How popular is your name?

[Frogtutor]

Here's a site where you can look up your name and find out how popular it's been each decade over the past 100 years. It also gives you the name's meaning.

http://www.birthdayalarm.com/NamePopularity.jsp?bdaysession=1537621350352889497&Ran=831475010</p

I thought it was kinda interesting!

:)

[kick-ass-bob]

1. Real first name

finally dropped out of the top 10 in the 90's

[liberalitch]

2. I suspect that my name is like the john smith of female names....

kathy wilson

[SCDem]

3. My name hit a peak in the '50s

and his been waning ever since.

My sons name has stayed at about 500-800 in popularity which I like. Means his name is just right for him.

[Beware the Beast Man]

4. Still very popular.

My name, Brian, hit its peak in the 70's, but it's still in the top 50.

[Richardo]

5. I was born near the height of the 'Richard' craze (7th in the 50s)

Richard - Means: Powerful, Rich Ruler
Decade Popularity Rank
1900's 25
1910's 17
1920's 8
1930's 5
1940's 5
1950's 7
1960's 8
1970's 16
1980's 27
1990's 41

But I was named after someone born in the 30s (when it peaked at 5th)

[SarahB]

6. #18 in the 70's (when I was born)

#4 in the 90's.
There weren't many Sarahs when I was little, but I do remember by the 80's, suddenly there was a mass influx of them. Go figure. :shrug:

[PaganPreacher]

7. I took a poll,

and 100% of the people I asked said that my name is "best of all".

Good thing, too, or I'd put that kid right out into the street!



The Pagan Preacher
I don't turn the other cheek.

[sniffa]

8. i'm #1

but it's obviousLy wrong (or just americanized). i gather mohammed and jose wouLd beat me out.

1900's
39
1910's
43
1920's
49
1930's
35
1940's
9
1950's
1
1960's
1
1970's
1
1980's
1
1990's
1

[Beware the Beast Man]

11. Hello, Michael.

:hi:

[sniffa]

15. damn you!

i've been outed.

[Beware the Beast Man]

16. Sorry, it's common knowledge that

that is the most popular name.
I'm Brian.

[sniffa]

18. odd

triviaL pursuit's (and a finaL jeapordy answer) answer to that question is mohammed.

[Beware the Beast Man]

22. I think worldwide that may be true, since there's over a billion Muslims

But in America, Michael has been #1 for decades (though I believe Jacob just took the top spot).
Can I call you Mohammed anyway? Or moSniffa for short?

[sniffa]

28. i prefer 'hamoodysniffa'

mo is the americanized nickname. hamoody keeps it worLdLy. ;)

[Murphys_Unlawful]

42. Locked

[Murphys_Unlawful]

41. Locked

[AlCzervik]

19. Thats my husbands name as well SniffaMichael!

[Midlodemocrat]

70. LOL

My son is named Michael as is my hubby. Great name. I think, anyway.

[kick-ass-bob]

13. I knew you were just like everyone else...

:eyes:

[Murphys_Unlawful]

40. Locked

[IronLionZion]

77. What the hell are you doing?

[JohnKleeb]

78. Its called ADD

I have it too.

[tjdee]

83. I personally know 5 Mikes, including you.

There are SO many Mikes.

Geez!

[sakabatou]

99. I hate that my name is so common.

"Mike!"

And 15+ guys turn around...

[Arkana]

9. My name was REAL popular in the 70s

It's dropped off since then. My dad's name, Theodore, was immensely popular at the turn of the century, but jumped the shark pretty quick.

[MercutioATC]

10. Not my name, but "Adolph" died out between the 30's and 40's...

...go figure.

[Frogtutor]

86. Yeah, how sick would a parent have to be to name their kid

Adolph after the 30's?


Man, that would suck!

:(

[RUDUing2]

12. 2nd most common female name overall in the US (Mary is 1st)...

Decade Popularity Rank
1900's
287
1910's
170
1920's
30
1930's
5
1940's
4
1950's
3
1960's
6
1970's
32
1980's
61
1990's
126

[AlCzervik]

14. I was huge in the 60's, not so much now

my daughter's name is way down on the list too.

[LiberallyInclined]

67. eating better? more exercise? or both?

:evilgrin:

[zbird]

17. To my surprise (not!), my name has always been >1000 in popularity.

It's not even one of those "made-up" names that are popular now... it was my grandmother's name (from Poland/Ukraine).

[WateryHands]

20. Interesting spread. I was in the top 100 in the 50s, 60s, and 70s

But quite far out of the top 100 in all other decades.

My child's name, on the other hand, has held steady in every decade.

[Frogtutor]

21. What page are ya'll getting when you click on the link?

I just clicked on it myself, and it came up with my personal page, with my names that I've searched, and my e-mail address!

