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Popular southern names in the 1920s. The United States Census reported that more Americans lived in urban areas than rural ones the World Series was broadcast for the first time Charlie Chaplin and Mae West kept people laughing at the movies Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo transatlantic flight and the decade ended with the stock market crash and the beginning. You may prefer to skip the alphabet and go straight to popular flapper names for a fun look at historic names. Southerners love their sweet tea hush puppies and fried okra but even more importantly they grow up with a love for their history and their strong family bonds.

Popular Girl Names From The 1920s. Itll always be a family name you already know or a surname youve recently heard. Most popular baby names of 1920.

Alfred Advice from elves. The 200 most popular names were taken from a universe that includes 11373015 male births and 12402334 female births. Names separated by sex are listed in descending order of popularity.

98The data on the rolls vary but usually given are the English andor Indian name of the person roll number age. It turns out that names like William James and Elizabeth have been going strong for more than a century while the Mildreds and Alberts of the world appear to have fallen on hard times. Classic 1920s Girl Names A through E.

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Its easy to search names when placed in alphabetical order. The 1920s were a changing time for the United States. 1926 Jean and Maria.