Comments | rose_griffes: baby names

rose_griffes

baby names

Aug 23, 2009 20:43

The name mapper function on this website is insanely addictive. You can type in a name and it will map its use for newborns over the past five decade. (Use => within the top one hundred most common boy/girl names for an American state ( Read more... )

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rose_griffes August 24 2009, 23:43:58 UTC

Yeah, there are worse things than having a common name. The weird spelling thing kinda makes me crazy, as a teacher.

emmiere August 24 2009, 02:02:18 UTC

You have reminded me of my tragic lack of chocolate too. :(

My parents have sworn to me that my real name was not that popular when they gave it to me. Ha. Ha.

rose_griffes August 24 2009, 23:45:13 UTC

My parents have sworn to me that my real name was not that popular when they gave it to me. Ha. Ha.

Heh. I was surprised that my own was somewhat popular in the late 60's/early 70's, considering the only famous person with my name was an actress from the 30's and 40's.

wisteria_ August 24 2009, 02:03:23 UTC

Ooh, that is very cool. My first name (which I doubt anyone here knows) doesn't show up at all since 1960. When I checked NameVoyager, I saw that it peaked in 1940. Heh. I hate that name, no matter how many times people say, "Oh, it's so pretty!"

Thanks for the link!

daybreak777 August 24 2009, 02:42:48 UTC

I'm not sure if I used the site correctly. Sadly, my name was never in the Top 100. It's okay, though. It was never said on Romper Room's magic mirror, either. The price of being unique. :-)

Patty's a little scary. But she's got a brownie!

rose_griffes August 24 2009, 23:46:52 UTC

Unique is okay! Honestly, most people like their own name reasonably well, even if it's unusual or spelled strangely. It's just everyone else who has the problem. ;-)

I went and bought chocolate after work today. I deserve it... and Patty is just too scary to accept chocolate from. Heh.

pellucid August 24 2009, 02:56:41 UTC

My name is one of those chronically top 10 names: not terribly original, but solid and sophisticated. :) Interestingly, my sister has always observed that she's the only person she's ever met of her own age with her name, but that recently it's everywhere. Sure enough, in the 80s it's hardly on the map at all, and now it's in the top 5. It's funny how names come and go. I went to school with tons of Jessicas and Jennifers and Lisas and Michelles, and now all those names seem to be falling out of favor. Meanwhile, there seems to be a resurgence of certain classic names: lots of baby Claires and Isabellas and Emmas.

Odd that I only have a sense of girl's names. I wouldn't begin to know what are popular boy's names these days. Nor did I think to check on the site. Though I'll bet Christopher was very big in the 70s and 80s. It's kind of ridiculous how many Christophers I know!