Reviving Names
Names with a clear peak long ago and a clear climb now — the shape that proves the hundred-year rule rather than merely illustrating it.
Every name here is placed by how its recent years in the birth records compare with its
earlier ones — so the list moves as the records do.
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Valencia Peaked in 1970 · 12,966 births since 1919Girl languages of Saint Kitts and Nevis #1,721 in US
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Jacques Jacques is a boy's name, the French form of Jacob, and our data marks it reviving.Boy French #1,933 in US
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Robbie Robbie is a unisex name of Germanic origin meaning "bright fame," a diminutive of Robert.Unisex Scottish #2,124 in US
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Marnie Marnie is a girl's name of Hebrew origin, usually given as "of the sea."Girl Latin #2,177 in US
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A style is our reading of a name. A decade is the register — the names children were actually given, in order, with the counts.