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Help[Opinions] Re: Names you associate with a particular generation
in reply to a message by BlakeIsHereStudios
My mom's not a boomer and she's a Patricia (b. 1939), so I think of Patty as older than a boomer. I've never met a boomer Patty.
To me, anyway:
the most stereotypical boomer names are Linda and Jim (James).
Gen X is Amy and Chris (Christopher).
After that it gets a bit more vague, since the time periods called "generations" get shorter and shorter, and so do name trends.
But just making something up -
My stereotype Millennials are Sarah and Matt (Matthew).
Gen Z would be Emma and Mason (or Ethan if you like).
Alpha would be Olivia and Liam.
I think of Sean as Gen X, but not as stereotypical because it bleeds into the millennials.
Noah seems steadily very popular for too long to be associated with Alpha in particular, for me. Amazing that it's still so popular.
I feel like Jessica straddles X/Y and Emily straddles Y/Z.
Brian and Ryan could also represent X and Y to me.
- mirfak
To me, anyway:
the most stereotypical boomer names are Linda and Jim (James).
Gen X is Amy and Chris (Christopher).
After that it gets a bit more vague, since the time periods called "generations" get shorter and shorter, and so do name trends.
But just making something up -
My stereotype Millennials are Sarah and Matt (Matthew).
Gen Z would be Emma and Mason (or Ethan if you like).
Alpha would be Olivia and Liam.
I think of Sean as Gen X, but not as stereotypical because it bleeds into the millennials.
Noah seems steadily very popular for too long to be associated with Alpha in particular, for me. Amazing that it's still so popular.
I feel like Jessica straddles X/Y and Emily straddles Y/Z.
Brian and Ryan could also represent X and Y to me.
- mirfak
This message was edited 11/12/2024, 11:28 AM
