wendy[/name_f] [name_f]Renee[/name_f]

1970s
[name_u]Shannon[/name_u] [name_f]Pamela[/name_f]

1980s
[name_f]April[/name_f] [name_f]Jenna[/name_f]

1990s
[name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_f]Anna[/name_f]

2000s
[name_u]Zoe[/name_u] [name_f]Autumn[/name_f]

2010s
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u] [name_f]Lydia[/name_f]