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| Inspiration :: Victor (painting by Victor Vasarely)
Names have popularity patterns; but their beginning and ending letters also have peaks and troughs. Here is a chart showing the letters that peaked in each decade.
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Year
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1st Letter
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Last Letter
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1880
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e f g h l o w
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e m a u
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1890
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1900
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m
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z
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1910
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v
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1920
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b
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d s t
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1930
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r
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1940
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d p
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p
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1950
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k s t
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f g l k y
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1960
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c
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1970
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c j
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w
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1980
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r q
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1990
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n
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o b
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2000
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a
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v j n x
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Popular Beginnings
Below is a graph showing the year that each letter of the alphabet peaked as the first letter of a name. The letters without results are those that haven't really had a peak in popularity.
Names with Popular Beginnings
These names all have the popular initial for a year they were in the top 50. Eg. The letter V peaked in 1910 and this is also a year where Victor was in the top 50.
1880
Elizabeth, Florence, Ellen, Emily,
Eliza, Hannah, Gertrude, Harriet, Frances, Fanny, Eleanor, Esther, Grace,
Louisa, Lily, Lillian, Laura, Emma.
George,
Henry, Frederick, Ernest, Edward, Herbert, Harry, Frank, Fred, Francis, Edwin,
Harold, Edgar, Horace, Hugh, Edmund, Lewis, Willie, Leonard, Walter, William.
1890
There were no letters that peaked during this decade.
1900
Mary, Margaret, Mabel, Marjorie, Muriel, Minnie, Maud.
Michael.
1910
Violet, Vera.
Victor.
1920
Beryl, Betty,
Bernard.
1930
Rita, Rosemary.
Ronald, Raymond, Roy,
Richard, Reginald.
1940
Dorothy, Diane, Doreen, Patricia.
David, Peter, Derek, Paul,
Patrick, Phillip.
1950
Susan, Sandra, Kathleen, Sheila,
Karen, Shirley.
Stephen, Keith, Kevin,
Steven, Thomas, Kenneth, Terence, Trevor, Timothy, Stuart.
1960
There were no letters that peaked for a first initial during this decade.
1970
Caroline, Jenna, Jessica,
Catherine, Joanna, Clare, Joanne, Charlotte, Jennifer, Claire
Christopher, James, Jason,
Jonathan, Craig, Carl, Colin, Justin, Christian.
1980
Jennifer
1990
Natasha, Nicole.
Nathan, Nicholas.
2000
Amy, Amelia, Abigail, Alice, Amber,
Abbie, Aimee.
Alexander, Alfie, Adam,
Aaron, Archie, Alex.
Below is a graph showing the year that each letter of the alphabet peaked as the last letter of a name. The letters without results are those that haven't really had a peak in popularity.
Names with Popular Endings
These names all have the popular last letter for a year they were in the top 50. Eg. The letter A peaked in 1880 and this is also a year where Laura was in the top 50.
1880
Grace, Amelia, Nellie, Laura,
Isabella, Maria, Bertha, Clara, Martha, Louisa, Eliza, Emma, Ada, Alice,
Florence, Annie, Catherine, Gertrude, Kate, Rose, Beatrice, Minnie, Charlotte,
Jessie, Caroline.
William, Tom, Willie,
Bertie, Horace, George.
1890
There were no names in the top 50 with the peaked letter in this decade.
1900
There were no names in the top 50 with the peaked letter in this decade.
1910
There were no names in the top 50 with the peaked letter in this decade.
1920
Frances, Iris, Violet, Phyllis, Winifred, Gladys, Doris, Margaret.
Clifford, Herbert, Francis,
Bernard, Douglas, Richard, Reginald, Donald, Raymond, Alfred, Harold, Leonard,
Ernest, David, Dennis, Charles, Albert, Edward, Robert, Ronald, Thomas, James.
1930
There were no names in the top 50 with the peaked letter in this decade.
1940
Phillip
1950
Carol, Wendy, Shirley, Lesley, Mary.
Michael, Paul, Nigel, Neil,
Jeffrey, Timothy, Patrick, Derek, Gary, Barry, Mark, Geoffrey, Anthony.
1960
There were no names in the top 50 with the peaked letter in this decade.
1970
Andrew,
Matthew.
1980
Christopher,
Peter, Alexander, Oliver.
1990
Jacob
2000
Madison, Erin, Caitlin, Lauren,
Megan.
Benjamin, Ethan, Dylan,
Ryan, Ben, Cameron, Nathan, Owen, Kieran, Aaron, Brandon, Alex, Harrison.
Special Names
These are the names that had both a popular first letter and a popular last letter.1880
Eliza, Florence, Gertrude, Louisa, Laura, Emma, Grace.
Horace, George, William.
1920
Bernard
1940
Phillip
1950
Shirley
Timothy
2000
Alex, Aaron.
