Allen is a Celtic name meaning noble or fair.

Common boy names from the 1800s. Total registered births - 1226. Samuel Edward Benjamin Isaac Peter Daniel David Francis Stephen Jonathan. If you look at the low end of the top 1000 names for 2012 you see boys names like Dangelo Foster Jaidyn Briggs and Davon.

Alexander is a common name of numerous monarchs and popes. Luckily the Social Security Administration publishes annual lists of the most popular names each year dating back to the 1800s. For girls you see names.

Name Frequency Approximate Number Rank. They are as follows. Names separated by sex are listed in descending order of popularity.

Both Ella and Nora were also popular in the 1800s but have become even more popular since the turn of the 21st century. If you had to guess what the most popular names were in the late 1800s youd probably dream up out-of-date names such as Virgil and Elmer or Eula and Blanche. We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency.

Alfred is an English baby name stemming from the old English Aelfraed. 203 rows Name Number Name Number. The 1850s first saw the Rimmers use of the boys name Paul 1859 and the girls name Laura 1850.

Popular Given Names US 1801-1999. It means elf and counsel. Select Decade2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s 1930s 1920s 1910s 1900s 1890s 1880s.