My first name isn’t doing so well. It ranked somewhere around #250 when I was born, up from around #600 when my grandmother first gave it to my father, but is now down to around #999.
I thought we were fairly creative with our sons, though we did not try to break any new barriers. As it turns out, all three of their names rank fairly high these days.
Deanna, your name is doing a lot better than Betty’s, whose name is down in the tank next to mine. Diane, welcome to the name tank along with the board.
Fun to see, I know I was named after the actress Deanna Durbin, the other choice my parents told me was Martha. Do I seem like a Martha to you? Me neither.
After being teased all my childhood years about my name, I wouldn’t have wished it on anyone, although it was in the top 50 in the decade I was born. Now somewhere in the mid-300s.
I always thought people ought to be able to change their names if they felt like it. The names on that list anchor us to pasts that might be hundreds or thousands of years old, which some might find comforting, but things change, and names will change as well.
For those of you old enough to remember it, Nicholas Cage and the baby name skit on SNL? Still one of the funniest I have ever seen.
I wish my 401K was doing as well as my name. I just about where it was in 1900. I just know I could have done worse, I’m a Jr. my dad was named after his two grandfathers, Jesse Pittman D. and Leslie Theodore B. Dad and I are Jesse Leslie D. a little sing song, but preferable to me over Theodore Pittman D. my grandmom’s first choice. We would probably be called Ted and/or Pitt but you never know. Not as bad as Sue.
I’m named after dad, who got his name during it’s peak season (1950-1960, where it was ranked well within the top 5). Been on the decline ever since, but still a very popular name.
Made the top 100 names but never thought I would in todays time.
But, a big thanks to mom for saving me cause she said dad wanted to name me something like Aloysius???
I’ve always thought you should refer to your children as “Hey You” and then let them choose their own names when they got older. Just think how much better that would be when trying to get their attention. “Hey You” stop that, get over here, time to go to bed. Then, if you had multiple or more then one child they’sd all listen up at the same time - NOT!
