By Linda Rosenkrantz

　　Over the years, there have been hundreds of names that have rocketed onto the Top 1000 for one year, then just as suddenly disappeared, fading like shooting stars.  We’ve made a thorough search through these names, seeing what gems  we might find hidden among the oddball Metros, Councils and Dolls, the Jeps and Bunks and Schleys, which might merit a second appearance.

　　Two things to bear in mind: a lot of these names made their solo appearances soon after the Social Security list was launched, and so it’s possible that they might have enjoyed some previous popularity and were trending downward at that point.  And also, many of them ranked in the eight and nine hundreds, and so probably accounted for just ten or less newborns with those names.

　　It’s also interesting to scope out if there’s some historical reason for these singular appearances.  Wendell Wilkie, for example, was the 1940 Republican presidential nominee against FDR, accounting for the appearance of Wilkie that year, Tai Babilonia was the world figure skating champion when her name popped up in 1980, and Sable was the name of a character on the high-rated TV soap, The Colby‘s in 1986, when she was a one hit wonder.

　　So here are my nominations; which ones do you think should or could come back?

　　GIRLS

　　Alabama        1881   #944

　　Beatrix           1883   #760

　　Beyonce         2001   #700

　　Caro               1883   #946

　　Channing       1987   #590

　　Clementina   1908   #972

　　Dagny             1901   #925

　　Diandra         1988   #905

　　Djuna             1964   #738

　　Dotty              1939   #988

　　Ellis                1883   #771

　　Junia               1883   #981

　　Lucetta           1882   #864

　　Martine          1981   #797

　　Medora          1885   #725

　　Milly               1884   #714

　　Noemie          1889   #941

　　Pandora         1952   #784

　　Pepper           1975   #784

　　Rosabelle      1907   #919

　　Sable              1986   #904

　　Simona          1883   #689

　　Sunday           1966   #986

　　Tai                  1980   #939

　　Theta              1907   #868

　　Thomasina   1932   #969

　　Trilby              1895   #978

　　Venice            1921   #941

　　Violetta          1884   #849

　　BOYS

　　Anatole          1889   #849

　　Auguste         1882   #848

　　Baker             1899   #940

　　Berlin             1916   #987

　　Boone             1889   #989

　　Branch           1889   #806

　　Calhoun         1886   #988

　　Cam                1896   #907

　　Destry            1964   #636

　　Dixon             1881   #806

　　Evander         1895   #918

　　Fielding         1885   #726

　　Georgie          1902   #970 (there were Georgies on the girls’ list for many years)

　　Griffith          1899   #896

　　Grove             1883   #956

　　Guthrie          1895   #924

　　Hale                1896   930

　　Hart                1888   #970

　　Ivor                1902   #977

　　Jabez              1880   #988

　　Job                  1891   #909

　　Kiefer             1991   #924

　　Luc                 2002   #932

　　Marius           1881   #965

　　Mercer           1881   #968

　　Nils                 1888   #889

　　North             1885   #906

　　Ogden             1907   #981

　　Osborn          1884   #944

　　Ozzie              1903   #990

　　Philo              1881   #975

　　Prosper         1881   #977

　　Redmond      1889   #954

　　Shepherd       1887   #906

　　Silver             1896   #772

　　True               1895   #970

　　Wilkie            1940   800

　　York               1881   #780

　　Zed                 1894   #894