[identity profile] pythianlegume7.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames
I'm trying to figure out the actual trendiness of my favorite names. I go through stages of caring and not caring whether a name is popular or not! I know all of them (pretty much) are very popular, but I kind of want to know if they are TRENDY or not. And I know about the SSA but sometimes thats not a very good indication, so this may or may not be helpful, whatever.

Oliver
Calvin
Callum
Colin
Miles
Thomas
Samuel
Catherine
Juliet
Ivy
Jane
Elizabeth

Date: 2008-08-15 07:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lovetokate.livejournal.com
I went to school with a Thomas...he's 23. It's also my dad's middle name...he'll be 50 in Dec.

One of my husband's best friends in the USMC was named Samuel (Sam) and he's like 30+.

I'm Katherine with a K...23.

I have a friend, Elizabeth (Liz) who is also 23.

Date: 2008-08-15 07:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wistfuljen.livejournal.com
Okay, keep in mind that I will be 30 in December, but I also have a seven year old (Holden) so I am sort of aware of name trends in his school classes...

Oliver- one, he's 7
Calvin- 0
Callum- 0
Colin- 0
Miles- 0
Thomas- 2, both in their early twenties
Samuel- 0
Catherine- 1, my sister-in-law, she's 42
Juliet- 0
Ivy- 0
Jane- one, she's about 25
Elizabeth- two, one is my sister-in-law and she's 40, the other is 15
Elizabeth- you listed this twice.

You have a lot of classic names on here, yes, some of them are becoming more popular but not yet hugely so.

Date: 2008-08-15 09:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com
Oliver - 0
Calvin - 1, late 40s, but spells it Kelvin.
Callum - 0
Colin - 1, I think he's 7 or 8.
Miles - 1, he just turned 18.
Thomas - 4 in their early to mid 20s and then one who is late 30s. Oh, and I know a 2 year old named this, too.
Samuel - I don't know any Samuels, but I know one guy named Salvatore who goes by Sam and he's 20.
Catherine - two; one is 20 and the other is in-utero.
Juliet -0.
Ivy - 0.
Jane - 0.
Elizabeth - 4 -- early twenties; one early 50s (goes by Betsy).

Date: 2008-08-15 10:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/-----citylight/
Oliver - one
Calvin - none
Callum - two
Colin - none
Miles - one
Thomas - three
Samuel - lots, like five or something
Catherine - a few, but they are all older
Juliet - none
Ivy - none
Jane - two
Elizabeth - LOTS, but most of them all go by different nick names, Lizzy, Betty, Elly....etc

Date: 2008-08-15 12:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ruffledress.livejournal.com
Oliver - 0
Calvin - 1 (about 45)
Callum - 1 (about 11)
Colin - 1 (about 40)
Miles - 1 (36)
Thomas - 2 (15,37)
Samuel - 0
Catherine - 0
Juliet - 1 (37)
Ivy - 0
Jane - 2 (14, 40)
Elizabeth - 1 (14)
Elizabeth ^

:D

Date: 2008-08-15 12:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] inmeggsyoutrust.livejournal.com
Colin- two dudes 26 & 22
Samuel- one boy 11
Catherine- a few ladies 23, 21, 17 [but one spells it Katherine and one spells it Kathryn]
Jane- one lady 30-ish
Elizabeth- one 25, it's my middle name too

Date: 2008-08-15 12:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] waitingonsunday.livejournal.com
One Colin, mid-20's
Two Thomases, one about 30, the other about 45.
Two Elizabeths, both mid-20's.

Date: 2008-08-15 01:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] twitchywoman.livejournal.com
Oliver - 1 (but it was his middle name and he went by it) He is about 23.
Calvin - 1 (I think, my sister's boyfriend is named this, he is 20)
Callum - 0 (in real life that is)
Colin - 2 (one was my former band teacher who is about 30 and then the other band teacher's son is Colin and he is about 12?)
Miles - 0
Thomas - 1 (18)
Samuel - 1 (11, Thomas's brother)
Catherine - 0 (I think)
Juliet - 0
Ivy - 0
Jane - 2 (22ish and 60-70, she was my case manager in middle school)
Elizabeth - I know several and most are about 22/23.

