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joneschick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:24 PM
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my name was #6 the year I was born. What's your rank?
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/ :hi:
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:26 PM
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1. #665
it was exteremely unusual then, and still is today.
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joneschick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:29 PM
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4. now that's just plain intriguing. PM?
:hi:
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 11:27 PM
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76. oops
Edited on Sun Jun-24-07 11:29 PM by GoddessOfGuinness
wrong spot
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:27 PM
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2. Mine was #10
but apparently it was almost the #6 name and my parents changed their mind at the last minute.

:shrug:

:hi:
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:29 PM
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3. #26
alternate spelling was #4
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:39 PM
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10. 26th here too
:hi:
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 11:01 PM
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69. Yeah Sara
:P
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 11:11 PM
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73. horribly common name
i know so many girls with the same first and middle name as i (but no 'h' is the only way to spell it :P)

my younger sister's name didn't even crack the top 1,000 until 1993 (nine years after she was born)
one half-sister's name isn't on the list. the other's didn't make it to the list until 1982, but is actually now more popular than mine
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 11:29 PM
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79. OMG I guessed it!?!?!?!?
That was a total guess. :D

If I have kids, I will give them freakishly obscure first names and boring middle names. So they can be freakishly obscure or boring. Their choice. :D
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 11:38 PM
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81. hahaha
some people here refer to me by my first name, so i figured that's how you knew

your plan sounds like a good one, let the kid pick
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 11:50 PM
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82. Righton
Yeah, I just looked for 1980 (figuring you were probably born within 5 years of that date) and then looked for a name in the top 10 and a variant down in the 20's. :P

Of course, by the time the kid picks it will be WAY TOO LATE :bwahaha:
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deepthought42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 11:02 AM
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116. Oh yeah? Bring it on, Sara!!!
:P :P :P

:evilgrin:

-Sarah, aka #4!!! :P :rofl:
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 01:03 PM
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122. yeah!
i'll take you out! i don't have an extra letter weighing me down :P

:rofl:
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deepthought42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 02:03 PM
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125. Don't be hatin'...

Your name looks like it's one sandwich short of a picnic basket! (or in this case one letter short)

:P :P :P

You're just jealous cuz I'm a princess... :rofl:

Just tell me your middle name is not "Lynn".... :hide:
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Tektonik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:30 PM
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5. Tristan- 222th in 1985
It's become a lot more popular now, and I hate hate hate it when I ever hear someone else with the name Tristan. :(
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Tektonik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:39 PM
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11. Jesus and even worse
There are 5 other alternate spellings that were in the top 1000 last year :(

I hate it when I see someone named Tristin, Tristen, Triston, Trystan, etc. The name is Tristan, Tristram, or even Tristam, and nothing else. And in no way in hell is it a girl's name :mad:
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WritingIsMyReligion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:32 PM
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6. AHAHAHAHAHA--My name doesn't make the top 1000.
Pwned! :P

:)
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SteelPenguin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 03:04 PM
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133. Mine neither
I'm not shocked though.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:35 PM
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7. My first and middle was not on the last for 1953.
My names are very common.

Of course they are old family names going way back to 1781 on the family tree my cousin worked on.
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:36 PM
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8. How interesting! Mine was #445.
But I have never met anyone with the same spelling as mine!
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boilerbabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 10:49 PM
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62. I don't know anyone by the name of Femmocrat!! haha n/t
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Crabby Appleton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:38 PM
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9. 559th
I'm surprised it's that high, I only met the first other person with my name when I was 21, and it was a member of the opposite sex, up until then had only heard on one other person with the same name. My last name is unusual also, only about 7 adults in US with the same name.
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:40 PM
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12. didn't make the list for 1974
oh well.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:41 PM
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13. #18
nt
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shawmut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:41 PM
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14. #1
Edited on Sun Jun-24-07 05:42 PM by wxmike
Michael has been at the top for decades. I've wondered how that happened, though. It was nowhere to be found during most of the first half of the last century.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 11:06 AM
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117. There are too many Mikes
"Mike!" and 5 heads would turn. :eyes:
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 09:26 PM
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146. Same here -- 1962
Michael is numero uno!
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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:44 PM
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15. In the top 20
for the year I was born
a variation of my name was #2

my REAL name wasn't there....



lost
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:45 PM
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16. I was 96 in '69 (n/t)
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 09:17 PM
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48. Boy
you're pretty old then, aren't you? ;)

>>>>>I was 96 in '69<<<<<
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boilerbabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 10:51 PM
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63. I was 8 n/t Ate?
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Toasterlad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:46 PM
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17. Mark - It Was #6 in 1964.
Such a boring name.

