Girls' Names

[stoutfellow]

This (courtesy of LanguageLog) is cool: maps of the most popular names for girls since 1960, on a year-by-year, state-by-state basis. I note that "Jennifer" (and I have a niece by that name) ruled the roost nationwide from 1970 to 1984, leading in every state for six of those years, and suddenly dropped off the map - it hasn't won a state since!

Apparently "Isabella" and "Sophia" are the hot names the last few years....

Comments

[mmegaera]

I note that my first name (not Meg) was the most popular name the year after I was born (and probably the year I was born and for many, many years before that).

There's a reason I don't go by my first name...