Names that Peaked in 1889

This is a name you get stuck with, not (we hope) one your parents choose for you.

In Wuthering Heights, Cathy's milquetoast husband; Heath is so much more appealing.

The late actress Sada Thompson introduced this obscure but usable form.

All but unheard of today, Floy was a popular Florence nickname used on its own in a century ago: it was Number 448 in 1914.

Affirmative adjective occasionally used as a name.

Governor is far from one of the established occupational names such as Porter or Cooper, but with babies names King and Prince, Governor certainly wouldn't seem as outlandish today as it once might have.