Date: 2008-08-15 02:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] haughtymelodic.livejournal.com
personally I only know an Elizabeth,she is 24

Date: 2008-08-15 02:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] raisintree.livejournal.com
"Know" is very relative here. I included anyone I've ever met/worked with/attended school with.

Oliver: 2
Calvin: 1
Callum: 0
Colin: 3
Miles: 0, but I knew a Myles
Thomas: 3
Samuel: 3
Catherine: 4 spelled that way, many others spelled differently
Juliet: 1
Ivy: 0
Jane: 2, one spelled Jayne
Elizabeth: 17 (!)

Date: 2008-08-15 02:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] raisintree.livejournal.com
Make that 18 Elizabeths.

Date: 2008-08-15 02:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] laminy.livejournal.com
Colin - one, he's around sixteen.
Thomas - one, he's eighteen.
Samuel - one, he's seventeen.
Jane - one, she's around twenty.
Elizabeth - one eighteen-year-old, but I know so many with it as a middle name.

Date: 2008-08-15 02:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] azelmaroark.livejournal.com
Oliver -- one (4)
Calvin -- none
Callum -- none
Colin -- two (9 and 11)
Miles -- one (23)
Thomas -- several between 10 and 40s
Samuel -- one (7)
Catherine -- lots that go by other names (Katie, Cate, etc)
Juliet -- two (12, 18)
Ivy -- two (13, 30)
Jane -- my mom (54), a Jayne who's 17
Elizabeth -- oh good lord, tons, but not a lot under 10

Date: 2008-08-15 03:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sarahness.livejournal.com
Oliver: one, he's 23
Calvin: went to school with a few (5ish), all probably in their 20s
Callum: zero
Colin: zero
Miles: i went to daycare with a kid named miles, he'd probably be about 20 now
Thomas: i know several of all ages
Samuel: again, several of all ages
Catherine: " "
Juliet: zero
Ivy: zero
Jane: zero
Elizabeth: millions, of all ages

Date: 2008-08-15 03:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sunleap.livejournal.com
i have a cousin Calvin(24) and i know an older man with the name Calvin(70's)
I have a friend whos name is Samuel Calhoun but goes by Cal. He is 32.

Date: 2008-08-15 03:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sugaree024.livejournal.com
Oliver- none but my friend'd doggie
Calvin- 1 my moms old boyfriend im guessing he's 50
Callum- none
Colin- 2 around 20 yrs old
Miles- 1 18 years old
Thomas- 3- my uncle 40?, classmate 19, cousin 24
Samuel- 2- cousin 32, cousin other side 4 years old
Catherine- 3 classmate 20, 18, cousin (cate) 19
Juliet- 1- friend's sister 25
Ivy- none
Jane- 1, friends step mom 35 (Jayne)
Elizabeth- 2- 19 years old

Date: 2008-08-15 04:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lovablemess.livejournal.com
Oliver- 0
Calvin- 0
Callum- 0
Colin- 0
Miles- 1 (Myles), he's 27.
Thomas- 1, he's in his late 40's.
Samuel- 1, he's about 4.
Catherine- 0
Juliet- 1 (Juliette), she's about 24.
Ivy- 0
Jane- 1, she's 22.
Elizabeth- 2, my 21 year old cousin and a 3 year old from the day care program at my college.

Date: 2008-08-15 04:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] istytehcrawk.livejournal.com
Oliver, Calvin, Callum, Juliet, Ivy, Jane - none
Colin - one, but spelled Collin
Miles - one, but spelled Myles
Thomas - two or three
Samuel - one
Catherine - two
Elizabeth - MANY

Date: 2008-08-15 05:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alexandria-skye.livejournal.com
calvin-17
thomas- 40ish
samuel- 7
katherine and kathryn - both 18; one is katie, the other is kate
jane- 16

