How Unique is yer Name?

[Robb]

Time-waster du jour:

http://www.namestatistics.com/

[youngred]

1. not too bad. Not very common in my experience

Zachary is the #181 most common male name.
0.099% of men in the US are named Zachary.
Around 121275 US men are named Zachary

[woofless]

2. sez my name is unique

very rare......well I knew that

[HERVEPA]

3. To be annoying pedantic..

Something is either unique or it isn't. There is no "more unique" or "less unique."

[Robb]

6. Not at all!

I was wondering who would point it out, actually!

:) At home we call this a result of the "Exact same / whole nuther" syndrome.

[Serial Mom]

reminds me of Seinfeld episode

where Elaine got into an arguement with woman that there are no "big coincidences" or "little coincidences", just coincidences

[woofless]

52. Just curious,

who posted "more unique or less unique"?

[carolinayellowdog]

4. Madison #2 for baby girls?

The only female Madison I ever heard of is a pornstar.

All three of my names are in the top 20, alas.

[youngred]

5. Its VERY VERY popular

among the yuppie set. I know several unfortunately x(

[mitchum]

7. It's what I call "an English Sheepdog name"

[Wickerman]

22. Its the Megan of the late 90's

regrettably

[Skittles]

25. lol

it does suck

[NashVegas]

30. All those little girls who wanted to be Darryl Hannah

Have grown up now.

[Meowser]

8. VERY Unique

Consuelita is a very rare female name.
Very few females in the US are named Consuelita.
Be proud of your unique name!

Of course, my nicknames (Connie, Susie) are prety darn common!

[HEyHEY]

9. #76 on the list

Not bad not bad..basically the amount of DUers is equal to those who share my name.

Last name...that's waaayyyy down the list

[XNASA]

10. 3rd most common first name, 43rd most common surname.

[Devils Advocate NZ]

11. Hmmm...

My first name is 404th most common among US males, with around 31850 (0.026%) of US men named the same. My last name however is "very rare", which is unsurprising considering it is Maori!

If I was to use the Maori version of my first name it would be "very rare" too.

[MaineDem]

19. Kia ora

:hi:

THe few words of Maori that I know.

I see that Tana Umaga is staying with the team. :)

[Red_Viking]

12. My middle name

Rare. But I knew that. It's freakishly odd, actually. I was named after my grandmother, who was named for one of her mother's favorite teachers. We're talking an ancient southern name. Aside from my grandmother, I've never known another person with this name. Thankfully, it's not my first name. Sheesh.

RV

[mbartko]

98. Your middle name is "Sheesh"?

;)

[bif]

13. 52105th most common last name

Pretty rare it seems. Only 1250 of us in the U.S.

[mbartko]

99. It said there were 1250 with my name, too,

and it ranked it at 38608. ?!?

[leftist_rebel1569]

14. hmm...

my first name's #163 on the list and my last name's #50412...that's cool.

My pen name's even rarer, the first name's #762 and the last name's very rare...:)

edit: cool thread :)

[supernova]

15. 1004th most common female name

I've met less than a handful in my lifetime. 0.008% of females, that's my first name.

Last name is #935 or 0.013% of the U.S. Pop.

Pretty unique over all.

[SiobhanClancy]

16. My first name is # 4,but

it says my family name(O'Neill)is very rare...so rare that it has no ranking? Hard to believe.

[Kamika]

17. said very rare on all my names

Emi and Kawakita both very rare.

[Breezy du Nord]

42. Would think so. nt

[arwalden]

18. Allen is the #114 ... Thank GOODNESS!!!

Allen is the #114 most common male name.
0.174% of men in the US are named Allen.
Around 213150 US men are named Allen!

[pmbryant]

20. #43 and #95

Not terribly common, but not exactly rare. Just as I already knew.

--Peter

[MaineDem]

21. 53000 US women have my first name

And 2500 have my last name. Not many of us, I gather.

This was fun, thanks. :)

[Wickerman]

23. Foudn it interesting that all my

names had about 1250 users in the US. Guess the script reaches a point where it says, yeah, that sounds about right.

[scarlet_owl]

24. Mine is very unique.

It's Ember.

[rbnyc]

26. very rare

Rene Bouchard is a very rare female name.
Very few females in the US are named Rene Bouchard.
Be proud of your unique name!

