How popular is the baby name Faye in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Find out using the graph below! Plus, check out all the blog posts that mention the name Faye.
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We looked at the top baby name rises last month, so this month let’s look at the opposite: the top drops. That is, the baby names that decreased the most in usage, percentage-wise, from one year to the next in the Social Security Administration’s data.
Here’s the format: girl names are on the left, boy names are on the right, and the percentages represent single-year slides in usage. (For example, from 1880 to 1881, usage of the girl name Clementine dropped 68% and usage of the boy name Neil dropped 76%.)
The SSA data isn’t perfect, but it does become more accurate in the late 1930s, because “many people born before 1937 never applied for a Social Security card, so their names are not included in our data” (SSA). Now, back to the list…
I’ve already written about some of the names above (click the links to see the posts) and I plan to write about a few of the others. In the meanwhile, though, feel free to beat me to it — leave a comment and let us know why you think any of these names saw dropped in usage when they did.
A few weeks ago, I got an email from a reader looking for lists of old-fashioned double names. She was aiming for names like Thelma Dean, Eula Mae, and Gaynell — names that would have sounded trendy in the early 1900s. She also mentioned that she’d started a list of her own.
So I began scouring the interwebs. I tracked down lists of old-fashioned names, and lists of double names…but I couldn’t find a decent list of double names that were also old-fashioned.
I loved the idea of such a list, though, so I suggested that we work together to create one. She generously sent me the pairings she’d collected so far, and I used several different records databases to find many more.
I restricted my search to names given to girls born in the U.S. from 1890 to 1930. I also stuck to double names that I found written as single names, because it’s very likely that these pairings were used together in real life (i.e., that they were true double names and not merely first-middle pairings).
Pairings that seemed too timeless, like Maria Mae and Julia Rose, were omitted. I also took out many of the pairings that feature now-trendy names — think Ella, Emma, and Lucy — because they just don’t sound old-fashioned anymore (though they would have a few decades ago).
The result isn’t exhaustive, but it’s a decent sampling of real-life, old-fashioned double names. I’ve organized them by second name, and I also added links to popularity graphs for names that were in the SSA data during the correct time period (early 1900s).
I spotted plenty of other combinations that just didn’t happen to be written as single names in the records, so here’s a handy dandy little table to cover some of the other existing combinations…
Ireland’s top baby names of 2013 were announced a few days ago.
According to data from the Central Statistics Office, the most popular baby names are Emily and Jack.
Here are Ireland’s top 100 girl names and top 100 boy names of 2013:
Girl Names
Boy Names
