Mom Names

This flower name was one of the most popular in her class in the seventies and eighties, a fact reflected in the 1989 movie <em>Heathers</em>, in which every snobby girl in the high school clique bears the name. Now, though still pretty and evocative of the Scottish moors, it has faded in favor of other purplish blooms. It fell out of the Top 1000 in 2016 after having been as high as Number 3 in 1975, when it was given to close to 25,000 girls. Across the pond in the UK however, it remains near the latter end of the Top 1000.

Heather

A crystalline name that retains its loveliness far past its prime.  Its biggest downside: Eternal confusion over spelling and pronunciation.  Kristen?  Kirsten?  It can be so confusing that many parents today opt to bypass it.

Kristin

Yesterday's sensation that rose with the popularity of Whitney Houston. Whitney may have lost some of its style value, but it still sounds like one of the quintessential <a href="https://nameberry.com/baby-names/501/english-names-for-girls">English names for girls</a>. Today, you might want to shorten it to cool nickname Whit.

Whitney

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Mom names are popular names of the 1980s and 1990s also called Millennial names, with origins, meanings, and popularity (Page 5)