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HelpBest and Worst Names listed in the "Ladies Home Journal" from 1945
(source: https://www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=99900)
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Most Liked Boys' Names
Stephen, Richard, Jeffrey, Michael, Lawrence, Terry, Peter, Ronald, David, Robert, John, Mark, Craig, James, Keith, Bruce, Kenneth, Alan, Leslie, Paul, William, Douglas, Gregory, Clifford, Gary
Most Disliked Boys' Names
Percival, Oscar, Algernon, Archibald, Horace, Oswald, Homer, Ezekiel, Elmer, Isadore, Ezra, Aloysius, Ebenezer, Casper, Felix, Ethelbert, Hiram, Francis, Wilbur, Mortimer, Clarence, Adolph, Ulysses, Isaac, Cornelius
Most Liked Girls' Names
Karen, Dianne, Linda, Donna, Suzanne, Sandra, Joanne, Lynne, Carol, Barbara, Gail, Nancy, Susan, Janet, Ellen, Pamela, Jacqueline, Kathleen, Margot, Marianne, Katherine, Constance, Marcia, Marilyn, Elizabeth
Most Disliked Girls' Names
Hepzibah, Mehitabel, Zenobia, Minerva, Matilda, Mamie, Abigail, Lula, Gussie, Melvina, Eula, Fanny, Tillie, Anastasia, Olive, Hortense, Purity, Pansy, Agatha, Petunia, Beulah, Alvira, Esmeralda, Bridget, Prudence
What are your thoughts?
I wish I knew how they got the names, if there was a poll or if it was just one editor choosing. The names make sense for the year, especially considering many of the the "disliked" names would have been granny names at the time.
Also, the drawings are so mean!
This message was edited 8/10/2024, 8:59 AM
