The Mother of All Baby Names Lists - the Top Baby Names of the 20th Century
Spanning the years from 1900 to 1999, this “best of the century” list, based on Social Security Card applications for births in the United States, determines and ranks the top 10 boys’ names and the top 10 girls’ names from the entire 20th century. It was compiled using the same methodology as used by the Social Security Administration in compiling their most popular names of the decade lists, i.e. by totaling the raw numbers. But in this analysis, the time period studied is 99 years. buy trace cell phone number Just as they do today, Biblical names make a strong showing on the list. On the boy’s side, no fewer than six biblical names appear in the all-time top ten; on the girl’s side, two names have biblical roots.