[GOPisEvil]

27. I'm #6! I'm #6!!

I think David was the most common name for boys born in 1968. There were always more than 1 in every grade school class I was in.

Edit - my last name is fairly rare, though. :-)

[SOteric]

33. I think it might be #1

in the UK.

Either that or there's a law about having at least one 'David' per family.

[GOPisEvil]

40. It really is the best male name isn't it?

:7

[BritishHuman]

53. There were four in my class

including me.

But my last name is quite uncommon, at least in the US it appears.

[SOteric]

28. #1286. 0.005% of all females in the U.S.

are named similar to me.

Not outstandingly ordinary.

[Raenelle]

29. It's Raenelle--unique enough I never chose a computer alias

[MissMillie]

31. Not unique at all....

#1 on the popularity list.

In fact, my first name is so popular, my twin sister has the same first name too. (We have different middle names)

[ironflange]

36. OK, then

That must have really added to the confusion.

:crazy:

[jmm]

32. *sniffle* *sniffle* I'm not #1 anymore.

I know there was a time when Jessica was #1 but now it's #26. I'm glad it's slipping. I love my name but too many people have it.

[CO Liberal]

34. Wayne is the #72 Male Name

I'm surprised I made the Top 100!!

[speckledgator]

35. mine is

#208 among male names and #143 anong female names....heheh

[TrogL]

37. arggh #1

You would not believe the hassle I go through every time I need a security check. No, I am not a:

• tax evader
  
• drug lord
  
• bank fraud artist
  
• break-in artist
  

or any of the other couple of dozen things my namesakes seem to have managed to get themselves into trouble for.

[Robb]

41. Don't feel bad

...I had a good friend who had the last name Escobar. And the middle name Pablo. :)

[last_texas_dem]

38. Not too unique

>>Richard is the #7 most common male name. 1.703% of men in the US are named Richard. Around 2086175 US men are named Richard.>>

So like one out of every fifty men in the U.S. have my name! I don't feel special anymore... haha

>>Richard is the #1573 most common female name. 0.004% of females in the US are named Richard. Around 5100 US females are named Richard!>>

This stat surprises me, though... are there really over five thousand women named Richard in the U.S.? Not that there's anything wrong w/ that... I'd just figure that'd be a hard name to have to grow up w/ as a female...

FWIW, my middle name "Derwin" didn't even make the list, so I guess I can at least feel unique about that one...

[bearfartinthewoods]

39. BWAAAAHahahaHAHAHAHAHAH

oh... you're talkin' about real names..

ooops

[THUNDER HANDS]

43. My first name

Is the 24th most common name - Jason.

My last name is very rare, and I knew that going in.

My mother's maiden name is the 52,563rd most common last name.

:)

[Rowdyboy]

44. Fascinating...

No matches on my 1st name
955,000 on my middle name (steven)
5000 people nationwide share my last name
which I knew was rather uncommon.

Thanks for the link

[Breezy du Nord]

45. Not very

I guess 88o isn't so bad.

[JohnKleeb]

46. common as hell first name but John as a girl's name I had no idea

John is the #2 most common male name.
3.271% of men in the US are named John.
Around 4006975 US men are named John!

Kleeb is the #40282 most common last name.
0.0005% of last names in the US are Kleeb.
Around 1250 US last names are Kleeb!

WoW

[ronnykmarshall]

47. 798

Ronny is the #798 most common male name.
0.007% of men in the US are named Ronny.
Around 8575 US men are named Ronny!

[Pithlet]

48. I'm surprised my name didn't make the list

Dawn was quite popular in the early 70's, although not to the extent of Jennifer or Heather.

[starroute]

49. Uncommon and rare

My first name ranks down in the 1500's among women. My last name doesn't even make the list. (Which makes sense, since as far as I know, my husband and his brother and their families are the only ones in this country with our last name -- a grand total of twelve of us altogether.)

[Southpaw Bookworm]

50. #104

Not too bad. Unique but at the same time other people have heard it.

My last name is somewhere around #11,000

[rppper]

51. my last name is very rare

it is the 9939th most common name in the US. there are only around 2500 people with my last name in the states. .001% of the population has my name.....

my 1st name ranks #7 though.....

