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Declined Names for Boys

There are 9 Declined names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Declined names 1 to 9. Colin was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in Scottish, English, and French, and it was followed in popularity by the English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Czech, Dutch, Spanish, and Yiddish Elias, the English and German Edwin, the English, German, and Scandinavian Peter, the Irish, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Russian, and Slavic Albert, and the English name, Philip. The unusual Declined names are Benedict (English), Egbert (English and German), and Otto (Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, and Scandinavian).

Declined names are fairly popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1914, 2.143% of baby boys were given Declined names. There were 7 Declined names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Declined names have since experienced a decline in frequency, and in recent years they are of moderate use. In 2008, 6 Declined names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 0.566%. Within all Declined names, the Scottish, English, and French Colin was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #114 and a usage of 0.1716%.

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Albert Popularity Trend of Albert
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 372 372 nobly famous; white ... name declined in use by the 17th century, until it ...

Benedict Popularity Trend of Benedict
from 1900 to 2008. blessed ... of the name in the US declined somewhat through its ...

Colin Popularity Trend of Colin
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 114 114 victory of the people; ... subsequently declined in use before seeing a revival ...

Edwin Popularity Trend of Edwin
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 175 175 rich friend, friend ... period, but its use declined after the Norman ...

Egbert Popularity Trend of Egbert
from 1900 to 2008. bright sword, famous ... use declined by the end of the Middle Ages, before ...

Elias Popularity Trend of Elias
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 157 157 my God is Yahweh ... English Puritans but it declined in use by the end of ...

Otto Popularity Trend of Otto
from 1900 to 2008. wealth, fortune ... the use of the name has declined among English speakers ...

Peter Popularity Trend of Peter
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 183 183 rock, stone ... name declined in popularity after the Reformation, ...

Philip Popularity Trend of Philip
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 378 378 lover of horses, friend ... among English speakers declined in the 16th century ...


Popularity Trend
for Declined Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Declined Names
in 2006