Names that Peaked in 1882

An old English redhead name -- one of the few that doesn't begin with the letter r -- with references both to a famous French knight and a magical horse.

Lace-hankie name with Shakespearean pedigree.

There may have been a time when Americans who heard this name thought of something other than the rapper Ludacris, and there may come another such time at some point in the future, but for now, it's probably best left to the man who was born Christopher Bridges.

Bulky surname honoring Grandpa Henry or Saul Bellow's Rain King.

Elnora is best known as the name of the heroine of the early 20th century novel A Girl of the Limberlost. While Elnora might plausibly have many derivations, the most logical is that isn't a contracted form of Eleanora, the Latinate variation of Eleanor.

Popular Margaret variant in Nordic countries, often spelled Margrét.

This spin on the "Alex" prefix was the 88th most popular girl name in Scotland in 1900.