By Pamela Redmond Satran

　　At the start of 2015, it’s interesting to look back a hundred years to see what was happening in the world of baby names.

　　The Baby Name Class of 1915 included several choices that are once again stylish: Evelyn, Alice, Florence, Lillian, and Rose for girls; William, James, Walter, Henry, and Harry for boys.

　　Other names in the 1915 Top 20 are starting to be rediscovered, notably Frances and Louise for girls, Raymond and Arthur for boys.

　　The full Top 20 for each gender in 1915 was:

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　　girls

　　1.  Mary

　　2.  Helen

　　3.  Dorothy

　　4.  Margaret

　　5.  Ruth

　　6.  Mildred

　　7.  Anna

　　8.  Elizabeth

　　9.  Frances

　　10. Evelyn

　　11. Marie

　　12. Virginia

　　13. Alice

　　14. Florence

　　15. Lillian

　　16. Rose

　　17. Irene

　　18. Louise

　　19. Catherine

　　20. Edna

　　[/column1]

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　　boys

　　John

　　William

　　James

　　Robert

　　Joseph

　　George

　　Charles

　　Edward

　　Frank

　　Thomas

　　Walter

　　Harold

　　Paul

　　Henry

　　Richard

　　Raymond

　　Albert

　　Arthur

　　Harry

　　Donald

　　[/column2]

　　Other stylish names in 1915 that are in fashion again today include:

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　　girls

　　Josephine

　　Ruby

　　Hazel

　　Grace

　　Eleanor

　　Lucille

　　Edith

　　Beatrice

　　Clara

　　Emma

　　[/column1]

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　　boys

　　Louis

　　Jack

　　Joe

　　Samuel

　　Leo

　　Frederick

　　Theodore

　　Ray

　　Benjamin

　　Charlie

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　　Names from the 1915 Top 100 — well, Top 58, actually — that have a bit further to go before they’re considered in step with 2015 styles include:

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　　girls

　　Gladys

　　Ethel

　　Thelma

　　Doris

　　Gertrude

　　Bernice

　　Bertha

　　Lois

　　Bessie

　　Myrtle

　　[/column1]

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　　boys

　　Ralph

　　Clarence

　　Roy

　　Earl

　　Ernest

　　Herbert

　　Eugene

　　Leonard

　　Elmer

　　Bernard

　　[/column2]

　　Which baby names from 1915 are you most likely to use today?