It's a damn shame I'm never going to have a son, because I love the names Linus and Aloysius. Oh well, I'll have to wait til I get some dogs. :(
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joneschick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:52 PM
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19. goldfish are good for using those names too.
and you don't feel bad about re-using the names! (btw, I agree those are great names.)
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boilerbabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 10:52 PM
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66. How do you pronounce Aloysius anyway?
You might have to shorten it to get your dogs to come to you!
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Toasterlad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 08:19 AM
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102. Al-o-WISH-us
I'd like to think any dog I get would be smart enough to recognize the whole thing. ;)
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:51 PM
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18. #172.
Kind of surprised me; I thought it would be much further down the list. :hi:
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 11:10 PM
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72. I'm surprised mine was so high too...
But think about it: how many people named Jennifer, Amy, Heather, Melissa, Michelle, Lisa, Mary, Julie, Laura, Christine, Karen, Pamela, Linda, Elizabeth, Deborah, Diane, or Kathleen have you met?

Now take ALLLLLL of them out of the number of females you know... :rofl:

It's WAY worse for men... I don't know many men who DON'T have names in the top 20 for the years 1945-1980.
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opiate69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:53 PM
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20. 10..
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:54 PM
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21. Mine is now # 946....
Back in the Dark Ages when I was born, it was # 76. I only knew one other of my name in school, though. The triplets' mother is named after me. It was # 81 the year she was born. Guess the popularity of Irish girl names is dropping.

:evilfrown:
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joneschick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 05:59 PM
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22. wow, surprising that it's that far down the list
I've known numerous of youse-----I especially remember the one whose last name was a lovely Polish name. Great combination. lol. :hi:
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 06:05 PM
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26. There was a men's wear store in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood....
where my father shopped. The owner had a daughter with my name, and their surname was Levin. We always found that funny. Oh, my middle and confirmation names are Irish as well as my surname.

:hi:
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 06:02 PM
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23. #11
So unoriginal. x(
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 06:02 PM
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24. # 1 the year of my birth
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 06:04 PM
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25. #336
:silly:
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unsavedtrash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 06:17 PM
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27. #4
There were several of us with the same name through grade school.
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Awsi Dooger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 06:20 PM
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28. Steady plummet
From #20 in the year I was born to #350 in 2006.
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InternalDialogue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 10:43 PM
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59. Same here. Number 11 when I was born, down in the 200s now.
By the time I'm 60, my name will be the equivalent of what Jasper or Mabel is now.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 06:24 PM
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29. Mine was #22 the year I was born.
Edited on Sun Jun-24-07 06:26 PM by NewWaveChick1981
:hi: It peaked at #10 in 1971 and now it's 296th. :rofl: At least I don't have the same name as everyone else. :D
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 06:34 PM
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30. Apparently, number one
Edited on Sun Jun-24-07 06:36 PM by Bluzmann57
"Ordinary Joe". "Joe six pack" "Cup of Joe", "Sloppy Joe". And so on. But it doesn't say that anywhere. So to all you Bill's, Mike's, Dave's and so on, howdy. You are nothing but an ordidnary Mike. And that's a good thing. But I think I may have some sloppy Dave's for supper. And I am constantly paying bills.
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joneschick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 06:38 PM
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31. well played!
you deserve a prize, but I don't know what. :hug: :hi:
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 06:41 PM
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32. Mine was #1.
Edited on Sun Jun-24-07 06:47 PM by flamingyouth
Not surprising either.

On edit - it's actually the most popular female name of the decade.
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MysticalChicken Donating Member (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 06:42 PM
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33. #81
...for my first name, although I've always hated it so I go by a shortened version of my middle name now.
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njdemocrat106 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 11:01 PM
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70. We've got a little something in common
My first name (which I don't like) was #38 the year I was born, but I go by a shortened variant of my middle name as well (real middle name #8 year of birth; what I prefer #141 in year of my birth).

