The Little Bird© a Twice-Weekly Newsletter for Curious Seniors Nancy A
The Little Bird© A Twice-Weekly Newsletter For Curious Seniors Nancy A. Franks, Editor
Topic: What’s In A Name? (United States Edition) “Where’d you hear that?” “The Little Bird© told me!”
Let’s take a look at the ten most popular baby names in the United States, beginning in 1900. Does your first name appear on one or more lists? Can you spot the first names of your parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles? It is interesting to see how names move up, down, and off the lists from one decade to the next. 1900: Popular Names 1910: Popular Names 1920: Popular Names
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Fun Facts: Just two of our country’s first ten Presidents had middle names, John Quincy Adams and William Henry Harrison. President Harry S. Truman had a middle initial, but not a middle name. Harry was given his middle initial as a tribute to both of his grandfathers. One grandfather had a first name that began with S. The other grandfather had a middle name that began with S. Three Presidents were actually known by their middle names, Steven Grover Cleveland, John Calvin Coolidge, and Thomas Woodrow Wilson.
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1990 - 1999 Bernice Frankel beame: Boys Girls Sources: Bea Arthur #1: Michael #1: Marie www.babycenter.com/top-baby-names, James Nicole forgottenhistoryblog.com/president-harry-s- truman-didnt-actually-have-a-middle- Actor Issur Danielovitch became: Lee Ann name, www.nps.gov/articles/000/why-no-
Kirk Douglas middle-names.htm, 2000 - 2009 stacker.com/stories/3875/worlds-longest- Allan Stewart Konigsberg became: Boys Girls name-and-20-other-guinness-world- #1: Michael #1: Marie records-about-names, fox8.com/news/the- most-common-middle-names-from-the-last- Woody Allen James Nicole 12-decades, Frances Ethel Gumm became: Lee Elizabeth www.mentalfloss.com/article/573683/cele brity-actor-name-changes,
Judy Garland 2010 - 2019 www.deedpoll.com/famous-name-changes, archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=199 Boys Girls 10122&slug=1262030, Marion Robert Morrison became: #1: James #1: Marie www.mentalfloss.com/article/502638/40- Lee Grace fun-facts-about-most-popular-american- John Wayne baby-names-last-100-years Michael Rose If you changed your name, what would your new name be?