Yikes!

:scared:

On Edit: OK, I've signed out of my account; my names are still there, but that's it

[asjr]

23. I am the only Audrey I know, but I do know it means

"noble threatener."

[SarahB]

24. My daughter is an Audrey.

I like those classic, yet distinctive names. :)

[asjr]

29. When I was younger I hated it, but now I am very happy with it.

My daughters' names are Patricia and Julia. And I didn't name them for Nixon's daughters. I just liked the names.

[Lavender Brown]

25. #16 in the 70s, 36 in the 90s

Guess I'm going out of style :cry:

[Aiptasia]

26. #1 for a few decades

Now #16...

That and $2.99 will get you a cup of coffee.

[Lautremont]

27. My name utterly flatlined on this thing.

No surprise, really.

[Worst Username Ever]

30. I hardly ever meet people named Philip

1900's
77
1910's
78
1920's
75
1930's
69
1940's
60
1950's
66
1960's
85
1970's
88
1980's
86
1990's
161

[arwalden]

31. Allen Was Most Popular In The 1940's.... COOL!!

My favorite decade for movies.

[movie_girl99]

32. mine was popular in the 90's

i disliked it as a kid but love it now.

[tnlefty]

33. #1 in the '60s and I'm not surprised.

I never had a class that didn't have at least 2, sometimes 3 or 4, of us. I hated it and that was part of the reason that I tried to choose not so popular names for my offspring.

[alexisfree]

34. very popular in the 70's

Means: Protector of Mankind

[LiberallyInclined]

35. #406 in the decade of my birth-

and that's the highest rank it's achieved in the last 100 years...

[Misunderestimator]

36. How funny... mine was quite popular in the decade I was born...

funny thing is that my parents were pretty original with their first two kids... At least they didn't call me Penelope, which my dad wanted to do. (No offense to any Penelopes out there... just wouldn't have fit me.) :)

[southpaw]

37. Jeff peaked in the 60's

and practically disappeared by the 90's

I was born in 66, so I was at the crest of the wave. I recall growing up with several other Jeffs around my age.

[flamingyouth]

38. Lisa was #1 in the '60s

Which is why there were always at least three or four of us in every class. At one point, there were eight Lisas in my sorority in college. :D

[tnlefty]

50. Ain't that the truth!! Plus every sport's team I played on.

I used to request that coaches and some of my instructors refer to me by my last name. :hi:

[Beaverhausen]

82. I had 7 other Lisas on my floor in my dorm freshman year of college

Hi Lisa :hi:

[sendero]

39. Looks like Billy...

was pretty popular during the depression :)

1900's 770
1910's 329
1920's 48
1930's 20
1940's 41
1950's 69
1960's 74
1970's 84
1980's 140
1990's 255

[ceile]

43. #41 in the 70s when I was born n/t

[EC]

44. Elaine means Light (which I already knew)

Most popular in 30's and 40's, typical my Mom was always behind the times....

[FlyByNight]

45. Ranked 28 in the '60s (when born)...

and ranked 48 in the '90s (and on, I assume). Cool. :)

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

46. My name was popular in the 70's to the early 80's.

It's not popular at all anymore. I think people don't like it anymore because it sounds like a hippie name (and hippies are so evil of course, LOL).

[scarlet_owl]

47. My name has never been popular. I've only met one other

Ember.

[jus_the_facts]

48. heh.....only got this message about my name.......

Sorry, Amberley has never been a top 1000 name so we are unable to display a graph for the name Amberley. x(

[RevolutionaryActs]

49. Ranked 216 in the 80s (the decade I was born)

Which is the highest it's ever been, second highest was in the 1900's and it was ranked 236.

I guess I'm not very popular. :silly:

[JohnKleeb]

92. Kate?

Beautiful name and no I am not trying to get your attention, its a nice name.

[RevolutionaryActs]

101. Damn you're a smart one.

:hi:

[New Earth]

51. LOL

My name was popular in the early 1900's through 1950

[tjwmason]

52. I'm a trend setter.

Not on that list, but here in the U.K. my name has recently shot to the top of the lists, whereas when I was born it was far lower down.

Obviously a tribute to me and my great humility.

[roenyc]

53. Not since the 1950's. oh well.

[Cuban_Liberal]

54. 74th in the decade I was born. n/t

[redqueen]

55. 107th when I was born, 21st now.

Surprising... I didn't think it was that common.

[WindRavenX]

56. #417 in the decade I was born

Genevieve is apparently not a common name.

[kittycat1164]

57. no surprise for me

How many Kitty's do you know?



1900's
630
1910's
685
1920's
725
1930's
677
1940's
574
1950's
596
1960's
816
1970's >1000
1980's >1000
1990's >1000

[JohnKleeb]

76. I always thought it was short for something

My late nana was Kitty but her real name was Kathyrn.

