{"id":51169,"date":"2015-05-16T17:58:39","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T23:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/16\/whats-in-a-name.html"},"modified":"2015-05-16T16:21:02","modified_gmt":"2015-05-16T22:21:02","slug":"whats-in-a-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/16\/whats-in-a-name.html","title":{"rendered":"What's in a Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cool look at first name popularity in the US over the decades. Based on the popularity (according to the Social Security Adminstration) of my first name the year I was born, here is my "average" name of the same ranked popularity for each decade of the 20th and 21st Centuries.<\/p>\n

David was the 2nd most popular name in my birth ydar. I'm told I was not named for \/ inspired by Eisenhower, but I suspect may of my peers were.<\/p>\n

Looking at the same level of popularity (if I were being named by my folks based name popularity), I would be named …<\/p>\n

2014: Liam
2000s: Michael
1990s: Christopher*
1980s: Christopher*
1970s: David**
1960s: James***
1950s: Robert
1940s: Robert
1930s: James
1920s: Wiliam
1910s: James
1900: William
1890s: William<\/p>\n

* My middle name, in fact
** Born before my time, clearly.
*<\/b> Two of my best friends in elementary school were named "Jim" and "James".<\/p>\n

Nothing profound here, just fun. <\/p>\n

(h\/t +<\/span>Doyce Testerman<\/a><\/span>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nFind Out What Your Name Would Be If You Were Born Today<\/a><\/span>
\nSee the popularity of every name dating back to 1890\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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