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Re: How often do you hear these names?

by snapdsragon (guest)

11/15/2023, 3:28 PM

They just seem to be more common around here. Like in DC I remember lots of Sofias/Sophias, Oscars, and Charlies - not so much here.

Perhaps it's just different age groups. My niece, Sophie, is 17 now - she was a 2/3 when I moved. Now I"m aorund kids my daughter's age - she's 10.

Re: Maren
Maren, Ingrid, Annika, Siri, Haakon, Sven, Soren, and Leif - are all pretty common around here. A lot of people like to honor their Scandinavian.

Anyway, I compared DC's top 100 to ND and there are some big differences:
DC:
https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/namesbystate.cgi

ND:
https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/namesbystate.cgi

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- Dracotorix +2

11/16/2023, 7:00 PM

I've never met an Oscar! I assumed that name never recovered from Oscar the Grouch

- snapdragon (guest)

11/17/2023, 6:18 AM

When I left DC - about 16 years ago - Oskar/Oscar was a bit trendy.

I know my daughter has a classmate named Oscar as well. He - along with Haakon, Estelle, and Braxton - is a troublemaker.

- Pickles (C.M.S.)

11/16/2023, 7:03 PM

My dad's best friend was Oscar, but he passed a few years ago.

- Pickles (C.M.S.) +1

11/15/2023, 4:27 PM

According to the SSA site, Caleb, Ava, Nora, Audrey, and Riley are all in the top 100 for my home state.

We tend to have more Hispanic names in our popularity charts out here. Don't hear too many Scandinavian names, but they are certainly not unheard of.

This message was edited 11/15/2023, 4:32 PM

- snapdragon (guest)

11/16/2023, 1:46 AM

I noticed names that seemed to belong to black culture on the DC list, not so much ND. I'd be really interested in comparing Fargo's lists with the rest of ND. We're as close to a multicultural city as you get in ND, and we have a growing immigrant population We also have a growing Orthodox Jewish community (apparently Fargo had one before, about 100 years ago.)

I might see if I can get a peek at the class lists of my nieces and nephews.

Years ago I read that the midwest tends to follow popular naming trends, New England/Mid Alantic tends to stick to classic names, and nature-inspired names are more common in the mountain states. And Southern US follows its own rules.

- Olwen (Likeyeahwhatev) +1

11/15/2023, 4:12 PM

I’m in the twin cities where there’s similar Scandinavian influence and have never met a Maren. Lots of Ingrids, Annikas, Leifs etc but never a Maren. I’m not around a ton of kids however, so maybe it’s gotten more common and I’m just not aware.

- snapdragon (guest)

11/16/2023, 1:36 AM

Weird. It seems pretty common around here.

But it also seems that ND goes for the really odd ones - like Haakon & Inga.

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