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Traditional Baby Names for Boys and Girls - See List Below

Based on our mathematical analysis of baby name data from the 1900s through to the 1990s we arrive at our list of traditional baby names. Of course, it is somewhat of an arbitrary exercise to create an algorithm that ranks baby names according to how traditional they are. Nonetheless, our approach was to give high “tradition” scores to baby names that were popular in each and every decade of the 20 century. Also, slightly extra weight was given to those that were popular longer ago. Furthermore, since names that are given in a traditional manner tend to exhibit a constant form of popularity, we give names that do not exhibit popularity fluctuations a scoring bonus. Basically a baby name with stable, enduring popularity combined with a long history of being popular is what makes the grade and takes its place in our list of traditional baby names.

Note: Our traditional baby names list is much different from our list of old fashioned baby names.

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Traditional baby names for the 20th century.
(based on our subjective mathematical analysis)

Baby  Name 1900s
Rank
1910s
Rank
1920s
Rank
1930s
Rank
1940s
Rank
1950s
Rank
1960s
Rank
1970s
Rank
1980s
Rank
1990s
Rank
Mary1111112153441
John11233436914
Elizabeth6810172320171198
James33321245713
Margaret345814235410195107
Robert74112357820
Anna47123372103101865340
William224446791519
Catherine19212843463458726386
Joseph55710131312121010
Maria59696138393632264142
Thomas1211119889212527
Sarah4652596275109911854
Charles675671017233443
Laura50617599893915192345
David293022116524511
Katherine534963102736878533226
Richard251785578162741
Nancy125100669792674116153
Paul17141314171719274064
Ruth556143369109188228306
Michael39434935911111
Kathryn766389111715988935070
Edward98912182329405780
Virginia51127152862116160186274
George46681525334972105
Julia454062971051281131298859
Kenneth47272015161621314761
Marie81015325189119153163294
Daniel565544402219181167
Kathleen12810481721815336871124
Anthony43354246443022222018
Martha31252426304693163209289
Donald51201071214254467125
Evelyn341113316198142209224205
Raymond221516172337466677109
Barbara14385183362273153296
Frank8912162134446591152
Helen223103274138241324317
Andrew4046577186673828136
Ann63455034384560102180325
Samuel31414660617183615235
Patricia2871703054363261126
Henry10121825355897118133143
Rose141523375865126234252309
Peter46485959423942556387


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