I’m in America, and our name stats inspired their own thread recently. To be even more specific, in the town where I’m from, we seem to have a surplus of Dylans and Tylers. (My youngest brother, almost 12, is one of them, and after giving their other two sons such rare names, my parents kind of regret accidentally choosing a popular name.) Perhaps we can trade a few Dylans and Tylers for some Madisons and MacKenzies.
We also have an overwhelming number of Taylors, Tylers, Dylans, Madisons, etc. I definitely think Norway parents have better taste! flodnak, are the names you listed mostly traditional Norwegian names, or do parents there get caught up in what’s popular or “unique” (I put that in quotes for a reason) at the time?
According to the Social Security database, the most popular names in my state in 2003 were
boys: Jacob, Andrew, Micheal, Ethan, Joshua girls: Emma, Madison, Emily, Olivia, and Hannah.
My own name had a brief surge of popularity in the early 90’s that saw it shoot into the top 1000 for the first time ever. It has since dropped back off and I am now officially “odd” again.
59 girls named Georgia, and 8 Jorja’s born to lumpenproles who can’t spell.
How many Matrix names? 5 boys named Zion, 39 girls named Trinity. No Mr. AnderSON! 's