How popular is the baby name Juliet 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 Juliet.
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Tuesday’s post about the Victorian-style Tylney Hall Hotel reminded me of a list of Victorian-era names that I’ve had bookmarked forever.
The list was created by amateur genealogist G. M. Atwater as a resource for writers. It contains names and name combinations that were commonly seen in the U.S. from the 1840s to the 1890s. Below is the full list (with a few minor changes).
| Victorian Era Female Names | Victorian Era Male Names |
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Which female name and male name do you like best?
I only recently noticed that Behind the Name, one of my favorite websites for baby name definitions, has a page called United States Popularity Analysis — a “computer-created analysis of the United States top 1000 names for the period 1880 to 2012.”
The page has some interesting top ten lists. Here are three of them:
Most Volatile
| Boy Names | Girl Names |
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| 1. Elvis 2. Brooks 3. Santiago 4. Lincoln 5. Ernie 6. Wyatt 7. Quincy 8. Rogers 9. Alec 10. Dexter | 1. Juliet 2. Lea 3. Justine 4. Martina 5. Felicia 6. Delilah 7. Selina 8. Lonnie 9. Magdalena 10. Katy |
Biggest Recoveries
| Boy Names | Girl Names |
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| 1. Silas 2. Isaiah 3. Caleb 4. Emmett 5. Jordan 6. Josiah 7. Harrison 8. Ezra 9. Jason 10. Jesus | 1. Ella 2. Stella 3. Sadie 4. Sophie 5. Isabella 6. Lily 7. Hannah 8. Isabelle 9. Sophia 10. Lilly |
Biggest Flash-in-the-Pans
| Boy Names | Girl Names |
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| 1. Dewey 2. Woodrow 3. Dale 4. Barry 5. Rick 6. Greg 7. Roosevelt 8. Shannon 9. Kim 10. Darrin | 1. Debra 2. Lori 3. Tammy 4. Pamela 5. Tracy 6. Cheryl 7. Beverly 8. Dawn 9. Diane 10. Kathy |
I wonder what the formulas were. I’d love to try the same analysis on the SSA’s full list, using raw numbers instead of rankings. Wonder how much overlap there’d be…
Time for the middle installment of the top boy name debuts.
From 30 to 21:
Kadeem, #30
Armias, Diallo & Draven, 3-way tie for #29
Vadhir, #28
Foch, #27
Asahd & Mychal, 2-way tie for #26
Tavares, #25
Toriano, #24
Jionni, #23
Jahseh & Tajh, 2-way tie for #22
Pharrell & Quindon, 2-way tie for #21
More baby name debuts coming up tomorrow!
More of the top 50 baby name debuts for boys: 50-41, 40-31, 30-21, 20-11, 10-1
Image: Adapted from LotusBud0048a (public domain) by Frank “Fg2” Gualtieri
[Latest update: 7/2021]
A reader named Grace would like some help naming her twin girls, due in a couple of months. She and her husband John already have three boys, Jackson, Samuel and Lucas.
So far, their favorite girl names are Juliet, Isla, Susannah and Norah. But they’re also considering a family name:
We would love to honor my mother, Denise Marie, but we despise both names. I would love some ideas on how to use that without actually using those names.
For the middle spots, they’re aiming for virtue names. They already have Honor picked out, and “[i]f there is another virtue name you would suggest so they both had one that would be great!”
Their last name is similar to Cawston.
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On the current favorites…
I like all of the current favorites. The pairing I like best, though, is Juliet and Susannah. I just think they sound good together. I also like how they can both be shortened, just like the boys’ names — Jack, Sam, Luke, Jules & Sue (or Julie & Susie).
On incorporating Denise Marie…
One way to incorporate Denise Marie would be to find a name that features the sounds of both Denise and Marie (especially those D- and M-sounds). Names with these sounds include Madeline, Demetria, Dominique/Domenica, Damaris, Adamina, Amadea and Idamae.
Another approach would be to use initials — either the initials “D. M.” for one twin or a D-name for twin #1 and an M-name for twin #2. Some possibilities (beyond the names above) include Dahlia, Daisy, Damiana, Daphne, Dara, Delphine, Diana, Dina, Dora, Dorothy and Drusilla for D-names and Mara, Marian, Marlene, Martina, Mina, Mirabelle, Miranda, Miriam, Molly, Monica and Mona for M-names.
On virtuous middles…
My first thought was Mercy, because it sounds a lot like Marie. Other virtue names that might make nice middles are Amity, Charity, Clementine/Clemency, Hope, Joy, Patience, Peace/Pax, Temperance and Verity.
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Now it’s your turn! Which of Juliet, Isla, Susannah and Norah do you like best for twins? What names can you come up with to honor Denise Marie? Which virtue names do you like best for middle names?
