# Have you ever met a man over the age of 50 with one of the following names? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 31, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612 "2017-12-31T03:51:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/21 "2017-12-31T16:26:26Z")
I’ve met a Kyle who is exactly 50 this year. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/22 "2017-12-31T17:57:07Z")
I’m in that age group, and can’t really think of any, other than the famous examples. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/23 "2017-12-31T18:49:44Z")
> [@Jacquernagy](#): > > Zach > Tyler > Adam > Chad > Ryan > Evan > Josh > Chase > Kyle > Justin > Dustin Chad Everett, Adam West, Justin Hayward… ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/24 "2017-12-31T19:34:19Z")
> [@Jacquernagy](#): > > Zach > Tyler > Adam > Chad > Ryan > Evan > Josh > Chase > Kyle > Justin > Dustin At least six of the above. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/25 "2017-12-31T19:38:14Z")
I know a Justin in his 50s. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/26 "2017-12-31T20:09:44Z")
My old drinking buddy Zach Tyler Adam Chad Ryan Evan Josh Chase Kyle Justin Dustin Smith. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/27 "2017-12-31T20:16:01Z")
My grandpa was named Justin. He was born in the nineteen teens. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/28 "2017-12-31T21:15:48Z")
For the United States … the Social Security Administration [tracks baby names](https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/decades/) by popularity per decade … an interesting resource for questions like this … ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/29 "2017-12-31T21:21:21Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Actor Kyle MacLachlan is closing on 60, and Clint Eastwood’s son Kyle will be 50 in mid-May. And you have _met_ both of these people? (Cf. the thread title.) Of the names on the list, I only remember knowing some Adams back in the day and they’d all be 50 now. But I don’t remember meeting men with those names who were over 50 at the time I met them. “Remember” is the key word here. I’m not good with names. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/30 "2017-12-31T21:29:53Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Contemporary names for my generation where I grew up are fairly boring, standard ones, though falling out of favour now. David, Andrew, Gregory, Stephen, Mark, Tony, Robert, Martin, that kind of thing. I realize this thread is about male names…but I’m 60, and whenever I go to one of my high school reunions, I notice that most of my female classmates have names with **two syllables and five letters** : Karen, Tracy, Laura, Susan, Linda, Julie, Nancy, Carol, Diane… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/31 "2017-12-31T21:32:35Z")
How would I know how old they were? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/32 "2017-12-31T22:13:46Z")
> [@Jacquernagy](#): > > Zach > Tyler > Adam > Chad > Ryan > Evan > Josh > Chase > Kyle > Justin > Dustin I had a neighbor “Zachariah” who went by “Zach” does that count? He would be about 90 by now. And went to kindergarten with a “Tyler” who if he isn’t 50 yet will be in the next few months. In fact, yes, all of those. I dated a Chad who would be 52 now. There are Adams all over the place, and every 30-year-old bachelor in the 70’s was called “Dusty” for short. The only one I might have to say “no” to is “Chase” because every Chase I’ve known was a Junior, and called that to differentiate him from a father called Chuck or Charles. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/33 "2017-12-31T22:53:33Z")
Yes on Justin, Kyle, and Josh. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/34 "2017-12-31T23:25:29Z")
Justin - now age 66. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/35 "2017-12-31T23:38:02Z")
One of my best friends growing up is named Kyle. We will be 51 this year. Another friend had a sister named Kyle who is probably 55. Kyle Rote was a NY Giant and a pretty well known name in the area. His son Kyle Rote Jr was one of the best known soccer players in the US when we all started playing. The name didn’t seem unusual. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/36 "2017-12-31T23:49:40Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Moshe (Moses) and Mordecai are very popular Israeli names. Not for people under 50. They’re considered very old-fashioned. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/37 "2017-12-31T23:58:54Z")
I’m a Kyle, and I’m over 50. I’ve known people my age with all those names, except maybe “Chase”. “Adam”? When the hell has “Adam” ever been an unusual name? ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/38 "2018-01-01T00:08:40Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > “Adam”? When the hell has “Adam” ever been an unusual name? I’m 31. Throughout my life I have never met anyone named Adam who was my parents’ age or older. It’s _very_ common in _my_ generation, but seems to be very rare in previous ones, at least in the 20th century. (It may have been far more common in earlier centuries.) The only older Adams I can even think of off the top of my head are Adam West (now deceased) and Adam Baldwin. Oh, and Adam Clayton Powell, who I’ve read about in the context of the Civil Rights movement. I have never MET anyone my parents’ age who was named Adam. And I have met a hell of a lot of people in my life. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/39 "2018-01-01T00:18:06Z")
As for Adam, I’m 42, and one of my dad’s good friends was Adam. Looking at my Facebook friends, I personally known 5 Adams, two are over 50, one is exactly my age, and two are about five years younger than me. There may be more I’m not thinking of, but that makes half the Adams I know 50 or over. It’s never occurred to me to be an 80s name or anything like that. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612/40 "2018-01-01T00:22:11Z")
That said, at least in the US, the OP’s observations about Adam [does appear to reflect reality in the US](http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager#prefix=adam&sw=both&exact=false). And, come to think of it, the three Adams I know that are older were all born outside the US. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-met-a-man-over-the-age-of-50-with-one-of-the-following-names/805612.md?page=3)