For males it was Michael, Lee, and James. By the 1980s not much had changed and the top names for females were Marie, Ann, and Lynn. By the 1950s, the most popular were Ann, Marie, and Lynn, along with Lee, Edward, and Allen. For males, it was William, Joseph, and Edward. Back in 1900 to 1909, the most popular female middle names were Mae, Marie, and Elizabeth. Genealogy website, MooseRoots, has revealed the most common middle names in the US by decade. Are middle names changing with the times? Whilst I was unable to find any NZ studies of middle names, anecdotal evidence shows that we also tend to choose traditional names for our middle monikers. Some parents reportedly selected a name after taking inspiration from TV, film, music, royalty, or modern culture. There is still a creative side to choosing middle names though. The top 10 list of middle names contains none of the current top 10 girls first names and only three make an appearance from the boys list. Do a quick ask around your friends and you will find the same middle names popping up again and again! So, it is unsurprising that the most popular middle names have tended to stick around for generations and we often share a middle name with a lot of others. Not following the trendsĪ study conducted by discovered that many middle names are chosen based on heritage, rather than following the latest name trends, with 55 percent of parents saying that they chose their child’s middle name in honour of a family member. Whether this in recognition of a parent or grandparent, or, as in many cases following the two World Wars, a way of acknowledging someone lost too soon, middle names have become so popular that now 80% of children are given a midde name and 10% are given two or more. ![]() According to the 1911 census in the UK, just 37 percent of people had a middle name.Īdding a middle name only became a “thing” over the last century, mainly as a way of commemorating a family member. ![]() If you were born over a century ago, it’s unlikely that your parents would have bothered choosing a middle name for you. However, middle names, seem to have a tendency to stick around. They can even be quite different to the most common names that were around when your children were born, especially if their age is into double figures.
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