An analysis of baby-name trends through time showed parents are donning their little ones with less common names now than in.

Most common first name in history. We asked Dr Chetwood to choose what might feature in a baby naming book from the medieval period 11th century. By then the favourite male names were from Normandy including Albert Gerald Henry Hugh Leonard Ralph Raymond Richard Robert Roger Walter and William. Jackson Liam and Noah.

Medieval baby name charts Popular boys and girls names from the Middle Ages. Due to tales that were shared describing his conquests this name then spread across Europe. But 150 years later only five per cent of names were Old English.

Sarah Mary Lucy Claire Alice Maggie Rachel Lisa Kate Anna. Along with Mary and Elizabeth other common girl names. Most Popular Baby Names in History.

Popular names by decade are determined the same way we determine the popularity of a name during a single year. I kept them separate. Hottest names in recent years.

2017 Sophia Aria and Amelia. Michael Christopher Matthew Joshua Daniel. We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency.

The SSA website gives the top 1000 boy and girl names as reported on Social Security card applications for each year from 1880 onward. Rank 1 is assigned to the name with the highest number of occurrences rank 2 to the name with the next highest. I have 730 first names on stones and I have looked at these.