article_snippet.sent: the name peaked in Britain roughly decade later.
article_snippet.sent: It is now among a number of once-common names that are close to dying-out completely.
article_snippet.sent: Claudine - This feminization of the ancient Roman name Claudius ranked in the Top 1000 for first half of the 20th century, then blipped to a new height in 1970 on the popularity of singer Claudine Longet, only to fall off the charts in 1975.
article_snippet.sent: Claudine along with most other once-popular –ine and –een-ending girls’ names are now out of favor.
article_snippet.sent: But today, most parents say no to Nanette - Nanette.
article_snippet.sent: Thisbe -Thisbe was never ranked in the Top 1000, but this ancient mythological name – Thisbe -Thisbe was a doomed young lover whose tale inspired Romeo & Juliet – is about to vanish from the modern lexicon.
article_snippet.sent: Selma, Thelma, and even Velma, might be hanging on by the tips of Selma, Thelma, and even Velma antiquated fingernails, but Zelma - Zelma is about to lose Thisbe -Thisbe grip on modern usage.
article_snippet.sent: Any hope of revival was shattered by the ticklish toy from SesameStreet.
article_snippet.sent: Icarus name has never broken into the national Top 1000, probably due Icarus rash reputation and the icky sound of the first syllable of His name.
article_snippet.sent: Inigo - Inigo is another name that’s never ranked here, though it’s admired enough on Nameberry to make it Number 261.
article_snippet.sent: it’s the medieval Spanish version of Ignatius, which has ranked as high as Number 602 on the national list and was used by Cate Blanchett, but Inigo - Inigo is a no-go.
article_snippet.sent: Llewellyn - A common name in Wales, with the distinctive Welsh double-l beginning, Llewellyn - A appeared on the US list for six decades, ending in the early 1940s.
article_snippet.sent: But despite the early 1940s rich Welsh history, literary cred and quirky nicknames, Llewelyn seems headed for extinction.
article_snippet.sent: Sherwood - The stiff surname Sherwood, which does have the distinguished namesake of influential novelist Sherwood Anderson, managed to make the distinguished namesake of influential novelist Sherwood Anderson onto the US list from 1897 to 1963, peaking at Number 533 in 1938, Anderson’s heyday, but Anderson’s hasn’t been heard from in the 7+ decades since then.