:hi:
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Connonym Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 06:46 PM
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34. #210 then #1000 now
oy, I'm so unfashionable
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 06:52 PM
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35. #6
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 07:08 PM
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36. #155
father = 25
mother = 159
older brother = 247
oldest sister = 855
older sister = 13
brother = 109
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 07:11 PM
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37. #33 then, #446 now n/t
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 07:46 PM
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38. #2, but I'm trying harder
:)
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 09:00 PM
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43. second here too!
:hi:
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 07:48 PM
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39. #3
1966 James
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 07:53 PM
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40. Number 2.
Edited on Sun Jun-24-07 07:55 PM by evlbstrd
edited because GOPisEvil beat me to it.
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 07:56 PM
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41. #221 n/t
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freesqueeze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 08:47 PM
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42. # 16
Mom took it from a popular sit com.
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 09:09 PM
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44. 190 LOL, on my birth year my name was at its zenith!
At its current rate of descent it will fall off the chart in a year or two. :rofl:
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hyphenate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 09:13 PM
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45. #1
It's been in the top 5 for many many years. It's only been out of favor for a short while--now it's coming back in again.

Mary
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volstork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 09:14 PM
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46. #60 in my birth year n/t
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GenDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 09:15 PM
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47. 30th here
Fascinating site.
:hi:
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 09:31 PM
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49. #1, Lisa
I'm not a bit surprised.
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smirkymonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 07:48 PM
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145. Same here.
I take it you were born in the 60's?
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otherlander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 09:34 PM
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50. 585
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Pakhet Donating Member (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 09:37 PM
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51. Mine's #1 !!!
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 10:29 PM
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52. Number 2, which doesn't surprise me in the least...
There are many, many of us Lindas of a certain age.
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Orangepeel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 10:35 PM
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53. #141
Cool link
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 10:35 PM
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54. #39
Brandy :)
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snailly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 10:38 PM
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55. My name is in the 900's now
100's when I was born. I rarely meet anyone with my name.
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caty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 10:39 PM
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56. Mine was 14th
in the year I was born.
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 10:39 PM
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57. WTF kind of waste of taxpayer money is this?
someone give me a reason other than warm fuzzy for the SSA.
sorry to grinch your buzz.....
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 11:29 PM
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78. ps I always thought I was number one, but it turns out I'm like 6 .
:wtf:
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 10:42 PM
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58. Around #50
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 10:44 PM
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60. #55, but for those who spell it wrong it was #14 (n/t)
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boilerbabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 10:46 PM
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61. I'm not even on there
How many Jo-lee s do you know? Ha ha they broke the mold before they made me!
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joneschick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 07:42 AM
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99. I know exactly one. She's a friend of my daughter's from Texas.
:hi:
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 10:51 PM
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64. #16.
My first name, which is not what I go by, was #41 that year.


Sister - first name #12 middle name #25. She went by her first name.

Dad, middle name #61, which he went by.

Mom, diminutive of middle name which she went by, #8.

We're just not real imaginative.

===========
Lots of names that used to be men's names have now turned into women's names> Often they are British.
Examples: Joyce, as in Joyce Kilmer, poet. Evelyn as in Evelyn Waugh, novelist.
Beverly. Vivian. Leslie. Shirley. Connie (as in Connie Mack).
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 10:52 PM
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65. 18
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Cush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 10:54 PM
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67. 22 in '77
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 10:58 PM
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68. #150
I've met males with my name, but it's almost always a female name these days.

Interestingly, it went from 150 to 52 in 4 years.... BUT I BUCKED THE TREND BWAHAHA!!!!!!
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 11:08 PM
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71. Eighteen (18)
:)
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 11:24 PM
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74. Ah'm NUMBAH WON!!!
JAMES - 1945.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 11:25 PM
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75. Please, for the love of God, if you have twins name them something humane...
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/twins.html
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 11:28 PM
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77. #16 when I was born...#239 now
In 1928, it wasn't even in the top 1,000. But starting in 1929, the name slowly grew in popularity. In 1938, it ranked 242, and jumped to 86 in 1939. Interesting.

My older son's name is now ranked #4. My in-laws gave me hell when I picked the name; and swore that he'd be teased. It ranked 321 the year he was born.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-24-07 11:31 PM
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80. #161
Funny thing, my legal first name is not my birth name. My legal first name is #31 for my birth year.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 12:00 AM
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83. # 1. It bites.
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 12:04 AM
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84. Mine was #50 the year I was born.
Edited on Mon Jun-25-07 12:18 AM by SarahBelle
It was in the top 5 for much of the 80's-2000's. My parents were ahead of their time I guess. :shrug:

I didn't do too badly for my kids (not so into trendy names, but not so into unusual names either- just more classic). They're 175, 12, 26, 268, and my stepson is #25!
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Misskittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 12:13 AM
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85. Number 1 in 1951. n/t
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 12:20 AM
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86. Looking at these names, and the changes in their popularity over the years,
leads me to contemplate the folly of all human endeavor. What a silly species we are.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 12:45 AM
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87. wow, #2 on the list for my birth year.
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Spirochete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 12:49 AM
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88. Mine was #11
Almost made the top 10.
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 01:12 AM
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89. Officially, #30. But my nickname was #182, and I've always been
known by my nickname.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 01:16 AM
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90. #408
But it could be short for or mistaken for, a couple of other, more popular names.
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 03:41 AM
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91. 68 now, 43 when I was born.
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qdemn7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:56 AM
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92. Jeeez #707.....
Ouch! :cry:
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 06:33 AM
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93. #1 Motherfuckah!
Michael - 1965 :woohoo:
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FunkyLeprechaun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 06:35 AM
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94. What? No unusual-sounding Irish names?
My name doesn't even crack the top 1000 from 1981.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 06:37 AM
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95. #31
Edited on Mon Jun-25-07 06:38 AM by terrya
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 06:44 AM
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96. Mine was 7th in popularity.
My mother did name me because it was popular, but she named me after her grandmother.
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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 06:49 AM
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97. #126 for my birth year. And it's been going downhill ever since.
Currently, it's #429.
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 07:26 AM
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98. #952. Not so popular.
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 06:45 PM
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141. Mine has never cracked the top 500 in 54 years.
Edited on Mon Jun-25-07 07:07 PM by LibDemAlways
Was #600 the year I was born. It would be popular in my grandparents' country of origin, but in the states, not so much.

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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 08:10 AM
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100. #12 and #14
Judith/Judy

But when you add the two together, it only comes to 2.5% of the female births that year (or approx. one in forty girls). That can't be right: there were three "Judy's" in my kindergarten class alone. Never had a class throughout elementary to high school when there weren't at least two of us!

I blame "The Wizard of Oz".
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 08:12 AM
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101. Mine was #18 the year I was born
:hi:

RL
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 08:27 AM
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103. Seems my name is no longer "fashionable"
It was #11 the year I was born (1969) and I checked 2006- it was number #661!!!
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 10:21 AM
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113. I was looking up names of kids from my classes in the early 70's.
and a lot of them are rarely used now. Tina, Linda, Dawn, etc. I haven't met a little Tina or Linda in decades.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 08:29 AM
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104. number 16
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 09:11 AM
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105. Numba one, bay-bee!
Nice to be first in SOMETHING, I suppose...

That's okay...kids in school still found plenty of other things to insult me over!! :rofl:
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reyd reid reed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 09:18 AM
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106. Mine was #6, too
Mary was #1.
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 09:25 AM
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107. in 1961, my name was the 368th most popular.
nt
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 09:28 AM
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108. #9
surprising since I thought it was just a family name....
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 09:49 AM
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109. 140th -nt
Edited on Mon Jun-25-07 09:52 AM by Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 09:56 AM
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111. The name "George" through the * years
2001 - 129
2002 - 131
2003 - 138
2004 - 146
2005 - 139
2006 - 153
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 09:54 AM
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110. Six also
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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 09:58 AM
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112. My name ranks #2 and is in the top 5 thru the 50'S!
Jimmy Jimmy bobimmy banana nana boimmy, me my mo minny Jimmy!
actually James!

:hi: 8643
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 10:33 AM
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114. #340 in 1970, #17 today.
Not surprising to me. I hear my name being called all the time now, never heard it when I was a kid.
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deepthought42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 11:01 AM
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115. #4 (That's Sarah, with an "H"!!!)
geez...Not too surprised, though. I knew several girls also named "Sarah" in school...
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 11:51 AM
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119. You must be under 30!
I was born in '72 (and it was #50) and there weren't many Sarahs when I was really young. Then suddenly in the early 80's, there were a ton of Sarahs.
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deepthought42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 01:54 PM
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124. Yup... '82
And no, I haven't had my b-day yet... :party:

Apparently it was VERY popular in '82, which would explain all the Sarahs in my classes...I think in one 9th grade class I was one of four! :o
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 11:40 AM
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118. I never figured there were that many people named Joneschick
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joneschick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 07:36 PM
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142. shocking, I tells ya. shocking
:hi:
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 11:56 AM
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120. #11
Edited on Mon Jun-25-07 12:02 PM by CottonBear
I can see that many of my girls high school classmates also have names on the list.