[VermontDem2004]

58. Damn and I thought my last name was rare

What is your last name?

P.S. See post #57

[BigMcLargehuge]

65. 1250 people in the US with my last name

:)

[mbartko]

100. See #13 and #99...

It says "1250" to a lot of people. Methinks this is suspicious, methinks.

[imax2268]

54. mine is...

Max is the #255 most common male name.
0.059% of men in the US are named Max.
Around 72275 US men are named Max!

[curse10]

55. Kirsten is No. 632

only 0.018% have it.

[ProudGerman]

56. Bernard is the #142 most common male name.

I figured that my first name would rank lower than that. I'm 26 years old, and still have yet to meet another Bernard face to face, or even met someone who knew a Bernard previously. I've seen a couple on TV from time to time, but never in person.

[VermontDem2004]

57. I have a common first name and a rare last name(everyone look!)

My first name is #55 on the list ranked based on commoness(if that's the world :shrug: )

My last name is ranked #6160 on the list! Only .02% of the US Population have my last name! Only 5,000 people share my last name.

[Armstead]

59. John

It's so un-unique I don;t even have to refer to the list.

[VelmaD]

60. Not sure I believe this...

it says my first name is the 4th most common in the US for women but I almost never run into another woman named Barbara. In fact I've only ever met 2 that I can think of. Just must not be my age group where it was a popular name. *shrug*

My last name also sounds a little off. It says it's #126 but I meet people with my same last name all the time. There are at least 4 in the agency I work for.

[Cat Atomic]

61. Jesus, I'm #12. Daniel. ARGH. I need to change it to be unique.

[blondeatlast]

62. Laurel is #550 among women.

My son's (Vikas) and husband's name are off the charts, as is Laurel for a male name. But I knew a male Laurel, he was the only bank teller in the itsy, bitsy, teeny town I grew up in, Boulder, MT!

Edit: my (married) surname is in the 34064. My maiden name is #478.

[Bossy Monkey]

63. We're #5880! We're #5880!

Hell, there are two of us on DU; Stuckinthebush and I have the same first and last names. Neat, huh?

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

64. Margaret is #9

Margaret is the #9 most common female name.
0.768% of females in the US are named Margaret.
Around 979200 US females are named Margaret!

Maggie is the #337 most common female name.
0.051% of females in the US are named Maggie.
Around 65025 US females are named Maggie!

on edit:
very rare last name (maybe because they americanized it when my Sicilian relatives came over on the boat- so now it sounds Russian).

[chefgirl]

66. Unique first name

1250 females in the U.S. have my first name and 60,000 people have my last name.

-chef-

[Mr. Brown of MD]

67. First name is #14, last name is #5

At least I'm not James Smith.

-CollegeDude
It could apparently be worse

[populistmom]

68. Less common than I thought

Sarah is only #23 which isn't bad (I'd like to be slightly unique). I thought it would be higher. It wasn't as common when I was younger, but there was a big surge in Sarahs in the 80's and beyond.

My last name is #650.
My maiden name is #236.

Sarah

[Rhiannon12866]

69. WOW! There are 5100 females in the U.S. named Rhiannon

And here I thought I was unique!:shrug:

[JohnKleeb]

74. So theres less Kleeb's than that

[Rhiannon12866]

78. John may be a common name, but it's a good one which has stood

the test of time. My grandfather was John, as is my father and my brother. My last name may be Irish, but it's not nearly as common. Be proud of your first name, John, it's a venerable one!:hi:

[Kenneth ken]

70. I'm #17

woo hoo!

I need some of those foam hand things. And another pair of arms.

[Darth_Kitten]

71. Very Rare.

"Very Rare" first name, and with my last name, 0.0005 percent of US households share it.

[jus_the_facts]

72. Results for my first name says it is a very rare female name.....

Amberley is a very rare female name. Very few females in the US are named Amberley.Be proud of your unique name!

My middle name is Alane. Alane is the #3753 most common female name. 0.001% of females in the US are named Alane. Around 1275 US females are named Alane!

