RosieKat
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Jun 25, 2014 19:28:04 GMT
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Post by RosieKat on Nov 8, 2022 14:51:21 GMT
I mean, the only way it would be worse is if your name was #1 the year you were born (‘77 for me) AND you also could never find a personalized pencil. 😂😂 Or it was spelled the usual way, which meant it was always sold out! Always.
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pinklady
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Post by pinklady on Nov 8, 2022 15:03:08 GMT
My goal was to give my kids names unique enough they couldn’t find them on the personalized keychain rack 🤣 I always swore, if I had kids, I’d do the opposite. My name isn’t uncommon but it’s not spelled the common way. As a kid, I always wanted personalized stuff and was so disappointed that my cousins could find things but I couldn’t. It’s not such a big deal now because you can order anything online.
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Post by myboysnme on Nov 8, 2022 15:25:49 GMT
My mom combined 2 very common names into one. Neither was popular when I was born. Since then I have met a few people from the south with my name combination. I see it also as 2 separate names, even recently as a character in a book. But I always have to spell it.
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Post by withapea on Nov 8, 2022 15:29:17 GMT
My name is not common at all but I am hearing it more. I’ve never met another and I think it would be weird to be in a room with someone with the same name. I hated it when I was really young but grew to appreciate its uniqueness.
“ranked as the 3168th most popular given name in the United States with an estimated population of 4,987. This name is in the 98th percentile, this means that nearly 1% of all the first names are more popular.”
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Post by malibou on Nov 8, 2022 15:47:23 GMT
I was born in 1960 and named after Debbie Reynolds. My parents named me Deborah and it was such a popular name in the 1960's that I often had 3-4 other Debbies in my class. We went by Debbie and the first letter of our last names. I had no trouble finding commercial items with my name on them in the stores. In 1955 Deborah was the 2nd highest popular girls name in the country! By 1960 the year of my birth it had fallen to the number 10 spot. In elementary school there were 5 girls in my class of 14. Two were named Deborah and both went by Debbie and the first initial of their last name.
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Post by juanita on Nov 8, 2022 15:49:17 GMT
Mine didn't make it into the top 100 but some fun facts came up
Fun facts about this name!
There have been 173 babies born in England & Wales called Juanita since 1996. The name Juanita peaked in 2005, making it the 1295th most popular name that year. Last year, Juanita was the 3985th most popular name.
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Gennifer
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Jun 26, 2014 8:22:26 GMT
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Post by Gennifer on Nov 8, 2022 16:00:55 GMT
I mean, the only way it would be worse is if your name was #1 the year you were born (‘77 for me) AND you also could never find a personalized pencil. 😂😂 Or it was spelled the usual way, which meant it was always sold out! Always. DANG IT!
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Post by lisacharlotte on Nov 8, 2022 16:49:08 GMT
Because I grew up with such a popular name, when I was searching for baby names I had to give up my first choice girl name. DH and I (independently) chose Caitlin for a girl. It was having a moment in the early 90s with various spellings. I switched the choice to Kathleen. However, in my DH’s family all the females are married in, so I figured no way was I having a girl. We named DS after my FIL, which is not a popular name, but not uncommon at all.
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peabay
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Jun 25, 2014 19:50:41 GMT
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Post by peabay on Nov 8, 2022 17:06:12 GMT
Uncommon and unique.
Yet, there were 3 "Deirdres" in my high school graduating class of 100 girls.
I belong to a FB group of all Deirdres and it's fascinating: I would say 75 percent are women of color; 20 percent live in Ireland and 5 percent are a mishmosh (I'm in the mishmosh).
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Post by crazy4scraps on Nov 8, 2022 17:06:49 GMT
I mean, the only way it would be worse is if your name was #1 the year you were born (‘77 for me) AND you also could never find a personalized pencil. 😂😂 Or it was spelled the usual way, which meant it was always sold out! Always. This was always my first world problem too. There would ALWAYS be an empty slot with the “Reorder Now!” tag hanging back there where the item with my name on it should have been. Ironically enough, I was just shopping at Target the other day and saw a display of personalized kid’s Christmas books so of course I had to look and see if there was one with DD’s name on it. I was shocked to see one with her name right up front and center! If she would have been six years younger I probably would have bought it. It never even occurred to me to look for my own name which hasn’t been popular for easily the last 40 years.
