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...yeah, I was telling you I get that similar sense of time from Willow (along with all the other impressions). I don't think it's true we have similar exposure levels, or that everyone would, or that everyone would make such a distinction between it and Willa. But I assume my sense is at least vaguely like the sense you said you get from Willa (or possibly Ivy? Ivy wasn't that popular until recently, but it's been around long enough that it seems like it could be someone's great-grandmother to me).

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I'm getting the knowledge of Willow having been in use, plus the spelling variations that include it, from census records and cemeteries, but beyond that, it just doesn't sound new to me. I don't really have a reason to believe I'm alone in that, considering the records do exist.

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I have no idea how many times a name had to be used to chart in any given year (I'd think thousands of times over decades might not cut it?) and also no idea how many names that have charted don't have a page/rank listed on BtN specifically (I have come across some from the SSA charts that aren't on BtN; not often, but it happens).

This message was edited 8/31/2023, 6:42 AM