Names that Peaked in 1883

Intriguing twist on several familiar names, though many people will mistake this for Elsa, Eliza, and so on.

Though Davy Crockett is a childhood hero, a frontiersman, soldier, politician, congressman and prolific storyteller. But be aware that "crock" is American slang for a lot of nonsense or something broken.

This cutesy nickname made it onto the Top 1000 in 1883.

Rocking out on the porch with buddies Hubert, Norbert, and Osbert.

Easter has been used as a name for several hundred years, as part of the day-naming tradition; now, this rarely heard holiday celebration name would make a novel choice for a springtime baby. Background:The early Anglo-Saxon monk and scholar Bede took the name of a goddess--Eostre-- whose feast was celebrated at the vernal equinox and gave it to the Christian festival of the resurrection of Christ.

Fur names. We don't think so.

One of the rare cases where spelling a name with a y makes it less rather than more feminine. Birdie might be the freshest choice in this aviary.

Why did 5 sets of parents chose to name their sons Dock in 2016? We may never know.

The middle name of a Duck Dynasty castmember, who goes by Jep, derives from the rare Old Testament name that's gone almost completely unused for centuries.