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Names that decreased in popularity from 2020 to 2021

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Re: Names that decreased in popularity from 2020 to 2021

#11
post #4

Well, "Karen" i guess is understandable, but "Denise" and "Carolyn" being unpopular seem a bit strange. Mind you, i have never liked my own names, so what do i know.

Oh, come on now, Zabzonk is a great name

i know, it's actually from a jack vance novel - if only it was my real one...

Re: Names that decreased in popularity from 2020 to 2021

#14
post #12

Jaxtyn? I googled it, and sure enough there are a lot of little Jaxtyn's running around.

but where the heck did it originate from?

maybe they didn't know how to spell Xzaviar and this was the best they could do?

Re: Names that decreased in popularity from 2020 to 2021

#17
post #4

Well, "Karen" i guess is understandable, but "Denise" and "Carolyn" being unpopular seem a bit strange. Mind you, i have never liked my own names, so what do i know.

I feel really bad for people named Karen due to no fault of their own, as I've met a good amount of adults named Karen and heard jokes passed their way. I think it's extremely unfair that it turned into a meme depicting a caricature of a person. It's not even similar to a "Chad" which in guy-world is desirable to an extent.

Just another casualty of meme culture, but who cares right?

Re: Names that decreased in popularity from 2020 to 2021

#18

Would be much more interesting to see absolute numbers compared instead. My conjecture is that Mason is the biggest YoY decrease (11 -> 18), followed by Abigail and Michael (both 12 -> 17). The counts elsewhere on the website show: - Mason: 10,075 babies -> 9,040 babies (down 1,035) - Abigail: 7,874 babies -> 6,938 babies (down 936) - Michael: 9,783 babies -> 9,041 babies (down 742)

I have trouble with this idea that “Michael” is only #17, as a Michael born in 1983.
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