While the rule of thumb is something like great-grandparents' generation names will be the ones that become popular again when you have kids, my family is Old, so my working theory is that my mother's name--which happens to be Esther--will become popular around the time that her grandchildren are old enough to have kids
Esther is actually being named for one of her great-grandmothers (our paternal grandmother, born 1907...although she would have never admitted it!).
Oh my total god. Aiden, Jayden, Braden, Hayden and Cayden? WTF, parents of boys! Come up with new names, please!!
Mayden! Zayden! Clayden! Fayden!
Do any of those work for you?
Esther is actually being named for one of her great-grandmothers (our paternal grandmother, born 1907...although she would have never admitted it!).
I considered my maternal grandmother's name (Edith, called Edie), but was sternly struck down.
I also lobbied for Maud.
And a few other fuddy duddy old person names.
Lillian was the only one we could really agree on.
Mayden! Zayden! Clayden! Fayden!
I think, in desperation, boys will have to start poaching on girls' territory (heretofore a big no-no) and start being named Elsie, Destry, and Hepzibah.
Bepzibah! Zepzibah! At least it's not Braden.
Jennifer isn't in the top 100.
Jesus. I'm a redwood.
The youngest Susan I know is 25. The second youngest is me, and I'm 37.
Neither is "William" or "Bill"
Someone hand me my teeth.
{edit: I found bill! I can keep my teeth and get new eyes}
Lisa was HOTT!T for '68. But seems to have gone out of favor. Which is fine with me. I don't like it when other people have my name. (Lisas here get a pass of course as do other awesome Lisas.)
My mom didn't actually have a girls name picked out she was so sure I was going to be a boy (Timothy). So they let the nurses pick my name (my dad worked at the hospital at the time so they were friends of his...not just random strange nurses).