Louisa May Alcott 1832-1888 A servant seamstress teacher and Civil War Nurse Alcotts.

Female names historical. There are also lists of names popular in every decade of the last century. Historic and vintage names are very much in style today with names revived from many periods of history stretching back literally thousands of years. Ragtime queen Winifred Atwell.

Lacie Lace Lacey Lacia. We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency. Wells Barnett 1862-1931.

In others it might be about continuing the use of a favorite family name. Some of these classic baby girl names may seem old-fashioned but as you read the history and meanings of the names as well as the facts about other women with these traditional names Im sure theyll roll right off your tongue soon enough. Rosa Parks was the first lady of American civil rights movement.

Historic Women List Jane Addams 1860-1935. In some traditions it is common to designate the mothers last name into the childs official name as a middle name. Adelaide f English Italian Portuguese Means noble type from the French form of the Germanic name Adalheidis which was composed of the elements adal noble and heid kind sort type.

Adoption of these girl names was at its peak 9 decades ago ADOPTION OF 1175 and is somewhat lower today ADOPTION 689 414 LESS with names such as Kelsey becoming less fashionableThe most fashionable names for newborns in this compilation are Blake 279 Harley 225 Harper 9 Ivy 86 and Parker. Census Bureaus Population Division. Outside of family think about the popular or unpopular famous or historical figures who will share your baby girls name.

Rank 1 is assigned to the name with the highest number of occurrences rank 2 to the name with the next highest and so on. Kezzy Kezzie Kizzy Kizzie may be a nickname for Keziah Kezia Kizia Kiziaha which are all Victorian era womans name. Name Frequency Approximate Number Rank.