The Baby Name Wizard is a clever Java applet that lets you visualize the popularity of baby names over the past century.
Baby Name Wizard
My name is very unpopular, never hit the top 10,000 in ANY decade! That's why my parents chose it, I think... all these years go *sigh*
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the popularity of my given name peaked in the 1910s... per million babies that is... Updated On: 2/11/05 at 04:32 PM
mine peaked in the 80's to top 10
ugh. I was happier when it was less popular!
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/31/04
"Karen" ranked 3 in the 60s, 80 when I was born (80s) and 126 in 2003.
Not too too popular for my generation!
My name was more popular in the early 1900's.
It's funny because it lists both Joe and Joseph on that list.
Oddly, Ahab doesn't make the list from any era.
It says mine peaked in the 80s (ranked 3rd in 80s and 90s), but I remember having 3-5 Matts in just about every class, so I know it was popular at least in Texas in the late 60s/early 70s.
My name is non-existant on that for girls. It's only there for guys.
son, it also has Joey as a separate name...
mine has been ranked #1 like, every year from the 1950s on... bet you can't guess it...
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/04
Mine was popular in the 1990's. My sister, Emily, was born in the late 80's, before the name was insanely popular. Now, that's one of the top names.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/04
My name ranked 27 in the 1930 and has been virtually unused after 1980. What the hell was mom thinking??
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/04
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
Derric is most popular in the 1980's, the decade I was born. It reached 1,100,000,000 (I think that's right).
I like my name because the spelling is different.
Mine's at its peak now. Its been sky-rocketing since the 1980s. In 1990 it reached the top 100 for the first time.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/04
Mine proved to be a whole lot more popular than I thought. It hasn't been out of the top 250 at any point.
My name's been on a steady decline.
This is fun. My name hit its peak at #90 in the 70's. Its due for a comeback.
My name (Timothy)-77 in 2003
My wife's name (Kelli)-782 in 2003
Our son's name (Dustin)-209 in 2003
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