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Lost Names for Boys

There are 13 Lost names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Lost names 1 to 13. Diego was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in Spanish and Italian, and it was followed in popularity by the English and French Nathaniel, the English, French, German, and Irish Patrick, the English, French, and German Edgar, the English and Irish Donovan, the English and Scottish Ronald, the English, German, and Lithuanian Darius, the English and Scottish Donald, the English Dexter, and lastly the English name, Milton. The unusual Lost names are Amos (English, German, and Hebrew), Hildebrand (German), and Knut (English, German, and Scandinavian).

Lost names are fairly popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1930s; prior to that, they were of only moderate use. At the height of their usage in 1936, 4.802% of baby boys were given Lost names. There were 9 Lost names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Lost names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 10 Lost names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.069%. Within all Lost names, the Spanish and Italian Diego was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #68 and a usage of 0.3024%.

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Amos Popularity Trend of Amos
from 1900 to 2008. borne by God; bearer ... has since lost its popularity due to later rustic ...

Darius Popularity Trend of Darius
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 318 318 protector, wealthy, ... III (380BC-330BC), who lost the empire to Alexander ...

Dexter Popularity Trend of Dexter
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 715 715 dyer, one who dyes ... was later lost in Middle English ...

Diego Popularity Trend of Diego
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 68 68 teaching; Yahweh may ... be Latinized from a lost Iberian personal name ...

Donald Popularity Trend of Donald
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 331 331 world ruler, world-mighty ... which was eventually lost by the 20th century as ...

Donovan Popularity Trend of Donovan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 214 214 descendant of Donndubhán, ... times, it has largely lost its Irish associations, ...

Edgar Popularity Trend of Edgar
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 193 193 wealthy spear, owner ... Conquest but it soon lost favor in the Middle ...

Hildebrand battle, fight; burning, ... name lost its popularity by the end of the Middle ...

Knut knot; race, kind ... has since been lost ...

Milton Popularity Trend of Milton
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 923 923 mill town, middle of ... his epic poem Paradise Lost. ...

Nathaniel Popularity Trend of Nathaniel
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 77 77 God has given, gift ... Love's Labour's Lost (1594). ...

Patrick Popularity Trend of Patrick
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 127 127 nobleman ... may ultimately be of a lost Celtic origin, although ...

Ronald Popularity Trend of Ronald
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 308 308 well-advised ruler ... and it has since lost its Scottish flavor. ...


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from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Lost Names
in 2006