by Pamela Redmond Satran

　　Every year, the US government issues a list of the names that are making the biggest leaps up the popularity list.  And there, among the reality TV-inspired Daleyzas and Jayceons, sprinkled in with the new-fangled Jurnees and Zayns, is a collection of vintage names that for a range of reasons have suddenly become hot.

　　Sometimes, the inspiration is a film or television show, as with Marjorie and Game of Thrones or Walter and Hank from Breaking Bad.

　　A name’s choice by celebrity parents can make it go from sleepy to sizzling too, as happened with Olive after it was used for their daughter by Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen.

　　Here, 40 vintage baby names making big leaps up the popularity list.  The +number indicates how many places each name moved up the US popularity list in 2013.  And the second number is the name’s standing on the popularity list.  Please note: Only those names in the Top 1000 are tracked.

　　girls

　　Marjorie, +735, to 910

　　Mabel, +338, to 707

　　Rosie, +235, to 883

　　Leona, +176, to 734

　　Alma, +154, to 701

　　Mercy, +143, to 854

　　Hattie, +138, to 570

　　Millie, +124, to 598

　　Dorothy, +115, to 808

　　Beatrice, +102, to 593

　　Pearl, +80, to 677

　　Anastasia, +79, to 257

　　Vera, +77, to 422

　　Felicity, +76, to 579

　　Mae, +74, to 674

　　Olive, +73, to 291

　　June, +70, to 362

　　Frances, +70, to 693

　　Sadie, +69, to 50

　　Rosemary, +68, to 533

　　boys

　　Enoch, +178, to 836

　　Harvey, +176, to 616

　　Cassius, +172, to 760

　　Clyde, +160, to 999

　　Samson, +129, to 671

　　Theo, +129, to 666

　　Gilbert, +112, to 885

　　Thaddeus, +105, to 797

　　Otto, +89, to 696

　　Francis, +86, to 506

　　Roland, +77, to 665

　　Lionel, +74, to 733

　　Reuben, +72, to 896

　　Hank, +58, to 626

　　Frederick, +46, to 492

　　Augustine, +45, to 955

　　Uriah, +34, to 539

　　Walter, +34, to 342

　　Franklin, +33, to 495

　　Ephraim, +32, to 972