Top 100 History: Girls' 1920s

 Today I continue the Top 100 History series with the 1920s for girls.

Changes

1920

Left: Opal, Blanche

Entered: Eileen, Kathleen

1921

Left: Lena, Mattie, Mae

Entered: Elaine, Patricia, Audrey

1922

Left: Leona, Elaine, Jennie, Marguerite

Entered: Margie, Jeanne, Wanda, Gloria

1923

Left: Margie, Mabel, Ellen

Entered: Leona, Elaine, Dolores

1924

Left: Leona, Sylvia, Stella, Genevieve

Entered: Ellen, Theresa, Joan, Joyce

1925

Left: Ellen, Lucy, Minnie

Entered: Mattie, Margie, Marilyn

1926

Left: Myrtle, Nellie, Margie, Mattie

Entered: Ellen, Rosemary, Donna, Beverly

1927

Left: Viola, Pearl, Violet

Entered: Bonnie, Carolyn, Peggy

1928

Left: Bessie, Ellen, Lillie, Alma, Jessie

Entered: Jacqueline, Billie, Janet, Delores, Carol

1929

Left: Ella, Kathryn

Entered: Maria, Eileen

Movement

  • Kathleen, Elaine, Patricia, Audrey, Jeanne, Wanda, Gloria, Joan, Joyce, Marilyn, Rosemary, Donna, Beverly, Bonnie, Carolyn, Peggy, Jacqueline, Billie, Janet, Carol, and Maria became popular for the first time. 
  • Opal, Blanche, Lena, Mattie, Mae, Leona, Jennie, Marguerite, Mabel, Sylvia, Stella, Genevieve, Lucy, Minnie, Myrtle, Nellie, Viola, Pearl, Violet, Bessie, Lillie, Alma, Jessie, and Ella left the top 100.
  • Betty, Barbara, Shirley, Patricia, and Doris entered the top 10. 
  • Virginia, Frances, Mildred, Anna, and Elizabeth left the top 10. 
  • Dolores and Delores took the world by storm. 
  • Dolores, Jean, Shirley, Patricia, Joan, Lois, and Barbara entered the top 20. 
  • Alice, Rose, Irene, Louise, Lillian, and Marie left the top 20.
  • Shirley, Joan, Joyce, Phyllis, Nancy, Beverly, Norma, Gloria, Marilyn, Ann, Donna, Dolores, Lorraine, Geraldine, and Patricia entered the top 50.
  • Edna, Grace, Bernice, Ethel, Lucille, Edith, Beatrice, Agnes, Gertrude, Emma, Hazel, Esther, Clara, and Marion left the top 50.
  • Sarah returned to the top 50 before leaving again.
Trends

  • Nickname-names no longer trended (especially not those ending in "ie"-Mattie, Jennie, Nellie, Bessie, Lillie, Jessie)
  • French names were still trending (Jeanne, Jacqueline, Louise, Marjorie, Pauline, Bernice, etc.)
  • Nature names declined (Pearl, Opal, Lillie, Myrtle, Viola, Violet)
  • Spanish names continued to trend (Juanita, Rita, Dolores, Delores)
  • Longer names remained in favor (Patricia, Kathleen, Elaine, Audrey, Jeanne, Rosemary, Jacqueline, Virginia, Mildred, Dolores, etc.)
  • Names containing "or" were still common (Florence, Dorothy, Marjorie, Dolores, Gloria, Doris, Norma, etc.)
  • Names ending in "ma" remained in favor (Norma, Wilma, Thelma, Alma, Emma)
  • Three-syllable names with a "y" began to rise (Marilyn, Carolyn, Dorothy, Rosemary, Beverly)
  • Single-syllable "j" names took up the charts (Joan, Jane, Joyce, June, Jean)
  • Names ending in "een" rose in use (Eileen, Kathleen, Irene)
What was the most interesting change in the top 100 of the 1920s?

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