This is my first list in a planned series about names that have taken a dive in popularity. Armed with a baby name book and the SSA baby names site, I set to work looking for names that were once famous and then lost it all.
This list will have lots of options for the parents who want a name that's "not common, but not weird".
Without further ado, here is the first set of names.
This list will have lots of options for the parents who want a name that's "not common, but not weird".
Without further ado, here is the first set of names.
Alyssa - peaked in the 90's, but has been steadily falling.
Amber - peaked in the 70's and has steadily dropped.
Andrea - After the 70's, it saw a big decline in popularity.
Angela - last saw popularity in 2002 and has been dropping since.
April - saw huge popularity at the end of the 70's and went down from there.
Ashley - saw some popularity in the 2000's, but does appear to be diving.
Beatrice – has not seen the top
100 chart since 1934
Bridget, Bridgette - diving since the 1960's, neither of
the variations of this lovely name seem ready for a comeback.
Brittany – has not seen popularity
since 2000. Alternate spelling Britney is safe as well.
Brooke – last popular in 2011
Cameron - This baby name never saw true popularity. It has steadily declined since its peak in the 90's. Watch out for a possible turnaround in popularity.
Carleen and Carlene both dropped
before the 1970's.
Carlotta – this baby name peeked
in the 1940's and dropped in the 1960's.
Cassandra – popular in the 1980's
but has taken a big dive.
Catherine – has been steadily
falling since the 1940's, but looks like it might be on the verge of
a comeback.
Chelsea – peaked in the 1990's. No
sign of a comeback.
Cheyenne – peaked in the 1980's.
Then took a big dive.
Christina – peaked in the 1970's
and steadily dropping ever since
Clarissa – peaked in the 1980's.
This one has an uptick so might be on the verge of a comeback.
Courtney – peaked in the 1980's.
Doesn't appear to be ready for a comeback.
Crystal – peaked in the 1970's.
Took a big dive after that.
Cynthia – peaked in the 1940's
and slid down from there.
Daisy – peaked in the 1880's.
Surprisingly, might make a comeback.
Dakota – currently dropping but
may see a comeback. Never in the top 100.
Danielle – peaked in the 1970's
and steadily falling since.
Dawn – Dawn was popular from the
60's to the 70's and took a dive. It never recovered.
Deana – Must like Dawn, it saw
popularity in the 60's, took a dive, and never recovered.
Deborah – Peaked in the 1940's and
has been diving ever since.
Deirdre – Peaked in the 50's.
Disappeared completely by 1990.
Denise – Peaked in 50's and
steadily dropped from there.
Desiree – Bursted in popularity
from the 70's to the 80's and has been diving since.
Destiny – Shot up in the 90's and
then quickly fell. No comeback in sight.
Dorothy – peaked
in the 1910's and soon fell, never to return.
Ebony – Peaked in the 70's.
Gone by the 00's. Never in the top 100. Doesn't appear to be on the
verge of a comeback, but definitely has the feel of a popular name.
Eileen – Spiked up between 30's and
40's. Then dropped.
Elaine – Hasn't seen popularity since
the 1940's. Watch out for alternate form Elaina which is on the rise!
Ellen – Last popular in the 30's. No
sign of a comeback.
Emmaline – Never seen true
popularity. Has the look and feel of more popular names like
Madeline.
Erica – peaked in the 70's. Then
steadily dove.
Erin – also peaked in the 70's, then
steadily dove.
Estelle – was at its height in the
1900's. Never really saw a return.
