[Ads-l] 26 Names That Didn't Exist Before 2000

Tue Nov 10 13:39:15 UTC 2015

from http://isp.netscape.com/whatsnew/default.jsp?story=20151109-1327

I don't know how accurate this list is.  For example, I find it difficult to believe Khloe Kardashian is less than 15 years old, "Norah" is a variant spelling of "Nora", and "Vivienne" is a variant spelling of "Vivian" which is one of the names of the woman who seduced Merlin in the Arthur legends.

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26 Names That Didn't Exist Before 2000

Before the year 2000--you know, way back in the last century--the name "Bentley" was pretty much reserved for a British luxury automobile. And it was rarely, if ever, used as a name for a baby boy. Fast forward to today. Bentley is now the 81st most popular name for a boy, according to data from the Social Security Administration.

Jennifer has been replaced by Hazel. And Michael has been dumped by Elijah.  

What are other names are new to the 21st century? Mooseroots.com dove into the SSA data on names to figure out which ones are popular now that basically didn't exist before 2000. That is, fewer than 100 babies a year were given any one of these names. 

Here are the 26 popular baby names that basically didn't exist before 2000:
 1. Bentley
 2. Nevaeh
 3. Mila
 4. Khloe
 5. Paisley
 6. Brantley
 7. Ryker
 8. Maddox
 9. Gael
 10. Kingston
 11. Zayden
 12. King
 13. Lyla
 14. Londyn
 15. Isla
 16. Adalyn
 17. Norah
 18. Jax
 19. Arabella
 20. Cash
 21. Jaylah
 22. Beckett
 23. Brynlee
 24. Karter
 25. Arya
 26. Vivienne 

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Also Netscape provides

http://isp.netscape.com/whatsnew/package.jsp?name=fte/classicbabynames/classicbabynames

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30 Classic Baby Names Popular Again 
 Jennifer has been replaced by Hazel. And Michael has been dumped by Elijah. 

Classic names that were popular well over 100 years ago are surging in popularity again. Talk about retro! 

MooseRoots.com did the hard work using 2014 data from the Social Security Administration and the United States Census Bureau and identified 30 classic names that have made a comeback. 

Specifically, the MooseRoots editors looked for names that:

• Ranked in the top 200 before 1930.

• Ranked outside of the top 200 between 1930 and 1980.

• Ranked in the top 200 again after 1980. 

Thirty classic baby names that are making a comeback: 

1. Noah
 Rank in 1880: 126
 Rank in 2014: 1 

2. Emma
 Rank in 1880: 3
 Rank in 2014: 1 

3. Elijah
 Rank in 1880: 135
 Rank in 2014: 11 

4. Charlotte
 Rank in 1880: 91
 Rank in 2014: 10 

5. Oliver
 Rank in 1880: 69
 Rank in 2014: 32 

6. Amelia
 Rank in 1880: 96
 Rank in 2014: 15 

7. Levi
 Rank in 1880: 118
 Rank in 2014: 45 

8. Evelyn
 Rank in 1880: 133
 Rank in 2014: 16 

9. Eli
 Rank in 1880: 177
 Rank in 2014: 49 

10. Lillian
 Rank in 1880: 32
 Rank in 2014: 25 

11. Nathaniel
 Rank in 1880: 200
 Rank in 2014: 94 

12. Sadie
 Rank in 1880: 74
 Rank in 2014: 46 

13. Leo
 Rank in 1880: 92
 Rank in 2014: 97 

14. Nora
 Rank in 1880: 55
 Rank in 2014: 49 

15. Elias
 Rank in 1880: 189
 Rank in 2014: 103 

16. Stella
 Rank in 1880: 60
 Rank in 2014: 66 

17. Max
 Rank in 1880: 225
 Rank in 2014: 112 

18. Eleanor
 Rank in 1880: 126
 Rank in 2014: 78 

19. Harrison
 Rank in 1880: 189
 Rank in 2014: 127 

20. Naomi
 Rank in 1880: 275
 Rank in 2014: 80 

21. Ivan
 Rank in 1880: 320
 Rank in 2014: 132 

22. Ruby
 Rank in 1880: 149
 Rank in 2014: 90 

23. Timothy
 Rank in 1880: 180
 Rank in 2014: 135 

24. Cora
 Rank in 1880: 15
 Rank in 2014: 103 

25. Silas
 Rank in 1880: 139
 Rank in 2014: 137 

26. Hazel
 Rank in 1880: 352
 Rank in 2014: 107 

27. Joel
 Rank in 1880: 262
 Rank in 2014: 154 

28. Josephine
 Rank in 1880: 50
 Rank in 2014: 147 

29. Oscar
 Rank in 1880: 29
 Rank in 2014: 183 

30. Rose
 Rank in 1880: 30
 Rank in 2014: 194 
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I would speculate that the popularity of Emma might be due to the fame of actress Emma Watson, but in that case why isn't "Hermione" on the above list?

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