Names that Peaked in 1931

Cross-cultural name with a great nautical meaning. It boomed in the 1930s and has potential for revival now.

Dark horse Irish surname.

More dramatic, worldly, and energetic spin on Gregory.

One time joke name, à la Lily Tomlin's bossy telephone operator, Ernestine is ready for a possible reevaluation, like cousins Josephine and Clementine..

The name of a character in the once scandalous novel Valley of the Dolls now sounds a little more dated than the similar Arden.

Pretty and unusual translation of Bella.

Honoring a male relative. Be bold and go with Glenn.

Donal is, yes, just Donald with the final d cut off, but that somehow gives it a jauntier, fresher feel. Donal Logue is a Canadian actor and Donal Skehan is an Irish cookbook author.

This name of a character in Faulkner's As I Lay Dying is short, sweet and Southern-sounding.

As dated as the old Pat Boone song.

Torquano Tasso likely invented this name for the magical enchantress who beguiles the crusaders in his celebrated poem Jerusalem Delivered. Armida is also the eponymous heroine of a Handel opera.

Bernardine is really driving home its Bernard connection, for better or worse. Bernadine is the usual form of this name.