1. Emily 2. Emma 3. Sophie 4. Ella 5. Amelia 6. Aoife 7. Ava 8. Lucy 9. Grace 10. Sarah 11. Mia 12. Anna 13. Chloe 14. Hannah 15. Kate 16. Ruby 17. Lily 18. Katie 19. Caoimhe 20. Sophia 21. Lauren 22. Saoirse 23. Ellie 24. Holly 25. Leah 26. Amy 27. Olivia 28. Jessica 29. Ciara 30. Zoe 31. Isabelle 32. Niamh 33. Molly 34. Julia 35. Robyn 36. Erin 37. Roisin 38. Freya 39. Laura 40. Cara 41. Sofia 42. Eva 43. Rachel 44. Isabella 45. Kayla 46. Abbie 47. Charlotte [tie] 47. Millie [tie] 49. Faye 50. Clodagh 51. Aisling 52. Alice [tie] 52. Eabha [tie] 54. Abigail 55. Ellen 56. Lexi 57. Aoibhinn 58. Layla 59. Eve [tie] 59. Zara [tie] 61. Alannah 62. Aine 63. Maria [tie] 63. Megan [tie] 65. Rebecca 66. Nicole 67. Sadhbh 68. Clara 69. Elizabeth 70. Maya 71. Maja 72. Emilia 73. Caitlin 74. Rose 75. Isabel 76. Aoibheann 77. Sadie 78. Lena 79. Hollie 80. Sienna 81. Mary 82. Fiadh 83. Zuzanna 84. Aimee [tie] 84. Tara [tie] 86. Hanna [tie] 86. Katelyn [tie] 86. Lilly [tie] 86. Ruth [tie] 90. Alexandra [tie] 90. Poppy [tie] 92. Amber [tie] 92. Mollie [tie] 92. Victoria [tie] 95. Lara 96. Sara 97. Brooke 98. Aoibhe [tie] 98. Laoise [tie] 100. Kayleigh
1. Jack 2. James 3. Daniel 4. Conor 5. Sean 6. Adam 7. Ryan 8. Michael 9. Harry 10. Noah 11. Thomas 12. Alex 13. Luke 14. Oisin 15. Charlie 16. Patrick 17. Cian 18. Liam [tie] 18. Darragh [tie] 20. Dylan 21. Jamie 22. Matthew 23. Cillian 24. Aaron 25. Fionn 26. Jake 27. John 28. David 29. Ben 30. Finn 31. Nathan 32. Kyle 33. Samuel 34. Evan 35. Max 36. Ethan 37. Rian 38. Joseph 39. Alexander 40. Mason 41. Oliver 42. Joshua 43. William 44. Eoin 45. Jayden 46. Oscar 47. Callum 48. Aidan 49. Tom 50. Robert 51. Sam [tie] 51. Tadhg [tie] 53. Jacob 54. Cathal 55. Shane 56. Leon 57. Mark 58. Senan 59. Bobby 60. Ronan [tie] 60. Andrew [tie] 62. Eoghan 63. Leo 64. Lucas 65. Rory 66. Alfie 67. Tyler 68. Benjamin [tie] 68. Cormac [tie] 70. Scott 71. Christopher 72. Odhran 73. Kevin 74. Ciaran 75. Dara 76. Shay [tie] 76. Alan [tie] 78. Tommy 79. Logan [tie] 79. Anthony [tie] 81. Jakub 82. Rhys 83. Tomas 84. Donnacha 85. Kai 86. Stephen 87. Killian 88. Niall 89. Jason 90. Josh 91. Kayden 92. Martin [tie] 92. Ruairi [tie] 92. Brian [tie] 95. Isaac 96. Danny [tie] 96. Edward [tie] 98. Oran [tie] 98. Sebastian [tie] 98. Hugh [tie]
New to the top 100 are Sadie, Sienna, Fiadh and Poppy for girls and Kai and Kayden for boys.
(Names that were new on the 2012 list but that have since dropped out of the top 100 are Amelie, Evie and Maisie.)
Of all the girl names in the current top 100, these five saw the biggest increases from 2012 to 2013 in terms of rank change:
Fiadh, +64 (146th to 82nd)
Sadie, +62 (139th to 77th)
Poppy, +46 (136th to 90th)
Lexi, +33 (89th to 56th)
Sienna, +32 (112th to 80th)
And these five saw the biggest increases in terms of number of babies:
Anna, +56 (296 babies to 352 babies)
Lexi, +54 (127 babies to 73 babies)
Sofia, +50 (155 babies to 105 babies)
Sadie, +42 (84 babies to 42 babies)
Fiadh, +39 (78 babies to 39 babies)
Of all the boy names in the current top 100, these five saw the biggest increases from 2012 to 2013 in terms of rank change:
Kayden, +44 (135th to 91st)
Shay, +27 (103rd to 76th)
Kai, +24 (109th to 85th)
Leo, +21 (84th to 63rd)
Anthony, +20 (99th to 79th)
And these five saw the biggest increases in terms of number of babies:
Wondering what the most popular K-names for baby girls are? How about R-names?
Below are the 10 most popular girl names for each letter, A through Z. (The parenthetical notations show how the current rankings differ from the 2012 rankings.)
The four new #1 names that emerged in 2013 were Charlotte, which replaced Chloe, Delilah, which replaced Destiny, Harper, which replaced Hannah, and Lillian, which replaced Lily.
The most popular baby names in Ireland came out a few days ago.
According to the Central Statistics Office, the country’s top names are Jack for boys and Emily for girls.