Date: 2008-08-15 07:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] starsatnight13.livejournal.com
Thomas - I work with two (one is 30ish the other is late 40ish) and my spin instructor is another - he's also 30ish
Samuel - my 1 1/2 year old nephew
Catherine - my mom (55) and my great, great grandmother - both spelled with K
Jane - my little sister's middle name (23) and my evil grandmother's name
Elizabeth - a former coworker 30ish

Date: 2008-08-15 08:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] makeitstopjamie.livejournal.com
Oliver-cousin in late 20's
Calvin-boy in second grade
Callum-none
Colin-none
Miles-none
Thomas-cousin 25 (goes by Tom), brother's friend about 14 (goes by Tommy)
Samuel-cousin in early 20's (actually middle name went by Sammy when he was younger) and boy I babysat about 12 now
Catherine-quite a few most go by Katie and are in their 20's
Juliet-none
Ivy-none
Jane-none
Elizabeth-cousin 24 (goes by Betsy) and husband cousin about 12

Date: 2008-08-15 10:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blue-suspenders.livejournal.com
Oliver - 1 (age 15)
Calvin - 2 (ages 13 & 15)
Callum - none
Colin - 3 (ages 15 & 18)
Miles - none
Thomas - 2 (age 12 & 16)
Samuel - 2 (age 12 & 15)
Catherine - 3 (ages 7, 16 and 40-something) Although I suspect a lot of people I know that go by Kate/Katie are named Catherine...and I know a lot of those.
Juliet - none
Ivy - none
Jane - 1 (16)
Elizabeth - 1 (12)

Date: 2008-08-16 04:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ifancylust.livejournal.com
i don't know a lot of people who are significantly younger than me, so this is difficult. and naturally, most of the people i know with these names are around my age (21) but....

Oliver - none
Calvin - one, he's around 18
Callum - none
Colin - one, 22
Miles - one, 60 something
Thomas - a bunch..i can't even count.
Samuel - ditto
Catherine - one, 21. i know a bunch of katherines though.
Juliet - none
Ivy - none
Jane - 2, one was 88, one is around 20
Elizabeth - a bunch, all ages

Date: 2008-08-16 08:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aimeewins.livejournal.com
Oliver - none.
Calvin - only one, and he's probably around 12-13 now.
Callum - none.
Colin - two that I know spell it like this, one is 19 and the other is 21-22ish.
Miles - only one, he's 19-20ish.
Thomas - lots, ranging from little kids at my church to my boyfriend's dad to older men.
Samuel - only one I can think of, and he's 22.
Catherine - again only one I can think of (spelled this way at least), and she's 19.
Juliet - none.
Ivy - one, and she's 16-17.
Jane - a couple around my mom's age, so 50-ish, and just met a girl about 8.
Elizabeth - several, youngest being 9, most being 18-19, and the oldest I can think of is 42.

Date: 2008-08-16 08:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com
I know one Oliver, age 18ish.
I don't know anyone named Calvin or Callum.
I know one Colin who is probably in his 70's.
I know one Miles who's probably 20.
I know several Thomases, two in their early 20's (both go by Tommy) and two more in their 40's or 50's.
I know about 7 Samuels, all around age 18.
I don't think I know any Catherines spelled that way, unless it's the actual name of some Katies or Kathys I know.
I know one Juliet who's 17.
I don't know anyone named Ivy.
I know one Jane who's 18 and one who's in her 20's.
I know 2 Elizabeths who are around 18.

Date: 2008-08-16 09:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seksimaggie.livejournal.com
I think that, this community aside, those boy names are not popular baby names right now at all, except probably Samuel and maybe Thomas. And for the girls names, none seem very real-life popular for babies except probably Elizabeth and maybe Catherine.

Date: 2008-08-19 02:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arbus.livejournal.com
people i know:

(1) oliver (he spells it olivier, but pronounces it the same) - age 19
(2) colin - age 31, 36
(1) miles - in his forties
(1) thomas - age 34
(2) catherine - age 10, 28
(2) jane - age 35, in her fifties
(3) elizabeth - age 38, 18, 12
Edited Date: 2008-08-19 02:23 pm (UTC)
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