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That was fun.  1960’s was the peak for my name.

I’ve used this resource before trying to get ideas for character names, as well as out of curiousity about the popularity of my own name....

Coincidentally, my name was massively popular...when I was named. I can’t help but wonder how many pets were named Sara in the late 70s/early 80s b/c it seems that everybody and their dog had that name! LOL!

LdyB (aka...well, you get the point… :roll

My name was popular in the early 1900’s I was born in 1957 my mother always told me it was her favourite name.
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Helen

My name was most popular in the 1960’s.

I was born in 1980 and was named for a nun my dad had as a teacher in grade school.  Christina Marie… just replace the a with an e! That’s me.

Toodles…
Christine

1910 was the last decade my name was ever popular.  I’m frankly shocked it was ever popular.  The only virtuous thing about my name is the fact that the meaning of my name explains me very much.  Frances=Free; and Marie=bitter OR rebellious.  On any given day, I’m either Free & Bitter or Free & Rebellious.

I even had a date tell me, “Geez, you really like that independent streak of yours, don’t you?” No, dork, I’m just right and you can’t handle it.

BTW, my favorite aunt is named Helen--and I’ve always thought it was a pretty name.  Means light.

My name was most popular in the 1920’s but I was born in 1950. I’ve always liked my name (jeanne) but no one spells it right. I didn’t check jean which was probably a lot more popular.

My name, Megan, was most popular in the 1990s.  My sister tried it too.  Her name is Mallory and her’s was most popular in 2004/5.  That was pretty neat.

I was named after both my mother and my grandmother.  So I’m a third generation Dorothy.  According to the babywizard thangy.....it was most popular in the 1920’s.  Why doesn’t this surprise me?!?  lol

All I gotta say is thank goodness when I was having my kids I had boys!! 

--dorothy

My name was never really popular, but it peaked way back in the 1880’s according to the chart. 

I have threatened many times to change my name, but couldn’t with good conscience after I heard the story of how I was named.  It’s kinda sweet.  Anyway, now all my nieces and nephews call me Aunt Pooh, so I have to keep it for the duration.

That was fun!

1960’s was the high point for my name too. Even with the one l.

Fun stuff, Christina.

My name peaked in the 1930’s.
I was born in ‘52. Named for my two great aunts.

Ann means grace. ‘nuf said.

I’ve always loved my name but would not respond to Annie or any variation until my nieces and nephews were born. they have always called me Nanny.

Ann Marie

Mine ranked closely through the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s and its funny because the nurse in the hospital supposedly held me and said Cara Mia since English was her second language. Anyways, my European mother thought it sounded good to her!
I love when older men hear my name and sing ‘Cara Mia Mine’, it just makes me feel special!

Well, this is interesting… it looks like my name didn’t even exist prior to 1920...let’s try another spelling… change one letter and it’s much more consistently used from ‘20-2000...one more letter change...now it admits to Sonia existing in 1900.  Now considering the name’s etymology derives from Sophocles -> Sophia -> Sonia...I wonder why it didn’t “exist” before 1900?  Wrong language?  It was fun, none the less. LOL

MsHellion--I suspect we share a name. I noticed it was popular 100 years ago. My theory is that no-one is given our name on its own merits, not because anyone happens to like the sound of it.  We’re all named after someone with the same name, who probably also hated it themselves.
I’ve changed mine, and it’s been a marvelous middle-aged thing. Less traumatic than a divorce, cheaper than a sports car, but very fulfilling.

martha

Mine peaked in the 1890s. I was born in 1982, named after my great-grandmother, so I guess that works.

My verification word is “values24.” My current age. Yes, I value it.

Oops. Perhaps I should’ve mentioned my name?

Jennie

I found my name. It started use in the mid 50’s was really popular in 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s and has died back off. I don’t know how everyone else has gotten the same name, but I was named for the song, by Thru the Looking Glass. Needless to say so was my middle name. Must be where I got my love of music. *G*

Martha--*grins* I tried to change my name when I was in 2nd grade to Marie (much more acceptable than Frances) but got bribed with a horse.  What can I say?  I can be bought.

