Trendy things often cycle back into fashion if you give it enough time, and when it comes to baby names, that is no different - though apparently it can take a century for this to happen.
The 100 year rule suggests that names return to popularity long after their peak.That means names like Eleanor, Dorothy and Raymond that were fashionable in the 1920s, are poised to gain popularity for babies born in the 2020s.
Name expert Sophie Kihm at Nameberry says it's popular for babies names' to take after ones that were popular in their great-grandparents' generation.
The unfortunate reason why, she explained, is that name trends only begin to feel fresh when the generation that previously had them are no longer with us.
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