Eras & decades
Forgotten treasures from the old records
100 names · 50 girls · 50 boys · records through 2025
These names were household staples a century ago and have now all but vanished from the charts — far below anything a trend list would notice.
This guide has 100 names: 50 girl names and 50 boy names. Names that reached the top-100 before 1940 and now sit outside the current top-1000 (or are unranked), ordered by their historical peak. Built from US Social Security birth records through 2025. Tap + beside any name to keep it on your shortlist as you read.
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Girl names
50 names
- Betty#2 in 1928 · #1113 now
- Shirley#2 in 1935 · #1581 now
- Patricia#3 in 1937 · #1334 now
- Joan#5 in 1931 · #1085 now
- Minnie#5 in 1880 · #3028 now
- Ethel#6 in 1896 · #4172 now
- Doris#6 in 1929 · #2895 now
- Mildred#6 in 1912 · #1962 now
- Ida#7 in 1880 · #1120 now
- Bertha#7 in 1883 · #4546 now
- Bessie#9 in 1889 · #6838 now
- Gladys#11 in 1901 · #3211 now
- Edna#11 in 1899 · #2458 now
- Joyce#11 in 1937 · #1071 now
- Jean#12 in 1926 · #2117 now
- Dolores#13 in 1930 · #2564 now
- Beverly#14 in 1937 · #1016 now
- Janet#16 in 1938 · #2778 now
- Marjorie#16 in 1921 · #1016 now
- Lois#17 in 1929 · #1666 now
- Maude#20 in 1882 · #3342 now
- Carrie#20 in 1880 · #2719 now
- Gertrude#22 in 1906 · #6546 now
- Norma#22 in 1931 · #2002 now
- Phyllis#24 in 1929 · #11932 now
- Jennie#24 in 1880 · #2298 now
- Mattie#25 in 1882 · #1004 now
- Thelma#25 in 1910 · #4661 now
- Myrtle#27 in 1894 · #10917 now
- Ann#28 in 1936 · #1076 now
- Peggy#31 in 1937 · #8362 now
- Pauline#32 in 1915 · #2957 now
- Lula#36 in 1881 · #1927 now
- Agnes#37 in 1899 · #1016 now
- Geraldine#38 in 1931 · #2438 now
- Marlene#39 in 1935 · #1261 now
- Bernice#39 in 1921 · #4067 now
- Lorraine#39 in 1928 · #1043 now
- Rita#42 in 1930 · #1285 now
- Marion#42 in 1922 · #2036 now
- Viola#42 in 1908 · #1013 now
- Joanne#44 in 1935 · #2607 now
- Dora#46 in 1881 · #2387 now
- Wanda#47 in 1934 · #5917 now
- Fannie#47 in 1881 · #3342 now
- Juanita#48 in 1924 · #2778 now
- Joann#50 in 1934 · #3028 now
- Delores#51 in 1934 · #5722 now
- Blanche#51 in 1886 · #6838 now
- Patsy#52 in 1936 · #5917 now
Boy names
50 names
- Willie#11 in 1910 · #1315 now
- Fred#14 in 1885 · #1932 now
- Clarence#17 in 1885 · #1499 now
- Dewey#19 in 1898 · #3848 now
- Gerald#19 in 1936 · #1204 now
- Billy#19 in 1931 · #1068 now
- Grover#20 in 1884 · #4249 now
- Earl#20 in 1894 · #2230 now
- Ralph#21 in 1914 · #1046 now
- Ernest#21 in 1885 · #1038 now
- Carl#22 in 1894 · #1132 now
- Bobby#23 in 1934 · #1097 now
- Howard#24 in 1919 · #1002 now
- Herbert#25 in 1928 · #2641 now
- Will#25 in 1882 · #1193 now
- Elmer#32 in 1893 · #1222 now
- Norman#36 in 1931 · #1196 now
- Tom#40 in 1880 · #2183 now
- Woodrow#44 in 1913 · #1644 now
- Herman#44 in 1886 · #2363 now
- Floyd#44 in 1905 · #2230 now
- Jim#45 in 1882 · #3128 now
- Bernard#45 in 1919 · #1362 now
- Claude#46 in 1887 · #3036 now
- Bert#47 in 1880 · #10695 now
- Don#50 in 1934 · #1793 now
- Lloyd#51 in 1918 · #1547 now
- Lester#52 in 1906 · #1634 now
- Chester#53 in 1919 · #1585 now
- Ed#54 in 1882 · unranked now
- Clifford#57 in 1909 · #1352 now
- Bill#57 in 1931 · #5208 now
- Charley#58 in 1880 · #1826 now
- Willard#58 in 1915 · #2718 now
- Gene#61 in 1937 · #2230 now
- Luther#63 in 1887 · #1459 now
- Milton#64 in 1912 · #1436 now
- Homer#64 in 1893 · #4707 now
- Guy#65 in 1892 · #1634 now
- Vernon#65 in 1919 · #1382 now
- Cecil#65 in 1902 · #1486 now
- Jimmie#68 in 1934 · #3658 now
- Jessie#69 in 1900 · #1425 now
- Gordon#70 in 1935 · #1051 now
- Johnnie#74 in 1910 · #2284 now
- Bob#75 in 1934 · #9714 now
- Alton#78 in 1904 · #1602 now
- Horace#79 in 1880 · #6143 now
- Sidney#80 in 1912 · #1323 now
- Marion#80 in 1880 · #2480 now
Every rank and count here is published by the US Social Security Administration and refreshed each year when the new figures land. The method is stated at the top of this page.
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