Bell is the #58 most common last name. 0.117% of last names in the US are Bell.Around 292,500 US last names are Bell! :)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

76. My first name is in the top fifteen

(my real first name, that is), and my last name is "very rare," which stands to reason. The Norwegian side of my family adopted it at a family conference, because at the time they came over, Norway still operated under the system that Iceland uses today: your surname is your father's first name plus -sson or -dottir.

The list of most common first names definitely reflects the size of the baby boomer generation. These are the names of my school classmates. In fact, my first name was so common in the baby boomer era that in my sophomore year in college, there were six of us living on one floor of a dorm.

I've never met anyone under thirty with my name, and very few women under forty.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

79. Amberley?

That is not common at all- Amber is more common! Cool.

[jus_the_facts]

81. Yeah....my Mom got creative...

....after reading a novel while she was pregnant with me called "Forever Amber"..the *naughty* heroine of the tale was named Amber..she liked the name Amber but didn't think Amber Bell sounded right...and added the 'ley'....she'd told me SHE had made up the name...and literally thought she had...since gettin' this 'puter...I Googled Amberley and found out there's a Castle Amberley in England...a breed of race horses named Amberley...and an Austrailian Air Force Base named Amberley...oh and also a Bed and Breakfast in Canada named Amberley....a few years ago I read a short story by Isaac Asimov written in the 50's where there was a male government official named Amberley of Science...I tripped on it as I'd always believed my Momma had been so original!! :D

[Solly Mack]

73. First name...nowhere near the top 100

________is the #863 most common female name.
0.011% of females in the US are named _________.
Around 14025 US females are named ____________.

Last name is:
__________is the #4330 most common last name.
0.003% of last names in the US are_________.
Around 7500 US last names are_______.

[VOX]

75. 1st name is in the top 5; last name is in the low 200s...

Fairly plain-wrap, but I'm not complaining!

:toast:

[hussar]

77. More unique than you can imagine

even in the country it originates from.....so there

[Lady Freedom]

80. I'm rare!

I don't believe it!

[SoCalDem]

82. I have never met another woman with my name

close, but not the same:)

[Piperay]

83. Mine is pretty unique

#### is the #309 most common female name.
0.058% of females in the US are named ####
Around 73950 US females are named #### :-)

[SmileyBoy]

84. I will bet anyone ONE MILLION DOLLARS...

...that I have the ONLY full name on the PLANET that is mine. Exact spelling, exact hyphenation, name order, EVERYTHING.

I will give you ONE MILLION DOLLARS if you can find another person with my EXACT FULL NAME.

My mother and father's last names are already very rare in their respective countries. Try finding those two hyphenated in proper order. My middle name is a VERY rare Turkish name, and my first name, Ari, is not quite that rare when you look at the whole world, but rare in the US.

[Booberdawg]

85. #3 First, #5437 Last

[Rhiannon12866]

86. My first name is number #11

But my last name is #22296!:o

[ktranz]

87. cool

tran is the #476 most common last name.
0.024% of last names in the US are tran.
Around 60000 US last names are tran

[Rhiannon12866]

88. Welcome to DU, ktranz !

Here's to you and your unusual name!:toast:

[ktranz]

89. thanks Rhiannon12866!!

its a pleasure to be here!:hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

93. You're welcome, ktranz !

It's great to have both you and Bart Simpson aboard! LOL!:hi:

[trigz]

90. One great Norwegian name is ODD WILLY

Believe it or not. That, luckily, is not my name, or else I would never have been able to go to english-speaking countries, he-he.

[LWolf]

91. Ok.

.004% of men have my first name.
.031% of women do.

.004% have my current last name.

.006% have my former last name.

And .0005% have my maiden last name.

[midnight armadillo]

92. Hmmm...

Last name is 0.002%, pretty rare. First name is 0.736%, pretty common!

[elcondor]

94. Mine is #81 for gals (#900 for men)

I've never met anyone else with the name Andrea--I didn't know it was so popular!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

95. Mine is number 30

Every other girl in Kingfisher America was Melissa.
Duckie

[Cassandra]

96. I think I'm the only person on the planet with my name

and I just might be right about that. My first name had a frequency of .006%, which makes me one in 7650. My last name has a frequency of .0005%, which makes that one of 1250. The two together are not from the same language, which makes me ONE OF A KIND!

[mbartko]

97. Every Tom, Dick and Harry is named Michael

n/t