If there's one thing we know about baby names, it's that their popularity comes and goes in cycles. If a name peaked in popularity too recently — think the top '80s and '90s names, like Jessica and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 1940s baby names are a throwback to another — dare we say more adorable — time in baby naming. Think Willie and Wayne for baby ...

If the 1940s could be characterized by one world event, it would be World War II — and the period of postwar changes that followed it. That includes what's been called a Baby Boom, which means that ...

This classic name was the most popular name for girls of the 1940s. It has Biblical roots as the name of Jesus' mother Mary, as well as Mary Magdalene. There are multiple ideas about the meaning of ...

From Franklin D. Roosevelt to Thelma and Louise, the 1940s gave us some of the most famous political and social figures — and, in some cases, many of our favorite classic names. For expecting parents ...

Slick, modern names are all well and good, but I still think there’s something to said for old fashioned-sounding monikers — which is why I’d like to propose a list of vintage baby names from the ...

If someone were to ask you to pinpoint a decade full of feminist baby names, you probably wouldn't immediately think of the 1940s. Admittedly, I didn't either. But you know what? It turns out that ...