Names that Peaked in 1896

With a soft e, sounds like an affected pronunciation of Rita.

The name of four popes and several saints: a promising Italian import.

See WILLIE.

Loring lives as a first name thanks to the Kansas doctor Loring Miner who first sounded the alarm on what became known as the Spanish Flu.

This surname is on trend with its S ending, and could honor people such as athlete Jesse Owens. But it has strong potential for confusion with Owen singular.

A very old-fashioned nickname for the biblical city name Ophrah.