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Re: That's AWESOME
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.
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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.
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