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I was wondering how the popularity ratings translate into how many times a name can be expected to appear per a certain number of births. For example, if we name our son Dylan (current rank 24), how many other Dylans will there be in a group of 100 or 1000 children born in the same year. We like the name Dylan, but we don't want there to be 3 other children in his class with the same name as he's growing up. I (John) and my wife (Jennifer) both had the experience of there always being several kids with the same name as ours in each class.