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so-there.livejournal.comwhere does a name have to rank in order for you to consider it "popular"? top 10? 50? 100? or just "I know lots of people with that name" vs. "I don't know anyone with that name"?
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Sep. 9th, 2006 08:47 ammooie-ziel.livejournal.comVarious interesting names of college students so they were born at least around 1987 [these don't count the incoming class or 2006]. I don't know the sex of the names
Karouna
Courtland
Delman
Troy
Thelonious
Gwynessa
Clovis
Viktoriya
Mikelis
Audra
Giovanna
Hazelyn
Vahn
Karouna
Courtland
Delman
Troy
Thelonious
Gwynessa
Clovis
Viktoriya
Mikelis
Audra
Giovanna
Hazelyn
Vahn
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Sep. 9th, 2006 10:49 ammiss-tee.livejournal.comI know some people like to check with Social Security Online (myself included) to see the popularity of names (it's great because you can search and see different years etc). I am not from the U.S. though, I'm from Canada, so I started to wonder how the lists compare. So I did a search for the top Canadian baby names. I would be interested in seeing the top names from the countries where other community members live. So feel free to post the top names of your country/state/whatever.
( the U.S. list for reference and the Canadian list )
( the U.S. list for reference and the Canadian list )
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Sep. 9th, 2006 04:01 pmitcouldbelove.livejournal.comI just heard this name: Ellianna -- What do you think?
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Sep. 9th, 2006 08:02 pmrachel2205.livejournal.comHistorical baby names facts from the UK, for those of you who are interested in changing fashions!
From this site:
13th century names/percentage of women holding that name (based on a sample of 1400 Essex women)/no. babies given that name in 2001:
1 Alice 11/0.7
2 Matilda 10/0.1
3 Joan(na) 6/ 0.2
4 Agnes 6/ 0.01
5 Emma 4/0.9
6 Isabella 4/1.3
7 Margery 4/--
8 Christiana 4 /--
9 Rohesia 3 /--
10 Juliana 3 /--
Of course, these figures are not directly comparable; the population of England is far larger than in the thirteenth century, so, for instance, the names "Alice", "Emma" and "Isabella", whilst representing a smaller PROPORTION of women, probably represent more women, numerically speaking, in 2001. However, it's interesting to see that some of these names have remained current and fashionable, whilst others are almost completely unknown. Anyone ever met a Rohesia? Exactly.
Another thing that must be taken into account is how many names were available. I've read that in the Elizabethan period, only perhaps 2 dozen names were really current. My experience as a medievalist show that the number of first names in wide use were very limited.
In the Victorian period, whilst there were more names, the top 10 names still represented nearly 70% of the population. This could never be the case now! The top ten names in 1838 for girls were:
Mary
Elizabeth
Sarah
Ann
Jane
Hannah
Emma
Eliza
Ellen
Harriet
Mary, meanwhile, remained the most popular name for a century - nowadays no trend lasts so long! What's also interesting is that all of these names are still familiar to British people, although they are not top 10 names. In particular, lots of girls are still called Elizabeth, Sarah, Jane, Hannah and Emma. And Emma, as we saw, was a hugely popular medieval name (it also appears in the middle ages as Emmot - less likely to appeal to today's parents!).
For comparison, the 2005 top 10 girls' names were:
Jessica
Emily
Sophie
Olivia
Chloe
Ellie
Grace
Lucy
Charlotte
Katie
(I know I posted the 2005 list recently, but I thought it worked here as a comparison.) None of the Victorian names appear in the top 10 - but 7/10 of them appear in the top 100. Guess some names are just classics!
From this site:
13th century names/percentage of women holding that name (based on a sample of 1400 Essex women)/no. babies given that name in 2001:
1 Alice 11/0.7
2 Matilda 10/0.1
3 Joan(na) 6/ 0.2
4 Agnes 6/ 0.01
5 Emma 4/0.9
6 Isabella 4/1.3
7 Margery 4/--
8 Christiana 4 /--
9 Rohesia 3 /--
10 Juliana 3 /--
Of course, these figures are not directly comparable; the population of England is far larger than in the thirteenth century, so, for instance, the names "Alice", "Emma" and "Isabella", whilst representing a smaller PROPORTION of women, probably represent more women, numerically speaking, in 2001. However, it's interesting to see that some of these names have remained current and fashionable, whilst others are almost completely unknown. Anyone ever met a Rohesia? Exactly.
Another thing that must be taken into account is how many names were available. I've read that in the Elizabethan period, only perhaps 2 dozen names were really current. My experience as a medievalist show that the number of first names in wide use were very limited.
In the Victorian period, whilst there were more names, the top 10 names still represented nearly 70% of the population. This could never be the case now! The top ten names in 1838 for girls were:
Mary
Elizabeth
Sarah
Ann
Jane
Hannah
Emma
Eliza
Ellen
Harriet
Mary, meanwhile, remained the most popular name for a century - nowadays no trend lasts so long! What's also interesting is that all of these names are still familiar to British people, although they are not top 10 names. In particular, lots of girls are still called Elizabeth, Sarah, Jane, Hannah and Emma. And Emma, as we saw, was a hugely popular medieval name (it also appears in the middle ages as Emmot - less likely to appeal to today's parents!).
For comparison, the 2005 top 10 girls' names were:
Jessica
Emily
Sophie
Olivia
Chloe
Ellie
Grace
Lucy
Charlotte
Katie
(I know I posted the 2005 list recently, but I thought it worked here as a comparison.) None of the Victorian names appear in the top 10 - but 7/10 of them appear in the top 100. Guess some names are just classics!
Androgynous?
Sep. 9th, 2006 08:50 pmcluckydude.livejournal.comI'm in love with androgynous names lately...
What are your favourites?
What are your favourites?
trivher.livejournal.comWins: Jack, Jonathon, and Will
Loses: Archibald, Herbert, and Joshamee
Wins: Madeleine, Juliet, and Scarlett
Loses: Trudy, Pauline, and Estrella
From Titanic ~ Heavenly Creatures ~ Pirates of the Carribean
Since my husband and I are having a few friends over I don't have time to research the names on the menu/to do list. So instead you guys are being treated with another Best of. These names were the winners for the past few days.
Even though are split into two polls only vote/pick one for boys and girls. :-)
( Ruler of all )
Loses: Archibald, Herbert, and Joshamee
Wins: Madeleine, Juliet, and Scarlett
Loses: Trudy, Pauline, and Estrella
From Titanic ~ Heavenly Creatures ~ Pirates of the Carribean
Since my husband and I are having a few friends over I don't have time to research the names on the menu/to do list. So instead you guys are being treated with another Best of. These names were the winners for the past few days.
Even though are split into two polls only vote/pick one for boys and girls. :-)
( Ruler of all )
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