Will Your Trendy Baby Name Become a Classic?
Posted by Namely Newborns on Jan 1st 2015
Will the trendy names of todays babies become classics.
The top 40 boys and girls names of 1910 listed below are almost obsolete for the baby's of the twenty-first century. No one calls a little girl Mary or a boy Richard. Only one of the girls names listed in 1910 is listed in the top 50 names of baby girls for 2010 and that name is Elizabeth. For the boys, names don't change as much. Five of the top twenty boys names of 1910 John, William, Charles, David, Michael are just as popular today as they were 100 years ago,but the other fifteen are rarely used. Here are the top 50 names for boys and girls for the year 2010. Check out the names of 1910 at the bottom and see how tastes have changed. The top baby boy name from 2010 is Jacob. Jacob has come in and out of vogue for over 100 years. Landed at No. 1 for the first time in 1999, knocking Michael off the top after 38 years. In the Old Testament, Jacob was born holding his twin brother Esau's heel. Jacobus is the Latin form of the name.
The top baby girl name from 2010 is Isabella. As the name of the daughters of actor Matt Damon, singer Drew Lachey, and American Idol contestant Josh Gracin, this name is a hit. Isabella is the Italian form of Elizabeth that was brought into France in the early Middle Ages and then carried into England. The name became popular among royalty and was best-known for Isabella of France who married King Edward II of England and became the queen consort in during the 14th century. Italian actress and model Isabella Rossellini is a recent namesake.
Here are the top 50boy's names in 2010
1. Jacob 2. Ethan 3. Michael 4. Jayden 5. William 6. Alexander 7. Noah 8. Daniel 9. Aiden 10. Anthony 11. Joshua 12. Mason 13. Christopher 14. Andrew 15. David 16. Matthew 17. Logan 18 . Elijah 19 . James 20 . Joseph 21 . Gabriel 22 . Benjamin 23 . Ryan 24 . Samuel 25 . Jackson 26 . John 27 . Nathan 28 . Jonathan 29 . Christian 30 . Liam 31 . Dylan 32 . Landon 33 . Caleb 34 . Tyler 35 . Lucas 36 . Evan 37 . Gavin 38 . Nicholas 39 . Isaac 40 . Brayden 41 . Luke 42 . Angel 43 . Brandon 44 . Jack 45 . Isaiah 46 . Jordan 47 . Owen 48 . Carter 49 . Conner 50 . Justin
Top Baby Girl's Names 2010 1. Isabella 2. Sophia 3. Emma 4. Olivia 5. Ava 6. Emily 7. Abigail 8. Madison 9. Chloe 10. Mia 11. Addison 12. Elizabeth 13. Ella 14. Natalie 15. Samantha 16. Alexis 17. Lily 18 . Grace 19 . Hailey 20 . Alyssa 21 . Lillian 22 . Hannah 23 . Avery 24 . Leah 25 . Nevaeh 26 . Sofia 27 . Ashley 28 . Anna 29 . Brianna 30 . Sarah 31 . Zoe 32 . Victoria 33 . Gabriella 34 . Brooklyn 35 . Kaylee 36 . Taylor 37 . Layla 38 . Allison 39 . Evelyn 40 . Riley 41 . Amelia 42 . Khloe 43 . Makayla 44 . Aubrey 45 . Charlotte 46 . Savannah 47 . Zoey 48 . Bella 49 . Kayla 50 . Alexa Names of the 1910s 1. Michael 2. Mary 3. James 4. Linda 5. Robert 6. Patricia 7. John 8. Susan 9. David 10. Deborah 11. William 12. Barbara 13. Richard 14. Debra 15 . Debra 16 . Thomas 17 . Karen 18 . Mark 19 . Nancy 20 . Charles 21 . Donna 22 . Steven 23 . Cynthia 24 . Gary 25 . Sandra 26 . Joseph 27 . Pamela 28 . Sharon 29 . Ronald 30 . Kathleen 31 . Kenneth 32 . Carol 33 . Paul 34 . Diane 35 . Larry 36 . Brenda 37 . Daniel 38 . Cheryl 39 . Stephen 40 . Elizabeth