One-decade wonders
Say “Tammy” and a decade appears. Some names are so tied to their moment that hearing them is like opening a yearbook.
Every name here reached the national top-100 in exactly one decade and never returned. They make evocative middle names, honor names for a parent's generation — or simply a fascinating read.
Girls
- Addietop-100 only in the 1880s
- Alexandriatop-100 only in the 1990s
- Angelinatop-100 only in the 2000s
- Annettetop-100 only in the 1960s
- Arlenetop-100 only in the 1930s
- Baileytop-100 only in the 2000s
- Bethtop-100 only in the 1960s
- Bethanytop-100 only in the 1980s
- Branditop-100 only in the 1980s
- Breannatop-100 only in the 1990s
- Brianatop-100 only in the 1990s
- Candicetop-100 only in the 1980s
- Carlatop-100 only in the 1960s
- Cheyennetop-100 only in the 1990s
- Christytop-100 only in the 1970s
- Colleentop-100 only in the 1960s
- Delorestop-100 only in the 1930s
- Diannetop-100 only in the 1940s
- Ettatop-100 only in the 1880s
- Genevievetop-100 only in the 1910s
- Glendatop-100 only in the 1940s
- Harriettop-100 only in the 1880s
- Heiditop-100 only in the 1970s
- Hildatop-100 only in the 1900s
Boys
- Aidantop-100 only in the 2000s
- Augusttop-100 only in the 1880s
- Berttop-100 only in the 1880s
- Bobtop-100 only in the 1930s
- Calvintop-100 only in the 1920s
- Caseytop-100 only in the 1980s
- Charleytop-100 only in the 1880s
- Christop-100 only in the 1960s
- Coletop-100 only in the 2000s
- Dakotatop-100 only in the 1990s
- Darryltop-100 only in the 1960s
- Deantop-100 only in the 1960s
- Deweytop-100 only in the 1890s
- Diegotop-100 only in the 2000s
- Franklintop-100 only in the 1930s
- Garretttop-100 only in the 1990s
- Gilberttop-100 only in the 1920s
- Gregtop-100 only in the 1960s
- Grovertop-100 only in the 1880s
- Haydentop-100 only in the 2000s
- Jadentop-100 only in the 2000s
- Jamietop-100 only in the 1970s
- Jefftop-100 only in the 1960s
- Jimmietop-100 only in the 1930s
How this list is built: Names that appear in the top-100 of exactly one decade (before the 2010s) across all decades since 1880. Source: US Social Security birth records, refreshed yearly.
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