A while ago, when Wolfram Alpha came out in a buzz, I discovered the fun of searching names in it. Annoyingly it seems to be USA based, but it is fascinating to see popularity graphed over the last century. I was born almost at the peak of ‘Jessica’, which explains why I have always had to compete against other Jessicas in my peer groups. Diana peaks around the year my mum was born, and then has a secondary peak in the early 80’s, due to the royal wedding.Related interesting name searches are the Regency Encyclopedia (via Austenblog for the password) and the recent NSW statistics.
Hey, that's relevant for me too!
ReplyDeleteMy name peaked more than 100 years ago! Most Elsies are aged 83.
ReplyDeleteI love my name :)
Lol. Georgina peaked in the late 1970's, which explains why I typically meet Georgina's slightly younger than me.
ReplyDeletemy name won't peak at all, infact they didn't even recognise it...perhaps i was doing it wrong but as far as i can tell there was no peak for "chlotaire"
ReplyDeleteI reckon it's worth missing out on a graph, just to have an unusual and interesting name!
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