Although, I might keep it in mind for the fun thrill of something to do when I get really sick of my name...think I could change my name to Hellion?

My name was at it’s pick in 1990, also in 2005 was ranked 47. Quite good actually,

Maria

my nickname Kay peaked in the 1940’s.
my real name Kim peaked in the 1960’s
The name of my female protag peaked in 1880’s.
Hmmmm

Andrea was popular in the 70s and 80s and I was born in 1974.

Although, I might keep it in mind for the fun thrill of something to do when I get really sick of my name...think I could change my name to Hellion?

I *so* could see you doing that Hellion. I already think of you as Hellion (attached at the, er, hip to Jack Sparrow) instead of Fran. 

And why doesn’t it surprise me that you could be bought with a horse...? LOL!

LdyB
who had the verification word of issue79...yeah, that’s me...I have “issues” with my name...LOL!

Audrey.  Name was popular in the late 1930’s.  It was and still is an uncommon name. 

Naming me Audrey had nothing to do with popularity of the times.  I was named after my mother’s sister who died at age 32.  Her sister was born in 1915.

Very interesting exercise.  Thank you for the fun.

Well surprise surprise surprise, my name ws most populat in the 1950’s imagine that, every Debbie I know was born about that time and named after… Deborah Kerr, Debbie Reynolds, or someone like that.

The 1940s was a popular year for my name.

Interesting how the times change names.

Happy New Year, SquawkRadio Chickies.

My first name (Patricia) was most popular (#3) in the 1950s.  I was born in 1951 and named after my mom.

"Hellion” sounds like a perfect name. Keep it in mind. Another thing is that I never found a capital “F” that I liked--I stopped capitalizing my name in high school. And we also all seemed to belong to the same religion…

martha (what the dh has always called me, as he didn’t like my name, either)

That was interesting..mine peaked in the 1930’s (I was born in 1959)

Martha--*LOL*--I’m going to guess “Catholic” because I’m actually just the deacon’s daughter of a Christian Church--but once in college, I was talking to this guy named Kenneth--and when he asked my name and I relunctantly told him, he got bright eyed, grinned, and said:  “Really?  Frances is a nice name.  A nice CATHOLIC name.” He promptly stopped talking to me when he found out I converted to the Baptists (what a rebel I am)...

I blame my parents for my name (obviously) but my parents are like 50 years older than me.  So they didn’t really believe in “cool” names.  They just named me after dead people.

Oooh, my word is BRITISH, what I’ve always wanted to be!

2003 was the most popular for my name: Elyssa, but I was born in 1978 and was the only person with my name.  I hated it especially when I couldn’t find those barrettes as a girl that had your name on it.  *g* I was actually named after an actress on the TV series HOW THE WEST WAS WON - her name is Elyssa Davalos and the character that she played on the show was Hilary.  Guess what the other name option for me was? 

But now, I love my name.  It doesn’t have a set meaning.  I found two that I liked: peacekeeper and loves the ocean.  I think that I should add “goddess” to that as well… don’t you?  :wink:

My name peaked in the 1940s and I was born in 1961.  I guess my parents were a little off timewise. 

I also answer to Carol and Caroline.  I only correct someone a few times and then I just give up!

My word is “seem18.” I’m sure it’s very true.

Hee hee, Ely! I think I read somewhere that one of the meanings of my name actually is “goddess” or I could just be making that up in my mind…

Anyhoo, love this...I looked it up on http://www.all-names.com and my name in it’s various interpretations can mean princess, beloved (knew both of these), but also it means pure, happy and soul. The last one is Indian. I love that...I mean “Soul”. :D

LdyB
whose magic word is both79, as in yes, I’ll take both meanings. 

This is fun. Thanks for sharing. My name was popular in 1940’s.

Hope everyone had a wonderful New Year

Hugssss
Linda.H.

