Underused baby names due for a come back?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Phyllis

Not around here. It's kind of ugly to start and the Schlafly connotation is too strong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Amanda
Evette
Evonne
Lauren
Alyssa
Allison
Lana
Suzette
Michaela

These are al Millennial names. They will not make a comeback until grandparents or great grandparent age. The posters saying Lynda, Susan, Barbara, etc. are spot on.

Lauren, Alyssa, and Allison really aren't that unpopular. Trending downwards, yes, but there's still plenty of babies and little kids with those names. Last year, Lauren was #327. It dropped out of the top 100 in 2014. Allison was #101, and it was well in the top 100 all through the 2010s. That's not even getting into the Alysons, Alison, Allyson, etc. Alyssa was #288. By contrast, Barbara was #976, Linda was #807, and Susan wasn't in the top 1000.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Louise
Rose
Alice
Alma
Iris
Nina
Eva
Victoria
Constance
Mary/Marie/Maria

Half of these have been popular for years already.

[Anonymous]

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.

Millie is such a good nickname but it was always short for Mildred or Millicent which are both godawful.

[Anonymous]

Joyce
Mary
Carol
Ann
Judy
Rose
Margaret
Peggy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I'd use Amelia, Mila, Camila or Milena with NN Millie before I'd use Mildred.

Id just use Millie and no longer “formal” name.

[Anonymous]

I love Sylvia!

[Anonymous]

Gertrude

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Dean

[Anonymous]

Marie (love this and never hear it as a first name, though we do hear Maria sometimes)
Mary
Susie/Susan
Sallie

I also like Margaret/Greta, Alice, and Evelyn but those already came back in style and are popular (at least Evelyn is in the top 10) we hear Alice and Greta fairly often too.

We have 4 kids under 10 named Mabel in our small elementary!

Most of the “classic, traditional” boy names have remained popular/never went out of style. John, Joseph, Robert, David, those are all still pretty common.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love Sylvia!

Sylvia is already Very popular w kids

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Anonymous wrote:

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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.

I know a Rebecca nn Bexa, which I like much better than Ricky, which sounds like Icky.

Old names in my family include Herbert, Merle, Delbert, Rosalie, Opal, Edna, and Wynn. There are several little Agneses where I live, which, as someone else said, doesn't mean that Agnes is a popular name.

[Anonymous]

Brenda
Donna
Kelly
Brandon
Steve
Dylan
😝

[Anonymous]

Lisa has an interesting history. It is one of the few names to make the #1 spot in the U.S., (from 1962-1969) in the 60s there were over 50,000 Lisa babies born per year. It fell out of the top 10 in 1976, then it practically disappeared.

Names tend to come back when people start honoring their grandparents, so this baby is due, as the first wave of those 50,000 Lisas are turning 60.

[Anonymous]

Chester
Virgil
Wilfred
Arnold
Gary
Sherwood