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Here’s the next installment of one-hit wonders. The following baby names cracked the top 1,000 only once–all during the 1930s:

Girl Names

• Belia – ranked 962nd in 1931
• Charlsie – ranked 951st in 1930
• Darlyne – ranked 976th in 1935
• Dotty – ranked 988th in 1939
• Helaine – ranked 872nd in 1938
• Jonell – ranked 955th in 1937
• Karel – ranked 842nd in 1939
• Larae – ranked 984th in 1936
• Marcelina – ranked 945th in 1934
• Monna – ranked 943rd in 1933
• Nira – ranked 463rd in 1933 (influence: Nira, the National Industrial Recovery Act)
• Noreta – ranked 976th in 1937 (variant of Norita)
• Noretta – ranked 860th in 1937 (variant of Norita)
• Shelvie – ranked 876th in 1937 (variant of Shelby)
• Shirleyann – ranked 867th in 1935
• Thomasina – ranked 970th in 1932
• Vernetta – ranked 982nd in 1935

Boy Names

• Darl – ranked 997th in 1931
• Darwyn – ranked 743rd in 1935
• Delwin – ranked 970th in 1935
• Derl – ranked 875th in 1930
• Harlon – ranked 946th in 1939
• Marland – ranked 840th in 1934
• Orlin – ranked 944th in 1932
• Ronal – ranked 780th in 1939

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.