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The names below are one-hit wonder names that ranked among the 1,000 most popular U.S. baby names only once — sometime during the first decade of the 20th century (1900 through 1909).

Girl Names

• 1900 – Luvinia
• 1901 – Dagny, Ethyle
• 1903 – Augustina, Girtha
• 1904 – Edris, Vernia
• 1905 – Beadie, Ilda, Neola, Orma, Vela
• 1907 – Clydie, Rosabelle, Theta
• 1908 – Arnetta, Clementina, Launa
• 1909 – Azalee, Macel

Boy Names

• 1900 – Goebel (influence: William Goebel), Tallie
• 1901 – Ancil, Buren, Erland, Esco, Mathews, Pate
• 1902 – Doll, Ivor, Victoriano
• 1903 – Beckham, Lenon, Ozzie, Teddie
• 1904 – Arbie, Council, Duard, Harm, Severo, Tobie
• 1905 – Fredie, Graydon, Jiles
• 1906 – Benard, Harrold
• 1907 – Delmus, Delphin (influence: Delphin Delmas), Gilmer, Ogden, Oland, Samie
• 1908 – Esker, Levie, Robley (influence: Robley Evans)
• 1909 – Othel

I think both Beckham (1903) and Graydon (1905) could really appeal to modern parents — Beckham for its association with soccer star David Beckham, Graydon for its similarity to currently popular names like Grayson and Jayden.

Want more one-hit wonders? Here are…

• All the top-1,000 one-hit wonder baby names, decade by decade: 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2005.
• Some interesting full-list one-hit wonder baby names, from all decades (this list is always growing): One Hit Wonder Baby Names.