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HelpAnother interesting thing
in reply to a message by Rachel Shaina
Much like the real life chart, girls names change a lot faster than boys. The top 5 from 2008 is completely different from the top 5 from 2012 for girls, but 3/5 boys names are still the same.
2008 Girls:
1. Anna
2. Eleanor
3. Louisa
4. Elizabeth
5. Violet
2012 Girls:
1. Iris
2. Sylvie
3. Alice
4. Rose
5. Penelope
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2008 Boys:
1. Henry
2. Theodore
3. William
4. Julian
5. August
2012 Boys:
1. Theodore
2. Henry
3. William
4. Alexander
5. Thomas
(actually, except for the top two being switched, the top 3 is identical. The same three names topped in 2011, but Theodore didn't make the top 3 in 2009 or 2010).
2008 Girls:
1. Anna
2. Eleanor
3. Louisa
4. Elizabeth
5. Violet
2012 Girls:
1. Iris
2. Sylvie
3. Alice
4. Rose
5. Penelope
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2008 Boys:
1. Henry
2. Theodore
3. William
4. Julian
5. August
2012 Boys:
1. Theodore
2. Henry
3. William
4. Alexander
5. Thomas
(actually, except for the top two being switched, the top 3 is identical. The same three names topped in 2011, but Theodore didn't make the top 3 in 2009 or 2010).
This message was edited 12/5/2012, 5:53 PM
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I do find this interesting but I take it with a grain of salt since it's not a perfect representation of BtN since some people don't always put down their list each month and some people do it every month. Also some people are here every year and some people only come on temporarily or intermittently. But thanks for compiling all the data. I do find it very interesting.
Like we now can guess that a lot of people really like Theodore, William, and Henry and at least some of them consistently like them each year but they might be more changing in their feelings about girl names. As you said that is also similar to actual country based popularity lists. Boys names tend to stay about the same while gils names tend to change more frequently and wildly as trends shift. The girls list contains more trendy choices and less classic in comparison to the boy list. People feel like they can or they feel like they should choose more adventurous name choices with their daughters.
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Like we now can guess that a lot of people really like Theodore, William, and Henry and at least some of them consistently like them each year but they might be more changing in their feelings about girl names. As you said that is also similar to actual country based popularity lists. Boys names tend to stay about the same while gils names tend to change more frequently and wildly as trends shift. The girls list contains more trendy choices and less classic in comparison to the boy list. People feel like they can or they feel like they should choose more adventurous name choices with their daughters.
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