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Re: Names that decreased in popularity from 2020 to 2021

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Post by papandada »

madcaptenor wrote: post #18
caseyross wrote: post #10

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.

Born in 1979, Mike's required last names/initials in all my classes

Re: Names that decreased in popularity from 2020 to 2021

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Post by hackitup7 »

pdntspa wrote: post #25

What is with these awful bastardized spellings of traditional names? Jaxtyn? Xzavier? Man these kids are going to grow up with some stupid-looking names and spending their whole life correcting people on pronounciation.

It's going to be even better, we'll get to see situations like Justice Jaxtyn leading the supreme court.

Then again, names change over time. Only a matter of time before some poor kid is getting bullied because his parents named him an ancient millennial name like Steve.

Re: Names that decreased in popularity from 2020 to 2021

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Post by silisili »

shagie wrote: post #37
runlevel1 wrote: post #23

Funny how many names I'd assumed were common are, evidently, not popular at all anymore. For instance, I would have guessed Melissa (#372) and Brittany (#934) would have been at least in the top 100. They were probably just popular around my birth year and therefore I've been exposed to them a lot amongst my cohort.

Wolfram Alpha can show this quite well. https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=Melissa https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=Brittany+&assumption=%7... Or how about the most common male name - https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=Michael Or Jennifer - https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=Jennifer - and if this song is something that is a "yea... I recall that" - https://youtu.be/1nN_5kkYR6k (There were four Jennifers on…

Yes! There used to even be a site that would predict your age by your first name, with scary (to the user) accuracy. Funny how names trend...

edit: This might have been it, trying to find it within edit window https://randalolson.com/name-age-calculator/

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