Unusual Names from 1914
I was going through the top 7000 of 1914, and I came across some doozies! I included the number of babies given each name that year, just so you know how popular they were at the time. that Here is a list of them:
| BOYS | # | GIRLS | # | |
| Admiral | 7 | Albirdia | 5 | |
| Alcee | 6 | Alder | 5 | |
| Algie | 25 | Alfhild | 7 | |
| Almond | 17 | Algie | 6 | |
| Alto | 16 | Aloha | 5 | |
| Arch | 32 | Arkie | 12 | |
| Argle | 5 | Asilee | 6 | |
| Aster | 6 | Australia | 5 | |
| Author | 19 | Axie | 9 | |
| Bland | 7 | Babe | 8 | |
| Bluford | 9 | Beadie | 12 | |
| Boots | 8 | Beauty | 6 | |
| Bosie | 6 | Belzora | 5 | |
| Brace | 5 | Birda | 12 | |
| Branch | 6 | Blanchie | 21 | |
| Brownie | 11 | Blondie | 5 | |
| Bunk | 5 | Blondina | 6 | |
| Bunnie | 5 | Borghild | 30 | |
| Capers | 5 | Canary | 8 | |
| Champ | 18 | Capitola | 25 | |
| Champion | 9 | Cinderella | 6 | |
| Clearance | 7 | Clorene | 8 | |
| Cola | 7 | Colon | 5 | |
| Coyt | 7 | Corona | 5 | |
| Crit | 7 | Countess | 6 | |
| Delphis | 6 | Cozy | 5 | |
| Dink | 5 | Cula | 6 | |
| Dude | 5 | Dimple | 33 | |
| Elba | 12 | Doll | 10 | |
| Elester | 5 | Doyce | 5 | |
| Ell | 5 | Earie | 6 | |
| Elra | 5 | Erie | 24 | |
| Emit | 6 | Ethelyne | 14 | |
| Ercole | 7 | Eureka | 5 | |
| Ether | 5 | Fairy | 46 | |
| Fair | 5 | Fallie | 5 | |
| Fed | 6 | Ferol | 10 | |
| Ferd | 14 | Finis | 5 | |
| Fonzie | 5 | Fleta | 36 | |
| Fount | 6 | Flonnie | 40 | |
| Foy | 41 | Floride | 6 | |
| France | 6 | Floy | 150 | |
| Frances | 77 | Forestine | 5 | |
| Fread | 7 | Fozie | 5 | |
| French | 18 | France | 9 | |
| Garl | 6 | Fronie | 18 | |
| Gernie | 5 | Gatha | 7 | |
| Glade | 10 | Gazella | 5 | |
| Gloyd | 5 | Gerturde | 5 | |
| Golden | 40 | Girlie | 16 | |
| Goldie | 17 | Girtha | 11 | |
| Gust | 31 | Glee | 8 | |
| Hammie | 5 | Gola | 13 | |
| Hamp | 17 | Gustie | 7 | |
| Handy | 8 | Hasty | 5 | |
| Harce | 5 | Hiawatha | 7 | |
| Harm | 11 | Isolene | 7 | |
| Hezzie | 9 | Lassie | 16 | |
| Hoke | 18 | Leafy | 8 | |
| Hood | 5 | Leaner | 6 | |
| Hosey | 5 | Leather | 8 | |
| Kern | 5 | Lempi | 16 | |
| Key | 5 | Loris | 18 | |
| Kinnie | 6 | Lousie | 5 | |
| Laddie | 23 | Luby | 5 | |
| Lankford | 5 | Lummie | 6 | |
| Lebaron | 5 | Maple | 18 | |
| Lecil | 5 | Mayo | 11 | |
| Leldon | 5 | Mayola | 23 | |
| Less | 8 | Media | 9 | |
| Letcher | 11 | Mennie | 21 | |
| Limmie | 5 | Mescal | 5 | |
| Loris | 11 | Milbrey | 5 | |
| Lubert | 5 | Mintie | 5 | |
| Luby | 5 | Narcissus | 8 | |
| Luster | 19 | Nerva | 5 | |
| Mance | 9 | Ninnie | 5 | |
| Manly | 9 | Nobie | 12 | |
| Manual | 9 | Nodie | 5 | |
| Math | 6 | Nondas | 8 | |
| Merchant | 6 | Ocie | 99 | |
| Metro | 23 | Octa | 6 | |
| Miner | 12 | Oddie | 9 | |
| Moody | 18 | Okie | 6 | |
| Moultrie | 8 | Okla | 10 | |
| Norfleet | 7 | Olgie | 5 | |
| Nute | 5 | Orbie | 8 | |
| Oddie | 6 | Oval | 6 | |
| Okey | 23 | Pebble | 5 | |
| Olden | 8 | Pencie | 6 | |
| Orange | 12 | Pretto | 5 | |
| Other | 7 | Rushie | 11 | |
| Ozro | 8 | Saint | 6 | |
| Penrose | 5 | Salvatrice | 10 | |
| Pink | 23 | Santa | 59 | |
| Pleasant | 9 | Saxon | 7 | |
| Plummer | 11 | Signora | 6 | |
| Pope | 5 | Sister | 21 | |
| Ruble | 8 | Smithie | 10 | |
| Rural | 5 | Sudie | 84 | |
| Seab | 6 | Swannie | 5 | |
| Searcy | 7 | Sweetie | 12 | |
| Sears | 7 | Tempie | 29 | |
| Singleton | 6 | Texie | 8 | |
| Smiley | 8 | Thurley | 6 | |
| Smith | 45 | Tishie | 5 | |
| Snow | 5 | Tossie | 6 | |
| Spurgeon | 32 | Toy | 9 | |
| Square | 9 | Vassie | 17 | |
| Squire | 8 | Vaudie | 6 | |
| Starling | 11 | Velvie | 8 | |
| Talley | 5 | Verbal | 5 | |
| Tandy | 7 | Vicie | 18 | |
| Tench | 5 | Viney | 11 | |
| Tennis | 5 | Virgin | 7 | |
| Thelmer | 9 | Vista | 11 | |
| Thure | 6 | Vollie | 6 | |
| Thurl | 8 | Walsie | 8 | |
| Tip | 5 | Wavie | 8 | |
| Tivis | 5 | Wealthy | 7 | |
| Tobe | 10 | Wessie | 9 | |
| Toy | 21 | Wintress | 5 | |
| Twyman | 6 | Yetive | 6 | |
| Uno | 11 | |||
| Valley | 7 | |||
| Vane | 8 | |||
| Vardie | 6 | |||
| Vermon | 6 | |||
| Veto | 8 | |||
| Villa | 7 | |||
| Vollie | 7 | |||
| Wales | 5 | |||
| Wash | 23 | |||
| White | 11 | |||
| Wince | 6 | |||
| Wister | 5 | |||
| Zell | 5 | |||
| Zenith | 5 |