Why Do Baby Names Fall Out of Fashion? | Otherwords

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How many Mildreds did you go to school with? If you're under 60 years old, probably none! Mildred may have been a top ten baby name 100 years ago, but today its almost extinct... Why is that?? Otherwords is a PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into this quintessential human trait of language and finds the fascinating, thought-provoking, and funny stories behind the words and sounds we take for granted. Incorporating the fields of biology, history, cultural studies, literature, and more, linguistics has something for everyone and offers a unique perspective on what it means to be human. Host: Erica Brozovsky, Ph.D. Creator/Director: Andrew Matthews & Katie Graham Writer: Andrew Matthews Producer: Katie Graham Editor/Animation: Andrew Matthews Executive Producer: Amanda Fox Fact Checker: Yvonne McGreevy Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell Stock Images from Shutterstock Music from APM Music Otherwords is a production of Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios. © 2024 PBS. All rights reserved. sources: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/aug/12/why-do-baby-names-go-in-and-out-of-fashion-we-ask-an-expert https://her.ie/life/theres-a-reason-why-baby-names-go-out-of-fashion-and-its-not-what-you-might-think-217551 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1044047/Why-Fred-Annie-old-style-names-fallen-fashion.html https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/645320/classic-baby-names-popularity-decline https://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/letters/once-popular-names-fall-out-of-fashion-4621255 https://virginradio.co.uk/lifestyle/121683/baby-names-like-steve-and-ellen-are-going-extinct https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37854247 https://academic.oup.com/book/5025/chapter-abstract/147540416?redirectedFrom=fulltext https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4446333/ https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/14734/why-are-most-given-names-so-common https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0271530922000799 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00287953 https://daily.jstor.org/science-baby-names/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/2096433?mag=science-baby-names https://www.jstor.org/stable/44259598?read-now=1&seq=5#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.jstor.org/stable/3592279?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.jstor.org/stable/23355496?mag=science-baby-names https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/03/gender-neutral-baby-names-popularity/673464/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304422X20302448 https://blog.duolingo.com/naming-traditions-around-the-world/ https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/chinese-culture/chinese-culture-naming# https://nameberry.com/blog/celebrities-influence-popular-baby-names https://www.mugglenet.com/2020/02/study-shows-popularity-of-potter-baby-names/ https://twitter.com/TheGlobal_Index/status/1670344326130565121?lang=en