# Name tracker **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 9, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683 "2005-03-09T16:41:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/21 "2005-03-09T22:15:38Z")
I peaked in the 40s at 63, bottomed out in the 80s at 294. In the 70s, when I was born, my name was at 204. Mr. m has a pretty common name, though. His low point was 410 in the 10s, and he peaked at 21 in the 80s. He was born in the 60s, when his name was at 27. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/22 "2005-03-09T22:19:43Z")
Wow. Good writer’s resource. Want names for minor characters born in the thirties - bam! My grandmother would be pleased to see that the popularity of her name has increased in the last two decades. She lobbied to get me named after her without success. Myrtle, Ethel, and Dorothy, on the other hand, appear to have nosedived. ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/23 "2005-03-09T22:28:06Z")
> [@Podkayne](#): > > And which names are consistant performers? It’s easy to find Hispanic names whose curves are pretty flat: Manuel, Maria, Jose. Other than that, I’m not having much luck. Elizabeth is pretty consistent, though it isn’t my name. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/24 "2005-03-09T22:38:59Z")
Cool site. My name peaked in the 1900s at 87(I was born in the 50s). 1920s - 122 1930s - 133 1940s - 224 1950s - 293 1960s - 346 1970s - 448 1980s - 715 1990s - Not in top 1000 ☹ But I predict a comeback! Excuse me, I need to go look for everyone else’s name now. ::wanders away:: GT ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/25 "2005-03-09T22:55:09Z")
Hmm, there seems to be a mistake in Margaret. When it’s third, the point is lower down than it is when it is fourth. Try it and see what I mean. Strange. My name, Lynn, peaked in the 50’s at 67. This site’s great! ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/26 "2005-03-09T22:56:10Z")
Adolf seems to have declined in popularity ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/27 "2005-03-09T22:58:42Z")
Wait, never mind. :smack: I just realised that it’s graphed by actual number of names, and not by its position. _slinks away_ ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/28 "2005-03-09T23:30:35Z")
The year I was born, my name was at an all time high! #17 in the world! I am unique. I am special. I am unique. I am special … ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/29 "2005-03-09T23:34:20Z")
> [@Keapon Laffin](#): > > The year I was born, my name was at an all time high! > #17 in the world! > > I am unique. I am special. I am unique. I am special … #17 in the US, actually. The database is derived from public social security records or some such (so says the FAQ on the main page). “I am so smart, I am so smart, S-M-R-T…!” -Homer Simpson 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/30 "2005-03-10T00:42:22Z")
My name has never been lower than 13th! My son’s highest ranking is 325th, and that was after an enormous climb in 2003 Neither of my daughters even show up. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/31 "2005-03-10T01:43:07Z")
My name didn’t appear in the top 1000 till the 1950s, exploded into the top 50 during the 70s, and is just about ready to fall back off the chart again. Translation: just about everybody with my name is also my age. Could be worse. Could be Jennifer. 2% of ALL GIRLS IN THE US born in the 70s were named Jennifer. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/32 "2005-03-10T01:51:40Z")
Also, all the spelling variants of my name peaked at the same time. Some of the variants HAVE fallen off the chart. This is truly a 70s name. ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/33 "2005-03-10T05:07:43Z")
My name was very popular in the 1900’s; today it’s not even in the top 1000. Makes sense considering I’m named after a woman who was born in the 1880’s. (I just wish people would quit _assuming_ that my name is short for a longer, EXTREMELY-popular-in-the-70s-yet-very-unpretty girl’s name.) My daughter’s name is in its heyday now, in the top 100 but in the bottom half so that’s ok. Our (shared) middle name has never left the top 25 in the past 100 years. Bible names seem to be making a big comeback. Lots of Elijahs, Elishas, Jeremiahs, Rachels, Hannahs, Isaiahs, Israels, and Josiahs running around. ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/34 "2005-03-10T06:18:15Z")
What a fantastic website! My name peaked in the 60’s, at 23rd. I’m a little confused about some of the graphs, though. I’ve noticed that sometimes one name is higher on the graph than another, even though it ranked lower. Take the Z names, for example. In 2003, ‘Zachary’ ranks 20th, and ‘Zachariah’ ranks 390th. On the graph, though, Zachariah is higher. Am I just not understanding something? Or maybe the graph isn’t rendering correctly on Firefox… Has anybody else noticed this? ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/35 "2005-03-10T06:26:57Z")
Oh, wait, I just figured it out. Duh. :smack: Still, I think the scale on the right is a little misleading. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/36 "2005-03-10T09:03:33Z")
I never realized that the popularity of Brian was such a recent thing. It wasn’t even in the top 1000 just a while back. What happened? My full first name doesn’t exist on their chart. The two halves of my name are each somewhere in the low-400’s. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/37 "2005-03-10T11:12:29Z")
My name (Laura), has just dropped out of the top 100 in the last decade: That’s a neat site! 1900’s: 50 1910’s:61 1920’s: 75 1930’s: 99 1940’s: 89 1950’s: 39 1960’s: 15 1970’s: 19 1980’s: 23 1990’s: 45 2000’s: 122 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/38 "2005-03-10T11:22:20Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Could be worse. Could be Jennifer. 2% of ALL GIRLS IN THE US born in the 70s were named Jennifer. Only in the US? For some reason, that name became enormously popular in many non-English countries starting in the late ‘70s (probably some TV show’s fault). Two of my dorm-mates in college were chosen to be their nieces’ godmothers and wanted to call the poor kids Jennifer. We saved them from the grisly fate by informing the godmoms-to-be that the Spanish version is Ginebra, which is also the Spanish word for gin. One got Karen (sigh) and the other Catalina (Katherine), called Lin. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/39 "2005-03-10T13:35:45Z")
Well, this particular site only tracks US use, and that’s what I’m going by. I didn’t know it was so popular elsewhere too. Yikes. What the hell sparked that? ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/40 "2005-03-10T13:43:21Z")
Woo-hoo!! I score a zero in every decade! I guess the Welsh-American community never was going to be big 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683.md?page=3)