Nicknames

Whatever happened to nicknames? From the 1930's until about the 1970's, nicknames were popular. If you had light blond hair, your nickname was Whitey. If you had red hair, your nickname was Rusty. There were plenty of Cookies and Tex's. At one point, our First Lady was nicknamed Lady Bird. Somehow, no one thought it was strange. I have even known a Babe, a Lolly and a Champy. I always wondered who gave these people their nicknames and why they stuck. I cannot think of anyone that was born since 1980, that has a nickname. I guess as time moved on, we lost a bit of our fun side.