My extremely helpful assistant Caroline dug up the site that I had not been able to find. This site lists the most popular first names for each decade. It is particularly helpful when you want to give a feel for how old someone is. For example, Mildred really is a good name for someone born in 1900. Not so likely for someone born in 1960, who is extremely likely to be named Lisa. Mary and Linda might have been born in the 1950's. Ashley is the number 4 name for the 1980's, while it jumped to #1 in the '90s, Lord help us.
Of course the site is also useful to come up with obscure names. Just look at the bottom of the list...
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