What would you be named 100 years ago?

My 1900 name is [name_f]Tena[/name_f], my 2018 name is [name_u]Cadence[/name_u], and my middle name wasn’t in the top 1000 ever, so who knows!

Minnie [name_f]Theodosia[/name_f] - 100 years ago name
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Luisa[/name_f] - 1920 name
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f] [name_f]Kimora[/name_f] - 2018 name

I definitely prefer 100 years ago name but I’m really surprised that my middle name is so low on the list. Maybe it’s because it’s an American site. Need to find a British equivalent

British equivalent

Edna Amy - 100 years before I was born
Sylvia Rose - 1924
Maisie Lola - 2018

Hmm, I really don’t like any of them…my 1914 name (for some reason British records only publish every 10 years in years ending 4, my name would be Grace Constance, which I actually love)

Had to use a spelling variation of my middle name, my middle name only started ranking in the top 1000 in 2000 :stuck_out_tongue:

100 years before I was born (1895): [name_f]Elsie[/name_f] [name_f]Catharine[/name_f]
100 years ago today (1920): [name_f]Edith[/name_f] [name_f]Zelma[/name_f]
2018: [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_f]Annie[/name_f]

I actually like [name_f]Elsie[/name_f] [name_f]Catharine[/name_f] and [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_f]Annie[/name_f] much more than my own name :stuck_out_tongue:

For the UK, I’ll use the same position as my first name in the US, because my first name has never ranked in their top 100/1000. I can’t see beyond the top 100 for 1904 and 1924, so I won’t have middle names for them :stuck_out_tongue:

1904: [name_f]Phyllis[/name_f]
1924: [name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
2018: [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] [name_f]Miriam[/name_f]

My middle name didn’t rank, but I would’ve been [name_f]Alice[/name_f] 100 years before I was born and [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] in 2018.

1892: [name_f]Olive[/name_f] [name_f]Goldia[/name_f]
1920: [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] [name_m]Clyde[/name_m]
2018: [name_f]Eliana[/name_f] [name_f]Malani[/name_f]

def didn’t expect to see [name_m]Clyde[/name_m] on the girls side haha, I do like [name_f]Olive[/name_f] and [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] but the 2018 name is just not my style

I would have been [name_f]Iva[/name_f] [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] 100 years before I was born. I actually like this!
[name_u]Maria[/name_u] [name_f]Ariella[/name_f] in 2018. If my rank was 117 instead of 116, my first name would have been [name_f]Athena[/name_f] which I love!
[name_f]Rosa[/name_f] [name_f]Gracie[/name_f] in 1920

Love this idea!

If I was born in 1901 my first name would be [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Berenice[/name_f]…I do not like this name at all. I much prefer [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_u]Louise[/name_u]. [name_f]My[/name_f] 1920 name would be [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Neta[/name_f]. This ones ok but not really a fan of [name_f]Mary[/name_f].

My first name actually wasn’t in the top 1000 for my birth year so I had to dig into the beyond.

A hundred years before I was born: Darthula [name_f]Annie[/name_f]
A hundred years ago currently: [name_f]Olene[/name_f] [name_f]Anna[/name_f]
Most recent years data: [name_f]Ainhoa[/name_f] [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]

All of which are certainly interesting!

So, the traditional way to spell my name is [name_f]Hannah[/name_f], but my name is [name_f]Hanna[/name_f]. If my name was spelled [name_f]Hannah[/name_f], then my name 100 years ago would be [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]. I can’t find my name anywhere, so we’ll just go with that.

My actual name: [name_f]Hanna[/name_f] [name_f]Nicole[/name_f]
100 years ago: [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
What it would have been this year: [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] (what?!)

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@MagnoliaE, I think we may have the same first name. I would be
[name_f]Edith[/name_f] ____ in 1905 ([name_f]My[/name_f] middle name is very unique, lol).
[name_f]Nora[/name_f] ____ in 2019.

1896: [name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]
2018: [name_f]Luna[/name_f]

My name is [name_f]Julia[/name_f] [name_f]Catherine[/name_f]. If I was born a hundred years earlier, it would be [name_f]Nellie[/name_f] [name_f]Nancy[/name_f], which is just really awful as a combination. If I was born in 2018, it would be [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] [name_u]Vivian[/name_u], which actually flows quite well, but I prefer my real name.

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Soooo… my name (first only, don’t have a middle) is currently ranked 14,239!! :joy::flushed::scream: I know it’s uncommon, but wow… I can’t find a list from 100 years ago that’s long enough haha!

