<p>Finding the right baby name isn't always easy. Here are lists of popular baby names through the decades.</p>
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font-size: 10pt; color: black; border-bottom: 1px solid silver;">9/12/2009</td><td style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black; border-bottom: 1px solid silver;"><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;" title="Most Popular Baby Names 2009" href="/pregnancy/most-popular-baby-names-2009">Most Popular Baby Names 2009</a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black; border-bottom: 1px solid silver;">5/11/2008</td><td style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black; border-bottom: 1px solid silver;"><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;" title="Most Popular 1000 Baby Names 1880s" href="/popular/most-popular-1000-baby-names-1880s">Most Popular 1000 Baby Names 1880s</a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black; border-bottom: 1px solid silver;">5/11/2008</td><td style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; 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Finding the right baby name isn't always easy. Here are lists of popular baby names through the decades.

Date	Title
9/12/2009	Most Popular Baby Names 2008
9/12/2009	Most Popular Baby Names 2009
5/11/2008	Most Popular 1000 Baby Names 1880s
5/11/2008	Most Popular 1000 Baby Names 1900s
5/11/2008	Most Popular 1000 Baby Names 1920s
5/11/2008	Most Popular 1000 Baby Names 1940s
5/11/2008	Most Popular 1000 Baby Names 1950s
5/11/2008	Most Popular 1000 Baby Names 1960s
5/11/2008	Most Popular 1000 Baby Names 1970s
5/11/2008	Most Popular 1000 Baby Names 1980s
5/11/2008	Most Popular 1000 Baby Names 1990s
5/11/2008	Most Popular 1000 Baby Names 2000s
5/11/2008	Most Popular 1000 Baby Names 2007
5/11/2008	Top Ten Baby Names 2007