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Highest Hitting One-Hits – Cinnamon, Destry, Kunta, Yulissa
| 13 February 2008 | Filed under Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names, Pop Culture Baby Names, Unique Baby Names |
Here are the one-hit wonder baby names that ranked the highest overall — 700th or above — the single year they made the U.S. top 1,000:
| Name | Ranked… | Likely Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Christop | 241st in 1989 | Typo* |
| Yulissa | 424th in 1997 | The 1996 telenovela “Te Sigo Amando” featured a character named Yulissa played by Claudia Ramírez. |
| Nira | 463rd in 1933 | The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) was authorized by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933. |
| Elizabet | 524th in 1989 | Typo* |
| Manilla | 536th in 1898 | The first military action of Spanish-American War was the 1898 battle for Manila, the capital of the Philippines. |
| Jemal | 549th in 1969 | “The Outcasts” (1968-1969), the first TV Western with an African-American co-star, featured a character named Jemal. |
| Alexande | 554th in 1989 | Typo* |
| Kunta | 572nd in 1977 | The 1977 miniseries “Roots” (based on the Alex Haley novel) featured a character named Kunta Kinte. |
| Shafter | 604th in 1898 | Maj. Gen. William Rufus Shafter’s forces took Santiago (and hence helped end the Spanish-American War) in 1898. |
| Destry | 636th in 1964 | The short-lived 1964 show “Destry” was a spin-off of the 1939 film “Destry Rides Again.” |
| Sonji | 638th in 1966 | In 1966, Muhammad Ali and his first wife, Sonji Roi, divorced. |
| Sheilah | 665th in 1955 | Sheilah Graham Westbrook (1904-1988) was a gossip columnist during Hollywood’s “Golden Age.” |
| Clarisa | 665th in 1994 | The popular Nickelodeon sitcom “Clarissa Explains it All” won an Emmy in 1994. |
| Tatia | 670th in 1966 | A notable 1965 episode of the TV show “I Spy” (1965-1968) featured a character named Tatia Loring. |
| Alexandr | 676th in 1989 | Typo* |
| Cinnamon | 700th in 1969 | The first 3 seasons of the “Mission: Impossible” TV series (1966-1973) featured a character named Cinnamon Carter. (That’s what put Cinnamon on the map.) Early in 1969, “Cinnamon” by Derek (a.k.a. Johnny Cymbal) was an actual one-hit wonder that peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Later the same year, “Cinnamon Girl” by Neil Young was released. |
| Beyonce | 700th in 2001 | Destiny’s Child (featuring Beyoncé Knowles) won two Grammy Awards in 2001. |
I didn’t include one-hits from 1880-1889 (Manerva, Zilpah, Worley, Ambers, Orilla, Simona) or the names that debuted on the 2006 list (Rihanna, Addisyn, Krish, Yandel).
*Here’s more about those typos from 1989.
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