Baby name

FADING BOY · PORTUGUESE
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Ailton

/ay · TOHN/


“Unknown”

Portuguese compound: Ail + ton; Brazilian working-class masculine name, declining.

ail · ton

gentle

How it ages.

Mid-century Brazilian working-class name; now perceived as dated.

The cultural moment.

Declining sharply; peak usage 1960-1990; essentially absent post-2010 in Brazil.