it isn't me ...
in reply to a message by queenv
Who determines what's popular in the real world, on real kids. The SSA has the data, and the UK and other countries collect and publish their own data, and the top twenties for each country are very different from the one for BTN.
"It's one thing to be open-minded and quite another to be so open-minded your brains fall out."--Dear Abby
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"It's one thing to be open-minded and quite another to be so open-minded your brains fall out."--Dear Abby
"Let other people push you around, and you deserve whatever bad things happen after that."--Lauren Bacall
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You do this each year and eaxh year Rachel Shaina clearly shows how the the names are rising.
It's ridiculous
It's ridiculous
It is true that the names we like tend to be up-and-coming, sort of pushing fashion ahead of them.
I'm not sure what your point is. I didn't say it was you. Obviously the SSA list, and whatever means the other countries use, are indicators of the taste of the general public. You pointed out the difference, and I gave what I think is the reason for it.