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Common female names of the 1890s. At the start of the decade elegance was most important comfort was certainly not. Rank Name Number Name Number. The most fashionable girl names in this list are Charlotte 6 Amelia 8 Magnolia 314 Anastasia 148 and Felicity 354 while Omelia TOP 23 and Aurilia 85 are familiar surnames.

Alma is a Latin name that means soulful. The 1890s is sometimes referred to as the mauve decade because a new dye mauve or lavender in color was popular in womens fashion. Its a chic alternative to Emma and one thats appeared in pop.

New and exciting chapters began with the opening of Carnegie Hall the Sierra Club was founded Sherlock Holmes appeared for the first time the White House Christmas tree was lit with electric and the Klondike Gold Rush began in Alaska. Women of the 1890s. 71 rows 2.

Popular names by decade are determined the same way we determine the popularity of a name during a single year. The 1890s first saw the Rimmers use of the boys name Norman 1892 and the girls name Eileen 1891. Rank Male Name Female Name.

1890s Boy Names. Looking back to the 1890s there are many timeless names on the top 20 lists like Emma and Elizabeth for girls and William and James for boys. We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency.

Severa Dressed for the Photographer. Here is the list of 17th century names for boys. William comes from the Old Norman name Willaume.