Mine hit its peak in the 1890s (around 200), but it was at one of the lowest points during the decade in which I was born (the 500’s in the ‘60s).  Until I was 35 years old, I had only met one other person with my name.  Then, out of the blue, I had two students with my name.  Guess they’re all getting named after their great-grandmothers!

P.S.  My real name isn’t my logon, which is very popular lately.

I was a 1960’s girl! Appropriate, I was born in ‘64!

-Lorie

My name, Geneviève, was most popular in the 1910s. Interestingly, my hubby’s name Clifford was also most popular in the 1910.

interesting...my name was mostly popular in the 1970s and I was born in the 80s lol

I found this site a couple of years ago - I think it’s so cool.

My name - Elizabeth - has always been popular.  The lowest was in the 1940’s when it was 25th.  The highest was 1890’s when it was 5th.  In 2005 it slipped out of the top ten for the first time in a long time and was 12th.

I was surprised to see Elizabeth was even ranked for boys - in the 1900’s it was 665th.  Not high, of course, but I didn’t know anybody ever named their boy Elizabeth.

Oooh.....my verification is look26 - why, thank you verification code, what a lovely compliment.....

My name was popular in the 1970s.

Sarah peaked in the 1980s and 1990s (both with rank of 5). 

My current fav for a girls name… isn’t even ranked (but I had to throw that name out cause the hubby has said no to all S names for the next generation - before anyone askes… I am not pregnant.  I just think about these things… )

Well, that was fun! It appears to have been popular in the 1900-1930s!

I know of very, very, very few people who share my name.  Most are old Italian women....VERY old Italian women.

My name peaked in the 1960’s at # 18. And Yeah, I’m a real an Age of Aquarius Girl...I was born in ‘61.

There aren’t very many of us around (Marina) but it seems my named peaked in the 1990’s but had a bit of a resurgence in 2005.

I so feel like the uncool kid at school once again. Barettes with my name on them, pleeeeeze.  My first name seems not to have made an appearance until last year and my middle name was hip back in the 1890s and then went extinct in the 1930s. Go me!
Naima

Just out of curiosity I tried Anastasia, which was the name that my Dad wanted to call me. It was at 892 in the 1960’s verses the 18 for Julie. By 2005, Julie was at 281 and Anastasia was at 293. Interesting how they ended up almost the same level in popularity.

Keira seems to have started gaining popularity only in the mid-1990s and then just took off, with a peak of 325 in 2005. Wonder if 2006 saw a lowering in popularity.

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Why I want to be a Success:
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I want to be a success because “Everything bows to success, even grammar.” Victor Hugo. Yes! And then I won’t have to worry about irreconcilable or incontinent adjective pronoun squirrelly verb thing-a-majings no mo’.

My name peaked in the 1880’s,

My name hit its peak in the 1950’s.  It makes sense because when my mom was a teenager in ‘59 or ‘60 she had a friend who named her baby girl “Karen,” and my mom liked the name and saved it for me when I was born in ‘61.  However, my mom thought the name wasn’t common then, and evidently, it was.  There were about 6 Karens in my high school graduating class alone in ‘79!

Well, apparently, my name was at its peak in the 20s at a glorious 181st rank. Eerily, after the 70s, it drops off the radar, but I’m born in 82. Still, my maman’s French, and the website is USA-based, so it is possible that it was popular in France back then.

As for its etymology, if it’s taken as a derivative of “Louise”, it means “famous warrior”, and if it’s taken as a derivative of the Greek God “Helios”, it means “Sun”. Either way, not a bad choice.

Cheers,

Eloise

I’m an Audrey, too. I was surprised that it was popular in the 20’s and 30’s - I would have thought there was a surge in the 50’s when Audrey Hepburn was so popular. But it explains why I haven’t known many other Audreys. I think that most people go through a stage where they hate their names and wish their parents would have named them something else, but I never did. I liked it because it wasn’t so common, yet wasn’t weird.

Mine was popular in the 50’s and 60’s and I was born in 1960, so it fits.

lol Julie!

“Laura” was popular in the 60’s too. rank of 16. woo woo.

