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Help[Opinions] Re: Looking for Names That Were Popular in 1950s Georgia (U.S.)
in reply to a message by bluesmoral
The earliest state lists are from 1960, so the names that were popular in the fifties wouldn't be much different from those. The SSA doesn't have separate lists based on ethnicity, but again, back then there wasn't a huge difference. So-called "black names" didn't really get to be a thing till the seventies, near as I can tell, so I wouldn't expect to see an Ebony or a Shaniqua or an Imani from the 1950s. I'd expect ames like Mary, Deborah, Sandra, Linda, Gloria, Charlene, Patricia, Wanda, Yolanda, Anita and Jacqueline/Jackie.
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Ivory and *monia names like Edmonia seem like pre-1970s "black names" to me. I don't have actual data on them (just going by people I have met, those are patterns that came to mind), but I'm pretty sure it's a category that exists. I guess it'd include Creole names and Gullah naming patterns. And supposedly the name Bailey was used by African Americans in the 1800s based on Belali (one example being Frederick Douglass who changed his name).
But yeah, I'd think they weren't as common in the early/mid 1900s as before or after.
But yeah, I'd think they weren't as common in the early/mid 1900s as before or after.
This message was edited 4/16/2025, 1:29 AM