Names again

[triskellian]

I'm fascinated by names, as you probably know. So I was pleased to see that Slashdot has an article about names, which, amongst other things, links to this page, which lets you see how the popularity of your name has changed over time. Mine, unsurprisingly, is in the top ten for every set of data I looked at.

There are some odd and some surprising names in the most popular list for 2001, including, for example, Destiny, at 22nd most popular name for a girl, and Isaiah at number 45 for boys.

Tell me about the rise and fall of your name...

Comments

Re: Thanks!

[onebyone.livejournal.com]

most black Americans are the decendants of slaves

Well, if I had to guess I'd say that most black Britons are of Caribbean descent rather than, say, Kenyan. But even so, their ancestors at least weren't slaves in Britain, which might make a difference. Once you get to France, of course, there's more immigration from African colonies such as Senegal.

Just as important, I'd have thought, is that it has been less than 40 years since most (most? certainly millions of) black Americans were second class citizens by law. I think if my parents had been born under some kind of segregation, I too would be rather keen to assert my individualism.

Having said that, I generally hate all invented/nonstandard spellings

Oh yes. These Johnny-come-latelys with their "v" instead of "ph". Pah.