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== Popular First Names by Decade (or Year) ==
== Popular First Names by Decade (or Year) ==


* [http://www.thinkbabynames.com/popular/1/us Top Baby Names for Boys in the US], going back to 1880. (Also for some other countries, but only going back to 1998.)
These lists of American names are sorted by decade (or individual year). There are also lists for some other countries, but only going back to 1998.
* [http://www.thinkbabynames.com/popular/0/us Top Baby Names for Girls in the US], going back to 1880. (Also for some other countries, but only going back to 1998.)
 
* [http://www.thinkbabynames.com/popular/1/us Top Baby Names for Boys in the US]  
* [http://www.thinkbabynames.com/popular/0/us Top Baby Names for Girls in the US]
 
== Story Games Names Project ==
 
Lists of names:
 
* [http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/projects/names/text_files/text_contemporary/american.txt American names]
* [http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/projects/names/text_files/text_contemporary/ Directory of contemporary names]
* [http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/projects/names/text_files/text_historical/ Directory of historical names]
* [http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/projects/names/text_files/text_humorous/ Directory of humorous names]


== Random Names ==
== Random Names ==

Revision as of 22:55, 21 March 2012

Popular First Names by Decade (or Year)

These lists of American names are sorted by decade (or individual year). There are also lists for some other countries, but only going back to 1998.

Story Games Names Project

Lists of names:

Random Names

  • Random Name Generator that works from census data, and lets you specify how unusual you want the names to be. With obscurity set to 1, I got names like Nicole Friesen and Lawrence Lippert. Setting it to 99 gave me Noella Haggstrom and Tuan Lingbeek.

Non-Anglophone Names

  • Stars Without Number (free edition), a free science fiction RPG (sort of a cross between D&D and Traveller), has tables in the back for coming up with names (Arabic, Chinese, English, Indian, Japanese, Nigerian, Russian, Spanish).