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Re: 1940s names
Apparently Jennifer got popular in the UK via a George Bernard Shaw play in 1906, so maybe that's why it never took off here on the back of the US's giant wave of Jennifers in the 70s; too many old ones around. Both Jennifer and Heather were top 100 in the 1930s, & there were Heathers here in 1838.
I was just looking at the US 1944 charts though & Karen and Donna are in there - the US was at least a decade ahead of us with Karen, & Donna didn't chart here till the 60s. Strange how these things work!
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