Baby name styles, measured
Most "style" lists are someone's opinion. These are computed from the popularity curve of every name since 1880, with the rule printed on each page, so a "vintage" name really was popular a century ago and a "unisex" name really is given to both girls and boys.
Vintage revival
Names that were popular in the early 1900s, all but disappeared by the late 20th century, and are rising again now. 65 names.
Truly unisex
Names given to both girls and boys in real numbers, measured by the actual split of US babies, not by how a name sounds. 34 names.
Timeless
Names used steadily in every decade for a hundred years, never a craze and never forgotten. 20 names.
New since 2001
Names that first appeared in US records this century and are already given to hundreds of babies a year. 98 names.
Names that defined each decade
Names whose popularity peaked sharply in one decade and then faded. Each decade's page lists them with its top names.
- 1890s Florence, Ethel, Edna
- 1900s Marie, Lillian, Gladys
- 1910s Helen, Margaret, Ruth
- 1920s Dorothy, Virginia, Doris
- 1930s Betty, Donald, Shirley
- 1940s Linda, Richard, Barbara
- 1950s Susan, Deborah, Debra
- 1960s Michael, David, Lisa
- 1970s Jennifer, Jason, Brian
- 1980s Christopher, Jessica, Matthew
- 1990s Jacob, Nicholas, Tyler
- 2000s Ethan, Madison, Abigail
- 2010s Mason, Ava, Aiden