How popular is the baby name Inez in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Inez.
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From the late 1890s to the early 1920s, Ernest Deme Grabert and Alexina Grabert (née Pertuit) of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, welcomed 16 children — most of whom had names starting with the letter W.
Here are all 16 siblings, from oldest to youngest:
Jessie Jensen published her annual Mormon baby names post a few weeks ago. Some highlights:
Dallin/Dallen, tied for “Most Mormon name.” Dallin H. Oaks is a prominent member of the LDS church and a former president of BYU.
Rexalyn: “Ask your doctor if Rexalyn™ is right for you.”
Roczen, which has popped up in Australia recently as well. The influence is probably German motorcycle racer Ken Roczen.
Tannin, the “Absolute Worst Name This Year” thanks to the Biblical sea monster association. (For what it’s worth, I thought Zoei was worse.)
One commenter mentioned the historical Malan family of Ogden, Utah. Most of the 16 children were given alphabetical names:
Alexis Bartholomew (b. 1873)
Claudius Daniel (b. 1875)
Ernest Francis (b. 1876)
Jeremiah (b. 1878)
Gideon Highly (b. 1879)
Inez Jane (b. 1881)
Kit (b. 1883)
Lawrence Maxwell (b. 1884)
Nahum Oscar (b. 1886)
Parley Quince (b. 1888)
Ray Stephen (b. 1890)
Teresa Una (b. 1890)
Verna Winona (b. 1893)
X Y Zella (b. 1895)
Benjamin (b. 1896)
Louise Pauline (b. 1898)
Another commenter mentioned an aunt “named OE, it was pronounced oh-EEE, just like the letters,” who was born in Utah in early 1900s. (Reminds me of Io.)
Have you come across any interesting Mormon names lately?
Those #1 names remind me of all the old U.S. popularity lists (e.g., 1910s) that were dominated by Mary and John.
But that’s not all — Portugal released all of its baby name data (yay!) via the newspaper Público (you can download the full list here), so let’s check out a few of the unique baby names used only once last year:
Finally, here are Portugal’s top 10 compound names for each gender:
Girl names
Boy names
1. Maria Inês, 603 baby girls 2. Maria Leonor, 496 3. Maria Francisca, 315 4. Maria Clara, 257 5. Maria Carolina, 164 6. Ana Carolina 161 7. Maria João 140 8. Maria Beatriz 140 9. Lara Sofia, 130 10. Maria Luísa, 125
1. João Pedro, 343 baby boys 2. Rodrigo Miguel, 204 3. Pedro Miguel, 174 4. Afonso Miguel, 140 5. João Miguel, 138 6. Diogo Miguel, 136 7. João Maria, 127 8. Duarte Miguel, 124 9. Tiago Miguel, 123 10. José Pedro, 114
I’m guessing that compound names are counted separately from single names, but I’m not entirely sure.
It said that a “correspondent of leisure” had kept track of all the female names that appeared in the Marriages and Deaths column of the Glasgow Herald during the second half of 1913. He spotted a total of 208 different names (shared among 3,500 women) during that time. The two most popular? Margaret and Mary. The next-most-popular were Elizabeth, Agnes, Janet and Isabella. The least popular were the 73 that appeared only once, including:
Ailsa Alys Anchoria Carina Carmen Cassa Celia Clarinda Clementine Daphne
Lavinia Livonia Lucinda Sadie Sybella Tooze Una Veir Vera Zoe
If this anonymous name-tracking correspondent were alive today, he would definitely be a baby name blogger. :)
Which of the above names do you like best?
Source: “What’s in a Name?” Western Daily Press 10 Jan. 1914: 7.
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