When you think of southern 1950-era names, what names do you think of? Both genders?
This is my parents’ generation, and we’re Southern, so I think I can help a bit.
Girls:
[name_f]Linda[/name_f]
[name_f]Carol[/name_f]
[name_f]Susan[/name_f]
[name_f]Sharon[/name_f]
[name_f]Marsha[/name_f]
[name_f]Barbara[/name_f]
[name_f]Elaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Sandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Janice[/name_f]
[name_f]Janet[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Gail[/name_f]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Beverly[/name_f]
[name_f]Brenda[/name_f]
[name_f]Rita[/name_f]
[name_f]Glenda[/name_f]
[name_f]Patricia[/name_f]/[name_f]Patty[/name_f]/[name_u]Pat[/name_u]
[name_f]Peggy[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Pamela[/name_f]/[name_f]Pam[/name_f]
Boys:
[name_m]Donald[/name_m]/[name_m]Don[/name_m]
[name_m]Dennis[/name_m]
[name_m]Bruce[/name_m]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_u]Howard[/name_u]
[name_m]Robert[/name_m]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_m]Gerald[/name_m]
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_u]Glenn[/name_u]
[name_u]Noel[/name_u]
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
[name_u]Laurence[/name_u]
[name_u]Gary[/name_u]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m]
[name_u]Stanley[/name_u]
[name_m]Ronald[/name_m]
[name_m]Raymond[/name_m]
[name_u]Billy[/name_u]/[name_m]William[/name_m]
These are names of people I know in my parents’ age group. [name_f]Hope[/name_f] it helps.
We have a [name_f]Madeline[/name_f] and a [name_f]Blanche[/name_f] in our family from the South in the 50’s. Also a [name_m]Eugene[/name_m] and an [name_u]Everett[/name_u]. I believe [name_m]French[/name_m] names that ended in -ette were popular then, like [name_f]Jeannette[/name_f] and [name_f]Colette[/name_f].