Here are the top 100 girl names and top 100 boy names of 2012:
Baby Girl Names
Baby Boy Names
1. Emily 2. Sophie 3. Emma 4. Grace 5. Lily 6. Mia 7. Ella 8. Ava 9. Lucy 10. Sarah 11. Aoife 12. Amelia 13. Hannah 14. Katie 15. Chloe 16. Caoimhe 17. Saoirse 18. Kate 19. Holly 20. Ruby 21. Sophia 22. Anna 23. Lauren 24. Leah 25. Amy 26. Isabelle 27. Molly 28. Ellie 29. Jessica 30. Olivia 31. Roisin 32. Ciara 33. Kayla 34. Julia [tie] 34. Zoe [tie] 36. Laura 37. Niamh 38. Abbie 39. Erin 40. Rachel 41. Robyn 42. Aisling 43. Faye 44. Rebecca 45. Eva [tie] 45. Layla [tie] 47. Ellen 48. Cara 49. Freya 50. Abigail [tie] 50. Eve [tie] 50. Isabella [tie] 53. Megan 54. Aine [tie] 54. Clodagh [tie] 56. Aoibhinn 57. Millie 58. Nicole 59. Aoibheann 60. Maja 61. Sadhbh 62. Eabha 63. Charlotte 64. Amber [tie] 64. Caitlin [tie] 64. Sofia [tie] 67. Alannah 68. Zara 69. Alice 70. Maria 71. Elizabeth [tie] 71. Lena [tie] 71. Mary [tie] 74. Emilia 75. Aimee [tie] 75. Lilly [tie] 77. Hollie 78. Aoibhe 79. Victoria 80. Eimear [tie] 80. Maya [tie] 82. Isabel [tie] 82. Orla [tie] 84. Evie 85. Kayleigh 86. Brooke [tie] 86. Clara [tie] 88. Meabh 89. Lexi 90. Tara 91. Daisy [tie] 91. Katelyn [tie] 93. Ailbhe [tie] 93. Amelie [tie] 93. Natalia [tie] 93. Sara [tie] 97. Hanna [tie] 97. Laoise [tie] 97. Ruth [tie] 100. Madison [tie] 100. Maeve [tie] 100. Maisie [tie] 100. Rose [tie]
1. Jack 2. James 3. Daniel 4. Sean 5. Conor 6. Adam 7. Harry 8. Ryan 9. Dylan 10. Michael 11. Luke 12. Charlie 13. Liam 14. Oisin 15. Cian 16. Jamie 17. Thomas 18. Alex 19. Noah 20. Darragh 21. Patrick 22. Aaron 23. Cillian 24. Matthew 25. John 26. Nathan 27. David [tie] 27. Fionn [tie] 29. Evan 30. Ethan 31. Jake 32. Kyle 33. Rian 34. Ben [tie] 34. Max [tie] 36. Eoin 37. Tadhg 38. Finn 39. Callum 40. Samuel 41. Joshua 42. Rory 43. Jayden 44. Joseph 45. Tyler 46. Sam 47. Shane 48. Mark [tie] 48. Robert [tie] 50. Aidan 51. William 52. Ronan 53. Eoghan 54. Alexander [tie] 54. Leon [tie] 56. Cathal 57. Mason 58. Tom 59. Oliver 60. Andrew 61. Oscar 62. Ciaran 63. Bobby 64. Jacob 65. Senan 66. Rhys 67. Scott 68. Benjamin [tie] 68. Cormac [tie] 70. Kevin 71. Lucas 72. Alan 73. Donnacha [tie] 73. Jakub [tie] 75. Christopher 76. Filip [tie] 76. Killian [tie] 78. Josh 79. Alfie 80. Tommy 81. Ruairi 82. Odhran 83. Oran 84. Leo 85. Isaac 86. Dara [tie] 86. Jason [tie] 88. Zach 89. Martin [tie] 89. Peter [tie] 91. Brian 92. Danny 93. Niall [tie] 93. Tomas [tie] 95. Edward [tie] 95. Stephen [tie] 97. Logan 98. Kacper 99. Anthony 100. Billy
New to the top 100 list are Isaac, Danny and Logan for boys and Evie, Amelie, Hanna, Maisie and Rose for girls.
Some of the specifically Irish names in the top 100 are…