1886: [name_m]Louis[/name_m] [name_f]Cleo[/name_f]
1920: [name_f]Yoshiko[/name_f] [name_f]Corrine[/name_f]
2018: [name_f]Aubrielle[/name_f] [name_f]Madilyn[/name_f]

1883: [name_m]Leon[/name_m] [name_m]Earl[/name_m]
1920: [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m] [name_m]Alfred[/name_m]
2018: [name_u]Kayden[/name_u] [name_m]Christoper[/name_m]

1917: [name_m]Hubert[/name_m] [name_m]Herbert[/name_m]
1920: [name_m]Hugh[/name_m] [name_u]Stanley[/name_u]
1927: [name_u]Glen[/name_u] [name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
1937: [name_m]Duane[/name_m] [name_u]Roy[/name_u]
1947: [name_m]Bob[/name_m] [name_m]Carl[/name_m]
1957: [name_m]Bryan[/name_m] [name_u]Ricky[/name_u]
1967: [name_m]Micheal[/name_m] [name_m]Troy[/name_m]
1977: [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u] [name_m]Patrick[/name_m]
1987: [name_m]Larry[/name_m] [name_u]Sean[/name_u]
1997: [name_m]Grant[/name_m] [name_m]Steven[/name_m]
2007: [name_u]Seth[/name_u] [name_u]Evan[/name_u]
2018: [name_m]Harrison[/name_m] [name_u]Lincoln[/name_u]

1912: [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] [name_f]Norine[/name_f]
1920: [name_f]Madeline[/name_f] [name_f]Arleen[/name_f]
2018: [name_f]Iris[/name_f] Airya

1915: [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] [name_f]Grayce[/name_f]
1920: [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Rosina[/name_f]
2018: [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] [name_u]Palmer[/name_u]

1880: [name_m]Fred[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m]
1920: [name_m]Raymond[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m]
2018: [name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_u]Liam[/name_u]

1909: [name_u]Terry[/name_u] [name_m]Earl[/name_m]
1920: [name_m]Theron[/name_m] [name_m]Earl[/name_m]
2018: [name_m]Brycen[/name_m] [name_u]Dylan[/name_u]

1920: [name_m]Jesus[/name_m] [name_u]Madison[/name_u]
1930: [name_m]Roosevelt[/name_m] [name_u]Tracy[/name_u]
1940: [name_u]Julian[/name_u] [name_m]Wayland[/name_m]
1950: [name_u]Bennie[/name_u] [name_m]Dwaine[/name_m]
1960: [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] [name_m]Stanton[/name_m]
1970: [name_m]Gordon[/name_m] [name_m]Fredrico[/name_m]
1980: [name_u]Andy[/name_u] [name_m]Mohammad[/name_m]
1990: [name_u]Micah[/name_u] [name_m]Rhett[/name_m]
2000: [name_m]Kobe[/name_m] [name_m]Irving[/name_m]
2010: [name_u]Tyson[/name_u] [name_m]Cael[/name_m]

1880: [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] [name_f]Beulah[/name_f]
1920: [name_f]May[/name_f] [name_f]Muriel[/name_f]
2018: [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]

1885: [name_f]Fannie[/name_f] [name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
1920: [name_f]Barbara[/name_f] [name_f]Susan[/name_f]
2018: [name_u]Brooklyn[/name_u] [name_u]Harley[/name_u]

1914: [name_f]Selena[/name_f] [name_u]Maria[/name_u]
1920: [name_f]Lorean[/name_f] [name_f]Verna[/name_f]
2018: [name_f]Jana[/name_f] [name_f]Khloe[/name_f]

1888: [name_f]Arline[/name_f] [name_f]Hallie[/name_f]
1920: [name_f]Annamae[/name_f] [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
2018: [name_f]Xiomara[/name_f] [name_f]Adriana[/name_f]

1913: [name_f]Gladys[/name_f] [name_f]Jewell[/name_f]
1920: [name_u]Louise[/name_u] [name_f]Jewell[/name_f]
2018: [name_f]Aria[/name_f] [name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]

1918: [name_f]Della[/name_f] [name_f]Sue[/name_f]
1920: [name_f]Lottie[/name_f] [name_f]Leola[/name_f]
2017: [name_f]Amaya[/name_f] [name_f]Destiny[/name_f]

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100 years before I was born I would’ve been [name_f]Zella[/name_f] (which I actually think is pretty cool) and my middle name has never been in the top 1000

In 1920 my name would’ve been [name_f]Leila[/name_f]

In 2018 my name would’ve been [name_u]Lyric[/name_u] which is kinda cool actually

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If I was born 100 years ago, my name would have been [name_f]Lelia[/name_f] [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f].

(I’m not entirely sure if the website I used was UK or US statistics. But apparently official statistics weren’t kept until 1904 in the UK - this would be less than 100 years for me)

In 2018, I would have been named [name_f]Melissa[/name_f] [name_f]Darcie[/name_f].

I definitely prefer my actual name since it’s Welsh

Those first names are interesting! I haven’t heard of them but I’m liking [name_f]Ainhoa[/name_f] :blush:

Oh dear… [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] [name_f]Ethel[/name_f].

That’s… not good.

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:joy: :joy: …has some lovely grandma vibes

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