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i may be waaaay off here...
but i think the "unusual" names we give our children may go back further than the 60's and 70's. I'm thinking maybe slavery or Reconstuction. Maybe in turbulent times when families were unsure about staying togehter, parents gave their children unusual names as a means of being able to have that one, unique identifier in case of separation? Like when men went off to work the railroad or women went into factory towns and someone from "home" was checking up on them, i'm sure Cleophus was easier to find than John.
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