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RosieKat
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Post by RosieKat on Nov 8, 2022 20:55:30 GMT
It's also funny how events and books and movies and songs all shape name trends. I was considering Katrina for a girl's name when we were waiting to adopt. DD was born in early 2006, so um, yeah, Katrina was out of the question. I've never looked, but I'm assuming that it was a not popular but not uncommon name prior to that time, followed by a steep decline in 2006.
OK, I did just check and it was #246 and on the rise in 2005. It dropped to #379 (2006), #594 (2007), #713 (2008) and the trend has basically continued until it is at #3645 for 2021. So it didn't drop quite as quickly as I'd have thought, but still a marked change for sure.
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Post by Peace Sign on Nov 8, 2022 21:04:29 GMT
I was born Julie in 1966. I used to fiercely hate it. Now it just is. Julie has perpetually been one of the most popular female names used in the United States. According to the United States' Social Security Administration, Julie was consistently in the top one-hundred registered female names in the forty years between 1951 and 1991; peaking at #10 in 1971.
One of my daughter’s best friends is Julie. She’s 20. I can’t believe it would ever be very popular again though. i love the name julie. always have.
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Post by aprilfay21 on Nov 8, 2022 21:06:39 GMT
It's also funny how events and books and movies and songs all shape name trends. I was considering Katrina for a girl's name when we were waiting to adopt. DD was born in early 2006, so um, yeah, Katrina was out of the question. I've never looked, but I'm assuming that it was a not popular but not uncommon name prior to that time, followed by a steep decline in 2006. OK, I did just check and it was #246 and on the rise in 2005. It dropped to #379 (2006), #594 (2007), #713 (2008) and the trend has basically continued until it is at #3645 for 2021. So it didn't drop quite as quickly as I'd have thought, but still a marked change for sure. With my oldest, we had his name picked out as soon as we started trying for a baby (late summer 2010) and found out he was a boy in October or so. Then Tangled came out in late November and the name exploded.
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scorpeao
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Jun 25, 2014 21:04:54 GMT
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Post by scorpeao on Nov 8, 2022 21:20:02 GMT
born in the 197os named Nicole but go by Nikki...very common. My daughter was born in the late 90s and I named her Naomi because I didn't want her to have a common name. My sisters also have common names: Kimberly and Michelle both born in the 60s, and Erica born in the 80s
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huskergal
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Jun 25, 2014 20:22:13 GMT
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Post by huskergal on Nov 8, 2022 21:58:38 GMT
Super common. One of the Top 10 names in the 60s. #3 the year I was born. I wanted to give my kids names that were not so common.
My youngest son's name, Alaric, will never rank.
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Post by shanniebananie on Nov 8, 2022 21:58:48 GMT
I am a Shannon which peaked in the 1970s - there were three in my high school. Now it is not even in the top 1000! I never seem to meet a Shannon under 40 years old these days. I think it is so pretty - wonder why it is out of fashion?
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Post by refugeepea on Nov 8, 2022 22:01:11 GMT
Very common, ewenique spelling
ETA: Not super popular in the late 70's. I was named after an aunt and great grandmother. Which is why I think of it as an old lady's name.
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Post by refugeepea on Nov 8, 2022 22:18:41 GMT
My aunt's name is Teresa and she would get so mad if people misspelled it with the H. "My name is Ter-eesa, not THeh-rehssa!" I went to school with a Theresa who pronounced it that way! I've never met another Theh-rehssa.
I mean, the only way it would be worse is if your name was #1 the year you were born (‘77 for me) AND you also could never find a personalized pencil. 😂😂 Hello friend!
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Post by holly on Nov 9, 2022 1:26:22 GMT
I would say I have an uncommon name. I didn’t like it growing up but it’s grown on me. There wasn’t another Holly in my school until I got to high school and we had over 3k kids. And she spelled it with an “ie”
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