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Popular black names in the 20s. A given name or first name is purposefully given usually by a childs parents at or near birth. Many of these names draw inspiration from other origins including French names Arabic names Muslim names and European and Biblical names. Select Decade2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s 1940s 1930s 1920s 1910s 1900s 1890s 1880s.

And others like Ruby and Alice have gotten more popular again in. Whispering - Paul Whiteman 18. 20 Blackest Girl Names.

Still some like Elizabeth and Anna have a little more staying power. Baby girl names. 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.

Pine Tops Boogie Woogie - Pine Top Smith 17. Down Hearted Blues - Bessie Smith 20. Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson 25.

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. Baby Names for Black Boys. Charleston - Arthur Gibbs Paul Whiteman 21.

Jevonte Kyrone Tamika Shantel. We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency. Popular names by decade are determined the same way we determine the popularity of a name during a single year.