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In reply to the discussion: It seems like all the old female names of 100 years ago are coming back. [View all]LWolf
(46,179 posts)I spend a little time each year outside our kindergarten classrooms looking at what will be coming up the stairs to me in 6 years.
Right now, I have an Emma and an Anna. I also have 6 Madisons, with 6 different spellings. About 7 years ago, it was Michaela and Briana; those are still around, but waning.
Currently, a lot of Coltons, Parkers, and Hunters. Several years back, Codies came in great waves. Dakota and Cheyenne are still popular, but beginning to wane. Austin is still popular. I have several versions of Kaylie and McKenna. Some Calebs, Tanners, Tylers, Wades, and Kyles.
I also currently have a Mabel, a Hazel, a Joe, an Elizabeth, which has been scarcer for a couple of decades, a Sarah, and a Veronica.
So I do see some names coming back into fashion. There are other names, common in my childhood, my mothers, and my grandmothers, that are not.