Baby Names: Now and Then

In an atricle over at Yahoo's science section, titled Most Popular Baby Names Change Dramatically senior writer Jeanna Bryner states that names have changed a lot between now and the 1950s. But they don't seem to have changed as much as I thought they would. Take a look at the lists;

Most popular boy/girl baby names in 1950:

1. James / Linda
2. Robert / Mary
3. John / Patricia
4. Michael / Barbara
5. David / Susan
6. William / Nancy
7. Richard / Deborah
8. Thomas / Sandra
9. Charles / Carol
10. Gary / Kathleen


Most popular names from last year:

1. Jacob / Emily
2. Michael / Isabella
3. Ethan / Emma
4. Joshua / Ava
5. Daniel / Madison
6. Christopher / Sophia
7. Anthony / Olivia
8. William / Abigail
9. Matthew / Hannah
10. Andrew / Elizabeth