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HelpNames with what letters and what sound were popular in the past?
As far as I know, during World War II, the popularity of names starting with vowels decreased, and names with the sound "Sh" (ex. Michelle, Shannon, Shelby) were popular in the mid to late 20th century. I asked a question because I wanted to know more about it.
This message was edited 1/23/2024, 7:25 PM
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-ie names for girls were extremely popular in the late-19th century/early-20th century.
-ene/-een and -ette names for girls were very popular in the mid-20th century.
-ca names for girls were popular in the late-20th century.
La- and -sha names for girls were popular among African Americans in the late-20th century.
-s and -d names for both boys and girls were most popular at the beginning of the 20th century.
-ert names for boys were most popular at the beginning of the 20th century.
-ene/-een and -ette names for girls were very popular in the mid-20th century.
-ca names for girls were popular in the late-20th century.
La- and -sha names for girls were popular among African Americans in the late-20th century.
-s and -d names for both boys and girls were most popular at the beginning of the 20th century.
-ert names for boys were most popular at the beginning of the 20th century.
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In the mid-1980s, English-speaking boys in South African schools had a good chance of being named Jason or Justin. Their sisters might have been Lisa or Chloe.
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Try out this tool - https://www.behindthename.com/top/meta
You can type in "loose" sounds and see the trend, at least for consonants. Like if you type in "lana" and choose "sound(loose)" you get a graph of popularity of all L_n_ names over time in the US.
And here's a cool visualization - https://www.behindthename.com/top/visual/united-states/m/initial-sounds?zoom=3
You can look at initial sounds, final sounds, syllables, and length, by gender.
One sound that came to mind for me, that was popular in the past, was -erry. Jerry, Terry, Larry, Gary, Carrie, Barry. Also mid-20th century there were a lot more D names.
You can type in "loose" sounds and see the trend, at least for consonants. Like if you type in "lana" and choose "sound(loose)" you get a graph of popularity of all L_n_ names over time in the US.
And here's a cool visualization - https://www.behindthename.com/top/visual/united-states/m/initial-sounds?zoom=3
You can look at initial sounds, final sounds, syllables, and length, by gender.
One sound that came to mind for me, that was popular in the past, was -erry. Jerry, Terry, Larry, Gary, Carrie, Barry. Also mid-20th century there were a lot more D names.
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Probably "M" and "Ma" sounds. (Mary, Martha, Martin... the list goes on.)
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