[kittycat1164]

80. it is technically

I'm Catherine, but I look around for my mother thinking I'm in trouble if anyone calls me that.

[JohnKleeb]

94. Thats what I thought, I like Catherine and the variations of it as a name

[ProfessorGAC]

58. My Name Is 70th

Seems to have peaked in the 60's and has fallen off a bit since then. Was really rare in the 30's.
The Professor

[nini]

59. 377th in the 90's

:-)

[elperromagico]

60. John? Top ten for 90 years.

It only slipped out of the top ten in the 90s.

[elperromagico]

61. As for my middle name, it's been number 1 since the 50s.

[JohnKleeb]

64. hah damn yuppies

:D.

[elperromagico]

62. How odd. "Apple" has never made the top 1000.

:P

[JohnKleeb]

66. My parents were going to name me Melon

:P

[elperromagico]

69. Don't you sometimes hate having a popular name?

[JohnKleeb]

71. All the time man, all the time

[Lydia Leftcoast]

63. My real name was in the top ten in the 1950s and 1960s

and is no longer even in the top 100.

But I more or less knew that. I have many contemporaries with my name (which isn't Lydia, BTW), but I had no students with that name after 1985.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

65. My Muslim name isn't even in the top 1000

My given name, Lisa, was #1 in the 1960s (when I received it).

[loudestchick]

68. My name has never been below 23...in the '90's it was #8

Elizabeth is perennial...and dull.

[JohnKleeb]

72. Yeah but there are some nice formations of it

I think, and hey look I know another Beth now :D.

[Midlodemocrat]

73. I love that name

So much so, I named my daughter Elizabeth.

[Lavender Brown]

74. It's not dull

It's perennial because it's a great name... pretty but not fussy. :)

[Fenris]

75. My name hit it's peak in the '40s

[Kat45]

79. Mine's > 1000 in popularity; it peaked at 71 in the twenties!

It was 204 when I was born (fifties), and it hasn't rated a bar on the graph since the sixties! Doesn't surprise me at all: it's a name everyone has heard of, but it's not too often that you meet anyone with the name. (I've only met a couple of other people with it, ever, but strangely a woman I know used to work with someone with the same first and last name as me!)

[SW FL Dem]

81. My name was #4 in the 50s and 60s

and has dropped way down since then. No wonder everyone I meet with my name is about my age. My middle name has never been lower than 25th

[kiraboo]

84. Lisa: #1 in the sixties. I was born in '63. n/t

[huskerlaw]

88. Also Lisa,

but my parents used the name a bit past its prime...1978

[Frogtutor]

85. Mine means "Powerful River"

It's Rhonda; I think it's Welsh in origin. It didn't even show up above 1000 until the 40's, peaked at # 46 in the 60's (when I was born) and is about to disappear above 1000 again!

[Wat_Tyler]

87. Mine was not in the database - never been a top 1000 name.

[donheld]

89. Donald is #125 now

Was in the top 20 from 1910's to 1950's

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

90. 845th most popular name!

woo hoo!

I like having an uncommon name

[UrbScotty]

91. Scott was #39 in the decasde in which I was born. (nt)

[B Calm]

93. My name was most popular between 1900 and 1910

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

95. my name was #8 in the 80's

when I was born. It's only dropped slightly since then.

*looking closely at the chart* It seems to have appeared out of nowhere in the 60's - wasn't on the list at all before then. ???

[terrya]

96. Mine was 23rd in the 1950s. 233rd in the 1990's.

Terry is falling in popularity. :cry:

[JohnKleeb]

97. You mean your given name isnt Terrance?

I am tesing you,.

[terrya]

98. No. It's Terry.

I'm glad it ISN'T Terrance. Terrance is so stuffy sounding.

PS: Congratulations on your congressional internship, John. :-)

T

[JohnKleeb]

100. Goddamn Yuppies

1900's 1
1910's 1
1920's 2
1930's 3
1940's 3
1950's 4
1960's 3
1970's 6
1980's 9
1990's 14

[jswordy]

102. Just as I had suspected...

...my name fell dramatically in the 1990s, with the advent of "designer" names for kids.

I wonder if anyone has named their child "Taliban" yet?

[Frogtutor]

104. You know what's really scary about that?

I can easily imagine it happening...

:scared:

There are some dumbass people in this world

[name not needed]

103. #2 from the 70's through to the 90's

[JohnLocke]

105. 30th most popular now.

[SOteric]

106. > 1000 in the year of my birth, 749 in the 80's and 90's

[Dogmudgeon]

107. Amy -- very popular for girls

Unfortunately, I'm, like, a dude.

--p!