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Despite sounding to modern ears like that generations “Michael” or “Jennifer”, neither Percy nor Archibald were in the top 200 of baby names in the 1920s per the Social Security Administration
https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/decades/names1920s.html
EDIT – correction – ‘Archie’ was #164 in the 1920s, and #141 in the 1910sReport
At some point my Mom told me that Dad wanted to name me Jeremiah Solomon, but she refused.Report