Underused baby names due for a come back?

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Herbert

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My grandmas and their sisters:

Verla
Pearl
Estelle
Virginia
Wilda
Ruby
Josephine
Mildred
Betty (Elizabeth)
Patty (Patricia)

Edit to add: Mildred is kind of awful, but she went by Millie her whole life and that isn't too bad.

Mildred is my grandma's name.

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Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of these names are being used. My rising HS senior has a classmate named Fred (short for Frederick).

As for the girls names, our 8&u girls swimmers are full girls named Alice, Barbara, Nora, Eloise & Louise, Josephine, Lillian and Millie. I saw one Diana. The boys' names aren't quite as classic.

We met a few Sabrinas the other day -- hadn't heard that one in a long time.

3 Noras on our 8&under sports team this year!

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Anonymous wrote:Gwendolyn/Mabel PP.

I listed names to include that of my own GMa straight from her 1929 yearbook.

Let me add:
Blythe
Susan or Susannah
Laura
Dorothy
Lillian
Louise

I’m a Rebecca and do wonder if my name is coming back. I get so many compliments on my name now at middle age than I ever did as a young girl. I don’t think enough time has passed for a return of:Cheryl/Pamela/Sherry/Patricia/Leslie/Denise/Julie/Deborah - yet.

Maybe not Julie, but Julia/Julianne/Juliana are popular.

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Helen and Eileen

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Simone

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Ralph

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Anonymous wrote:Herbert

My uncle was Herbert and went by Uncle Hymie. Yes. Jewish immigrants from Russia during WWI

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Christine

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Janet

Julie

Laura

Becky

Cynthia

Sally

This one won't be back for awhile. It sits with Karen as names that have been cancelled.

Rebecca is such a classic though. But not underused. It was quite popular for a long time and has now settle down to still somewhat popular but juuuust under the radar. I think it's appropriately rated.

I think Rebecca is likely to come back but nobody will use Becky as a nickname. It will be Becca or even something unexpected like Ricky.

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Pamela

It has the soft sounds that fit current naming tends and there’s enough distance from the boomers to feel fresh again.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Freddy is already very popular.

Define "very popular" because it and its variations are ranked pretty low on the SSN list. I've never met one, of any age.

Your world is small then as I can think of two just off the top of my head.

What a weird comment.

It's a statistically uncommon name. You may know people with it, but it's not "very popular." We have data for this, you don't just get to make stuff up because you personally know a couple people with that name.

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Anonymous wrote:Pamela

It has the soft sounds that fit current naming tends and there’s enough distance from the boomers to feel fresh again.

Nope, because the popularity of The Office renders Pam familiar to even the Gen Zers who have recently discovered that show. Pamela will never not be "Pam of Pam & Jim" for multiple generations of people.

I also just don't think it's that pretty.

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Anonymous wrote:Helen and Eileen

Helene!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pamela

It has the soft sounds that fit current naming tends and there’s enough distance from the boomers to feel fresh again.

Nope, because the popularity of The Office renders Pam familiar to even the Gen Zers who have recently discovered that show. Pamela will never not be "Pam of Pam & Jim" for multiple generations of people.

I also just don't think it's that pretty.

I disagree (Dp)

I considered Pamela for my second child. I definitely think this one fits just fine with the current names.