Amazingly cool Java app lets you enter a name and shows you how popular it was from 1880 to the present. Edith has been on the decline since 1880, Sunshine peaked in the 1970s, and the undisputed king of girls names Mary is just on the way out circa 2006. Click “Launch NameVoyager” towards the bottom.
In the 1980’s when I was born my name was ranked 70 and at it’s peak for Males, however in 2005 it was ranked 377.
What is your name rank?
PS: Check out the name “Gay” to see an interesting trend for the first name during the 1950’s