The Least Popular American Baby Names According to Early Records

MrsG1019

If anyone is still thinking of names ... I'll just leave this gem right here for ya. Worth a laugh!

https://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=53301

uncharted01

OMG Lemon is on that list!!! )

MrsG1019

uncharted01 said:

OMG Lemon is on that list!!! )

Whaaaa!!? How did I miss that!!?! That's awesome!

minibean16

964 Lemons?? And that was pre-Internet, so they obviously weren't harpies.

I'm so honoured that my almost, maybe name for LO also on that list. In the middle of Orange and Leafy, you also have Josephine, Lillian and Stephen???

MrsG1019

minibean16 said:

964 Lemons?? And that was pre-Internet, so they obviously weren't harpies.

I'm so honoured that my almost, maybe name for LO also on that list. In the middle of Orange and Leafy, you also have Josephine, Lillian and Stephen???

The 964 is the rank for lemon during that year-- although it IS a pretty solid name & certainly would have been a good choice for a future harpie!

minibean16

@MrsG1019‌ oh thank goodness!!! I thought it was just a particularly 'fruity' year!

runningmama14

So amazing that Lemon is on there!  LOL

2ndGeneration

Maybe 'Lemon' was considered exotic at the time, since the fruit was from far-away places like Spain-I don't think they were grown in Florida then. Other than that, I got nuthin.

lizzielu82

Yay Lemon! We always knew it was a real name

And lol to "Son" and "Sister". I'd imagine those names came up for kid #10 when you've maybe started to run out of ideas and have stopped caring.

lizzielu82

Econosaurus said:

@lizzielu82 you mean like George Foreman?

https://thelister.blogspot.com/2007/04/george-foremans-ten-children.html 

Lol forgot about that! His poor kids...  )

Maelara

@Econosaurus‌ LOVE the gif! Hilarious!

joshua+rebecca11

Whoa, there are some serious names on that list. We could certainly have some yoo-neek ones!
And seriously, George Foreman?!! He must have no imagination or a huge ego to name all his boys George!

lizzielu82

ClrkKntismyAE said:

DD has a friend that everybody calls Bean. I always figured that it was a nick name left over from pregnancy. Nope. It is her middle name. Like on her birth certificate.

I guess the parents are Nirvana fans! (Francis Bean - Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love's daughter)

MrsC430

Some of these definitely made me LOL. Thanks for sharing, @MrsG1019‌!

"Toy" and "Commodore"... WTAF? Though Commodore just may have a little ring of badass to it

absolutelymaybe

Oh, damn. Wish I would've seen this list before naming our twins. Willa could have been "Classie" -- except I would totes spell it with a "K" to be yoo-nique. 

MrsG1019

@absolutelymaybe‌

It's not too late!!! Klassie is an awesome name!