Popular names by decade are determined the same way we determine the popularity of a name during a single year.

American male names in the 1800s. If you had to guess what the most popular names were in the late 1800s youd probably dream up out-of-date names such as Virgil and Elmer or Eula and Blanche. While each of those were. Men born during the period 1811-1850 the broad period that made up the vast majority of Civil War Soldiers.

The tables below provide links to text files of GINAP. This is one of my favorite old fashioned boy names. Various roles such as politician law enforcer manager professor author and military commander were available for many men within early American society.

Adoption of these boy names was at its highest in the 1930s USAGE OF 146 and has become significantly less since USAGE 54 DOWN 628 with names such as Ashley going out of style. Ada and Pearl were both popular names though they declined in the following decades. 4 more Julian.

Eugene means well born. 30 rows Popular Given Names US 1801-1999. It is the English version of an old Greek name.

Ernest from from the Germanic name and means serious. Edgefield 35 Male Black Unknown. These names from the 19th century was a period of increasing immigration which was observed in the foreign input and influences on American names.

Julyan Juliano Jules. Julian has risen in favor as a baby name since the 1960s. Emmett was originally an English surname.