I see what you're saying, but I'm not sure I believe that's the reason it was out of fashion. There's a large portion of Americans who wouldn't agree that's a bad connotation (there's a reason televangelists were rich, and it's not like
John the Evangelist has a bad reputation among American Christians).
Josephine and
Eva were less fashionable in the same period (they did get used more but were more ubiquitous to start with).
Clementine has a similar pattern as well.
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