Hellion would be fun!

Keria, I almost named my daughter that beautiful name. I still love it.

My name was most popular in the 1880’s, sunk to a low in the ‘70’s and seems to be making a mini-resurgance. Don’t often run into people with my name, but here in Ohio I have met people that pronounce in Nine-ah (yuk). fun site!

1960s for me....although I was named in 1974 and the person I’m named for was born in 1954....so we split the difference?

Colleen

70’s for mine, and I was born in 1977, so that sounds about right.  It can all be blamed on that darn Allman Bros song “Sweet Melissa”.  My husband torments me by playing it on his guitar.  I’ve always liked the meaning though - “the honeybee, or honey nymph”

Melissa (who would have preferred mom’s choice of Andrea)

My name was popular in the 50’s and 60’s. My grandmother picked my name, Cathy Denice. I’ve never met anyone who spells Denice the same way I do.  I always wished I was Catherine because it sounded more exotic, but am just plain Cathy. Oh well. My daughter is named Sinead, very old Irish Gaelic name, its not even listed on this sight.  But I have found it before were it is the Irish derivitive for Jane so when she was 5 she told people her name was Jane because that was an ordinary name and she wanted to be ordinary. Well she is anything but ordinary and now at 17 she loves the non-oridinaryness of her name.

My name was the most popular in the 1980’s and I was born in 1959, but there was 3 of us in my graduating class and 2 in both of the years before and after.

The peak for Daniela was in 2005

Happy New Year!

Christina, I loved this.  My names “hay day” was in the 1900’s and it died out in the 1970’s.

The 1970s was the peak for my name.

mine is a sort of grausian curved, peaking in 1910, and going downwards and dropping off the top 1000 by the seventies.

helene

Danielle came up as very popular through the ages, my nickname among other things is Dee.

didn’t add that it was ranked 46 in 70’s

My name (Stacy) was most popular in the 70’s. Interesting, though—I was always told that Stacy without an “e” was the boy’s name and that Stacey was the girl’s name, but it looks like both spellings are used mostly for girls. (I always just figured my Mom didn’t know how to spell the girl’s version, especially since she named me after a cartoon character :->.)

My name was popular in the 1940’s...hmm...and the funny thing is it was only ever popular around that time, I wonder what happened to tigger most mothers to name their poor children Judith?

My real name, Debbie, peaked in the 1950’s (before my time) when there were some actresses with that name.  But my brother, David, who picked out my name, was born in ‘49 and his name peaked in the 60’s. Fun site.  Thanks for sharing.

Mai

Well no wonder I never met another girl my age with the same name as mine.  Geez it only became popular in the 1980’s and I was born in 1965!  Although I spell mine with an ‘E’ at the end and the Baby Name thing-a-ma-jing only had it spelled without.

2005 has seen quite a lot of kids named Jaclyn.  I wonder why?  I never particularly like being called Jaclyne… I’d rather be known as Jac.

My name peaked in the 1910’s.  I’m oddly proud of that.  Good job on naming me, mom.

Either my mom had wonderful foresight or I’ve personally inspired a nation.  My name has been #1 for three years running.  Woo-hoo!

Can I tell you how much I hate you now, Christna?  I have just spent 20-30 minutes putting in every family name I could think of.  Then, I started on names I’d heard. 

What an fabulous site!  I’ve bookmarked it, of course.  I thought it was interesting how the different folks were born in a time when their name was at it’s most popular.  Elizabeth seems to never lose ground. 

I have a granddaughter with the middle name of “Frost”.  Naturally, it’s not there as it’s a family name with a tiny bit of story.  But, her first name of Olivia is right up there with being born in 1990.

Just kidding about the hate thing.  Thanks for sharing the site, Christna.

Better late than never, right?

My name was most popular in the 1960s and 1970s. But coming in third was the 1980’s, which was the decade I was born in.

My parents thought they were giving me an unusual name back in 1970.  Apparently not, since Jennifer was number 1 in the 70’s and I think number 2 in the 80s.