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Popular black names in the 20s. 20 Blackest Girl Names. Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson 25. Baby girl names.

Looking back to the 1920s its clear the top names for little girls have changed over time as the list contains choices like Betty Mildred Jean Shirley and Barbara. The first child of John Johnson a subway conductor and Mabel Faulk Johnson a nurse. Jevonte Kyrone Tamika Shantel.

Last week s announcement of the most popular baby names has inspired us to take a look at the Top 20 baby names for African AmericansThe Social Security Administration which tracks baby names in the US announced the top baby names of 2010 exclusively on The Today Show last week. Select Decade2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s 1930s 1920s 1910s 1900s 1890s 1880s. One of televisions premier African-American series stars elegant actress singer and recording artist Diahann Carroll was born Carol Diann or Diahann Johnson on July 17 1935 in the Bronx New York.

My Mammy - Al Jolson Paul Whiteman 19. Down Hearted Blues - Bessie Smith 20. A given name or first name is purposefully given usually by a childs parents at or near birth.

A name of English origin this one means scribe. We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency. Whispering - Paul Whiteman 18.

Black And Tan Fantasy - Duke Ellington 22. Many of these names draw inspiration from other origins including French names Arabic names Muslim names and European and Biblical names. This name has a Hebrew origin and it means faithful.