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Its wave through time Fading since the 1890s
In the United States 0 2 4 6 8 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1883 per 1,000 babies of that sex 85,548 babies given this name since 1880 At its height in 1890, about 1 in 189 girls 66 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Vincent Boy Latin vincens, 'conquering'. Early Medieval · peak 1963 Vanessa Girl Coined by Jonathan Swift for Esther Vanhomrigh, from Van (her surname) plus Esse (pet form of Esther). Modern · peak 1985 Yvonne Girl A French feminine of Yves, from a Germanic element iv 'yew'. Modern · peak 1937 Finley Girl or boy From a Scottish surname from Gaelic Fionnlagh, from fionn 'white, fair' and laoch 'warrior, hero'. Modern · peak 2017 Phoenix Girl or boy From Greek phoinix, the mythical bird reborn from its ashes; the word also meant 'Phoenician' and 'purple-red'. Modern · peak 2020 Fiona Girl Popularized, and probably coined, by James Macpherson in his Ossian poems of the 1760s, from Gaelic fionn 'white, fair'. Revolutions · peak 2017 Finn Boy From Old Norse Finnr 'a Finn or Sami'. Viking & Saxon · peak 2017 Fanny Girl Pet form of Frances, from Latin Franciscus 'Frankish, French'. Revolutions · peak 1885 · forgotten Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.