Drat, my name's not in there... (not the Corwin one, I forgot to check it...) Cool site, though!
Edit: Waddaya know, Corwin isn't there either...
[ February 11, 2005, 04:33 AM: Message edited by: Corwin ]
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
That's really neat. The timing for my mother's name is spot-on. And for mine. Crazy.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
That is so cool. I kept entering my kids names. I'm not original because all four were in there,and fairly popular.
Big huge jump in both Emilys and Abigails in the recent years. Daniel is going down in popularity. Natalie has had peaks and valleys.
Adrian really took off in the 70's. Rocky was released in 1976. (I,incidentally, was born in 1971, but put up with "Yo, Adrian!" all through my school days.)
Edit: Too much fun. Look at Kimberly. Non-existant before 1940 - jumped way up there, leveled off and now spiraling downward. Talk about your trendy names!
[ February 11, 2005, 09:50 AM: Message edited by: Belle ]
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
I could play with this all day. All of my family's first names, including mine, were near their peak at the time we were born. Interesting. And then there's my middle name, which exactly 4 people in the history of the earth have had. Oh well.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Very cool. Of course Anneke is nowhere to be seen. Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Wait, Malachi is a top 200 name now?
Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
Haven't you ever seen Children of the Corn? History repeats itself.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Is it top 200, Tick, or is it 200 out of the top million?
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Rank in 2003: 195
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I think that means 195 out of 1,000,000 babies had that name. They write "rank" misleadingly
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Scratch that. You were right.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Scratched.
Jinx
[ February 11, 2005, 12:48 PM: Message edited by: TheTick ]
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
Wow. My mother's name is Janeen, and it is practically the Washington Monument right over her birth decade.
We'll see about that. Posted by Bella Bee (Member # 7027) on :
Ick. Apparently the more popular spelling of my name has got trendy in the last five years. At least I've got the weird unpopular spelling of it, but still...
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
Look at Dorothy. Hollywood REALLY plays a big part in what we name our children, apparently.
Posted by Peter (Member # 4373) on :
now i'm upset, i want to name my first son Isaiah. i thought that was original. check it out, it's spiked in the past 10 years. *tear*
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Cecily isn't even in there. That's one thing I hate about my name. I never could bug my parents to buy me a grocery store mug or little license plate or keychain...because my name was never in the bunch. *sigh*
But Annie, our names really are cool. So there. Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Born in '69, and my name was ranked #1 for 60s and 70s. How blah....
Posted by Uhleeuh (Member # 6803) on :
Alia, Aleah, Aaliyah, and Aliyah were all there but my name wasn't. At least my spelling is still somewhat unique. Posted by fiazko (Member # 5812) on :
Awilda was huge for a while. I have never, ever in my life heard that name before or anything remotely like it. What a big rock I live under.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
Peter:
There is a trend back towards Old Testament names. In addition traditional Irish and Jewish names have skyrocketed in popularity the last two decades.
Try Ian, Ethan, Connor, Fiona, etc.
They don't even register until the '70s and then there is a huge climb. All the Anglo Saxons are going Gallic, I guess.
My name (William) peaked at the turn of the century in the no. 2 spot (but is still incredibly popular).
EDIT: Some classic 19th century English women's names are making a strong comeback -- Rose, etc.
[ February 11, 2005, 02:40 PM: Message edited by: Zalmoxis ]
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
You can tell it's Friday and our big project is over. I showed my boss that site and he just came by to say he's been playing with it for the past hour and printing out the graphs for his wife and children on the color printer.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
quote: There is a trend back towards Old Testament names. In addition traditional Irish and Jewish names have skyrocketed in popularity the last two decades.
Try Ian, Ethan, Connor, Fiona, etc.
Very true. My name (which is Welsh) is evidence of that, though my sister's name (which is Irish) peaked in the 70s and has gone down ever since.
As a side note, I'm deeply, deeply amused by the relatively sudden peak of Ariel in the 90s. Little Mermaid, anyone?
As another side-note, Michael is apparently an incredibly popular name since about the 1940s on.
[ February 11, 2005, 03:18 PM: Message edited by: Megan ]
Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
Born in '68 and my name was #1 for the 70's.
My poor brother was born in '70 and he got #49 for his name: George. He disliked it so much he changed it legally a couple of years ago to Christian, which wasn't popular when he was born but is #24 now.
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
Try looking at just first letters. They seem to go in groups.
And type in "UL." It looks like between 1980 and 1990 everybody forgot how to spell Ulysses.
[ February 11, 2005, 03:45 PM: Message edited by: dkw ]
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
Born in 87, and my name was #1 in the 70s and #2 in the 80s... its dropped to #31 now though...
geez, my parents were really origional (though, my sister's name was only ranked 9th when she was born, down from 1st in 1900...)
Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :
Wow...check out Ava and Eva. Those are the names of my grandmothers, but they just took off recently.
Katya isn't even in there. That's my niece's name - I didn't know it was that unusual.
Liam, Noah, and Ivan have taken off, but no one names anyone Van anymore.
My prediction: Now that I, H, and O are popular again after a break, F, G, and P are the next round of letters to be popular for first names.
[ February 11, 2005, 05:44 PM: Message edited by: Lady Jane ]
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
...look at Nevaeh...
EDIT: For mispelling
[ February 11, 2005, 06:32 PM: Message edited by: Teshi ]
Posted by Uhleeuh (Member # 6803) on :
I don't get anything when I put in "Neveah." I do get results for "Nevaeh."
So why are we looking at Neveah?
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
Speaking of Hollywood - look at "Trinity"
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Look at America- I wish there was more detailed analysis of the name "America".
It's not just Trinity:
Heaven, Nevaeh, Jesus, Trinity, all have shot up.
EDIT: Uleeuh- that was a typo, I'm sorry I caused confusion.
ALso: 'Luna' is back, and Angel and Sky, Celeste, Eve, Miracle, Grace...
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Look at Kimberly. Non-existant before 1940 - jumped way up there, leveled off and now spiraling downward. Talk about your trendy names!![[Grumble]](graemlins/grumble.gif)
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That's one thing I hate about my name. I never could bug my parents to buy me a grocery store mug or little license plate or keychain...because my name was never in the bunch. *sigh*![[Cool]](cool.gif)