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Has Amazon Ruined the Name Alexa?

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Re: Has Amazon Ruined the Name Alexa?

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https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi should do it

Is there a way to get the raw percentages rather than the rank?

Especially once you get outside the top 10 or so, I expect the percentages quickly get very small and very close. Even 5% would make a name astoundingly common. Like, more than one in every classroom common.

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Funny coincidence I was just wondering this a few weeks ago when reading a Tinder bio of a girl named Alexa who had something to the effect of 'heard all the Alexa jokes for a lifetime thanks' Made me wonder if there is a class action lawsuit where all of the Alexa's could sue Amazon for psychological distress or something.

In the German speaking world the name Kevin is ruined, with some men having that name being avoided in the dating scene.

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I think this sentence is kind of BS: > Having been the 32nd most popular name for girls born in 2015, Alexa's rank dropped to 139th in 2019, the lowest it's been since 1992. Thanks for the link provided by adjkant below, here's the ranks per year: 2019 139 2018 90 2017 65 2016 51 2015 32 2014 63 2013 60 2012 57 2011 55 2010 50 2009 43 2008 50 2007 40 2006 39 2005 66 2004 72 2003 67 2002 69 2001 78 2000 87 I agree tha…

Baby name wizard has Alexa peaking in the 1990s when combined with various other related names. [1] The specific Alexa variant peaked in 2015 but that's in the context of the related names as a whole declining precipitously, albeit not to pre-80s levels.

I must admit that a reason for the popularity spike doesn't pop to mind but presumably there's some pop culture thing I'm not thinking of.

[1] https://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager#prefix=alexa&sw=both&...

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Funny coincidence I was just wondering this a few weeks ago when reading a Tinder bio of a girl named Alexa who had something to the effect of 'heard all the Alexa jokes for a lifetime thanks' Made me wonder if there is a class action lawsuit where all of the Alexa's could sue Amazon for psychological distress or something.

In the German speaking world the name Kevin is ruined, with some men having that name being avoided in the dating scene.

Why is Kevin ruined? Is that what Alexa is called in German?

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I think this sentence is kind of BS: > Having been the 32nd most popular name for girls born in 2015, Alexa's rank dropped to 139th in 2019, the lowest it's been since 1992. Thanks for the link provided by adjkant below, here's the ranks per year: 2019 139 2018 90 2017 65 2016 51 2015 32 2014 63 2013 60 2012 57 2011 55 2010 50 2009 43 2008 50 2007 40 2006 39 2005 66 2004 72 2003 67 2002 69 2001 78 2000 87 I agree tha…

Baby name wizard has Alexa peaking in the 1990s when combined with various other related names. [1] The specific Alexa variant peaked in 2015 but that's in the context of the related names as a whole declining precipitously, albeit not to pre-80s levels. I must admit that a reason for the popularity spike doesn't pop to mind but presumably there's some pop culture thing I'm not thinking of. [1] https://www.babynamewi…

well maybe there could've been an uptick but Amazon ruined it (or maybe even amazon was responsible for the uptick in 2015?). I know from Germany that short, phonetically nice sounding names are "in" and I'd guess it's similar in the US. Alexa does sound nice, actually. Probably why Amazon took it, even.

Re: Has Amazon Ruined the Name Alexa?

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It's certainly become an inconvenient name to utter around our house, due to the responses it elicits from our countertops. So my daughter came up with the idea of referring to the device as "Amelia" whenever we talk about her. It has worked brilliantly and I suggest that everyone adopt the same convention.

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Funny coincidence I was just wondering this a few weeks ago when reading a Tinder bio of a girl named Alexa who had something to the effect of 'heard all the Alexa jokes for a lifetime thanks' Made me wonder if there is a class action lawsuit where all of the Alexa's could sue Amazon for psychological distress or something.

I know an Alexa and she says the same. I'll admit I hadn't thought about it before but it does sound like an incredibly annoying thing to have dropped on you from on high: constant jokes, if anyone addresses you in an Amazon-enabled home all kind of crap gets triggered... I can see why people are infuriated by it.

Re: Has Amazon Ruined the Name Alexa?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the German speaking world the name Kevin is ruined, with some men having that name being avoided in the dating scene.

Why is Kevin ruined? Is that what Alexa is called in German?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevinism

Re: Has Amazon Ruined the Name Alexa?

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Amazon has ruined the name Amazon. A word that used to command respect and awe now connotates shipping waste and overworked warehouse laborers.

Not really. If I say "she is an Amazon!" you will think I'm saying she's a female warrior instead of a megacorporation.
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