The names below are one-hit wonder names that ranked among the 1,000 most popular U.S. baby names only once–sometime between 1910 and 1919 (inclusive).
Girl Names
- Arietta – ranked 1000th in 1910
- Loree – ranked 853rd in 1910
- Blanchie – ranked 902nd in 1911
- Felice – ranked 966th in 1911
- Maebell – ranked 994th in 1912
- Orene – ranked 967th in 1914
- Cleone – ranked 992nd in 1915
- Lahoma – ranked 941st in 1915
- Rosaria – ranked 975th in 1916
- Idamae – ranked 949th in 1917
- Lavelle – ranked 940th in 1917
- Michelina – ranked 970th in 1917
- Victory – ranked 814th in 1918 (influence: WWI)
- Haruko – ranked 920th in 1919
Boy Names
- Amerigo – ranked 926th in 1911
- Gennaro – ranked 905th in 1913
- Hymen – ranked 956th in 1913
- Melbourne – ranked 984th in 1913
- Geno – ranked 940th in 1914
- Gilmore – ranked 991st in 1914
- Saverio – ranked 996th in 1914
- Arvo – ranked 953rd in 1915
- Berlin – ranked 987th in 1916
- Gerhardt – ranked 958th in 1916
- Hughes – ranked 794th in 1916
- Tatsuo – ranked 833rd in 1916
- Orvin – ranked 979th in 1917
- Foch – ranked 874th in 1918 (influence: Ferdinand Foch)
- Laddie – ranked 993rd in 1919
- Metro – ranked 983rd in 1919
- Therman – ranked 971st in 1919
Victory made the list the same year that WWI ended (well, the year that Germany and the Allies signed the armistice treaty). The treaty wasn’t signed until November 11th, though, so I wonder if most of the little girls named Victory were born right at the end of 1918.
(Liberty also made the list for the first time in 1918. Its second appearance was 1976, the year of the U.S. Bicentennial.)
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