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Help[Facts] What qualifies as archaic?
I was adding a name that was ranking in the top 2000 during the 1940s, and it was a variant spelling of another name that was listed as "archaic English". Could a name that ranked exclusively during the 1930s-1940s be classified as archaic, or would I just put the usage as "English"?
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Archaic is for names that have not been in use much for over 100 years. I would say that if it isn't used now, and it was mostly 1930s/1940s, you can call it archaic. But mostly archaic is for if most bearers by now are no longer alive and it is not old enough to be medival.
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Okay, thanks!
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