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From Mental Floss (http://mentalfloss.com/article/56336/most-popular-girl-names-each-state-1960): Watch the animated map as it starts in 1960 and goes through each year showing the most popular girl name in each state. While the stats won't surprise any of us, what's interesting is that you can literally see a name's popularity start in one state and spread throughout the country.
This message was edited 4/23/2014, 6:45 PM
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Fascinating - thanks for pointing this out.
I find the coast to coast, border to border Lisas and Jennifers kinda scary - it's almost like the rise and spread of some brainwashing cult! Interesting to know where the infernal Madison craze first began!
If only there was a map like this for other countries!
I find the coast to coast, border to border Lisas and Jennifers kinda scary - it's almost like the rise and spread of some brainwashing cult! Interesting to know where the infernal Madison craze first began!
If only there was a map like this for other countries!
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I don't know what so many people liked about it either, but you know that even in the early '80s that all of those parents didn't know anyone with that name, so their daughter couldn't possibly be in a class full of them. lol
I was born in the '70s, and my aunt and uncle's brother and sister in law named their daughter Jenny in the early '80s. They obviously forgot their relative's relative's name.
I was born in the '70s, and my aunt and uncle's brother and sister in law named their daughter Jenny in the early '80s. They obviously forgot their relative's relative's name.
This message was edited 4/24/2014, 6:26 PM
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I know! At one time, I believe Lisa and Jennifer were #1 in every single state (Jennifer for several years). As I said earlier, while I wasn't surprised by the stats, I was rather amazed to see the trajectory of a name's popularity shoot across the country.
ETA that I read once that after the 1990 US Census, Jennifer was officially added to the list of top 10 female names. That's A LOT of Jennifers born since the 60s, 70s and 80s!
ETA that I read once that after the 1990 US Census, Jennifer was officially added to the list of top 10 female names. That's A LOT of Jennifers born since the 60s, 70s and 80s!
This message was edited 4/24/2014, 7:42 AM
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I'm just happy to say that Madison was never the number one name in my beloved home state of New Jersey.
As popular as Jennifer was, I haven't known many of them. Three, but one was in my high school class and she was named about ten years before Jennifer took off. One was a childhood friend of my daughter's and the third is the daughter of friends, who was born in 1984. A baby being named Jennifer in 1984 elicited a huge eye-roll from me.
As popular as Jennifer was, I haven't known many of them. Three, but one was in my high school class and she was named about ten years before Jennifer took off. One was a childhood friend of my daughter's and the third is the daughter of friends, who was born in 1984. A baby being named Jennifer in 1984 elicited a huge eye-roll from me.
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And to think Jennifer was a Cornish hick name before the twentieth century, that hardly anybody had heard of. My mother was at school with three of them in the UK in the 1960s but the rise of the name in America is astonishing. I wonder whether Jennifer Jones was to "blame"?
I fail to see the appeal of Jennifer. I actually despise it for its mega-stardom when so many prettier names remain by the wayside.
I know an 11-year-old Jennifer and am surprised her parents chose it given its over-exposure earlier.
I fail to see the appeal of Jennifer. I actually despise it for its mega-stardom when so many prettier names remain by the wayside.
I know an 11-year-old Jennifer and am surprised her parents chose it given its over-exposure earlier.
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