All in all, sensible and non-exciting names.

edit:
Here's an interesting chart of my name's popularity over the past 45 years:

Popularity of the female name ________ Year of birth Rank

2006 58
2005 63
2004 61
2003 64
2002 63
2001 61
2000 58
1999 51
1998 54
1997 49
1996 41
1995 37
1994 32
1993 39
1992 35
1991 34
1990 31
1989 28
1988 25
1987 21
1986 18
1985 19
1984 22
1983 15
1982 14
1981 13
1980 11
1979 12
1978 13
1977 8
1976 7
1975 7
1974 6
1973 4
1972 4
1971 4
1970 3
1969 4
1968 3
1967 2
1966 2
1965 4
1964 6
1963 11
1962 16

Note: Rank 1 is the most popular, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth. Name data are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 12:45 PM
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121. My name came in second, but for more than 50 years before that, it was number 1
I'm not sure it even makes the top 100 now
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bamacrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 01:04 PM
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123. #77 in 1983.
:hi:
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 02:46 PM
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126. Mine was # 6 also. That's surprising because I have never met
very many women my age with the same name.
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 02:49 PM
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127. #47
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ceile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 02:53 PM
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128. #38
The top 3 were: Jennifer, Amy and Heather. I knew so many Jennifers growing up, I had to call them by their last names.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 02:56 PM
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129. #342.
My middle name's 448th.

My parents were wierd.
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ChickMagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 03:01 PM
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130. Bwa ha ha
Edited on Mon Jun-25-07 03:12 PM by ginbarn
#53 - and I'm 53 now. You'd think an old fashioned name like mine
would be more popular back then.

edit: in 2006, there were 511 with my name. I'm movin' up
in coolness!
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 03:03 PM
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131. 92 in 1961 ...
563 in 2006
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soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 03:03 PM
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132. Wow, I was #11
1962
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 03:10 PM
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134. 366
Though the way it's written on my birth certificate doesn't even make the top 1000.

Mz Pip
:dem:
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:34 PM
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135. I was born during Camelot.
Very, very popular.
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Rising Phoenix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:36 PM
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136. # 3
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:43 PM
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137. #5 in 1968.
B-)
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patricia92243 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:55 PM
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138. #3 for 1943. I never knew this. Thanks for the link!
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 05:02 PM
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139. was 507
now up in the 800's
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Divameow77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 06:34 PM
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140. Mine was # 6 my birth year too
I went to school with about 10 Angela's.
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 07:40 PM
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143. #797
Ooo...my name was 666th in 1971. The fundies heads would have exploded...
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 07:45 PM
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144. #17 - eom
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MedleyMisty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 09:33 PM
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147. #53 - and spelled right, even
#672 in 2006.

Apparently it wasn't very popular, at least for girls, until the late 50s. It was most popular in the early 70s and started tapering off in the late 80s.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 09:37 PM
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148. I am not a number! I am a free man!
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RushIsRot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 11:18 PM
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149. 727 in the 40s. Not that many with my name.
But, I have recently met two others in Arkansas. Go figger.

Let's see if I can kill another thread.
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Decruiter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 11:32 PM
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150. #2 in 66: David
Right behind Michael, my younger brother's name. In 69, when he was born, it was still Numero Uno.
Here's Mike:
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 12:55 AM
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151. #335 the year I was born
then it dropped of the list in the late '90's and now is in the 400's. Weird.

My daughter's is #405.

We both have names you don't hear often.
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last_texas_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 03:01 AM
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152. Mine was #27
Edited on Wed Jun-27-07 03:14 AM by last_texas_dem
in my birth year. It is now barely hanging in the Top 100, at #99. FWIW, my middle name hasn't been in the Top 1,000 since 1971 (I was born in '83) and never ranked higher than #638!

On EDIT: I'm going to take out where I ragged on a certain name that is now in the Top Fifty. I don't want to put anyone down for the bad taste of their parents.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 03:49 AM
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153. 496
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hickman Donating Member (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 04:17 AM
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154. My name was never popular.
Very few people are named Janet.
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 06:02 AM
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155. 1970: Jennifier #1 for girls, #753 for boys
and Michael: #1 for boys, #461 for girls
Lisa: #2 for girls; #711 for boys
James: #2 for boys; #532 for girls
Brain (sic): #692 for boys (143 of these!)

Hmm, I don't think those lists are completely accurate, at least for older years. Some optical character recognition that occasionally goes a bit wrong, perhaps? Or inaccurate typing when they were computerised? Certainly it doesn't seem a problem in the 2006 list.
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Ms_Dem_Meanor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 07:32 AM
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156. Mine didn't rank at all
:cry:
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