Best Nicknames

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• Elijah

  Elijah became a Top 20 American male name for the first time in 2010, at No. 18, its highest rank up to that year

• Hallam

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s named his first-born son Hallam in honor of his best friend and fellow poet, Arthur Henry Hallam

• Mae

  Mae was a Top 100 American baby girl name from 1880 to 1920. After 1969, it disappeared from the Top 1000, then reemerged in 2010 at No. 988

• Silas

  Silas began to rebound in popularity in the 1990s. By 2010, it was No. 222 in the Top 500 American baby boy names