# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Thirty-Nine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Thirty-Nine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirty-Nine)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/41 "2005-03-10T19:44:44Z")
> [@Podkayne](#): > > My name only shows up as a boy’s name. :mad: Stupid boys, taking my name. > > It’s amusing to go through the alphabet just to see which first letters are popular. F’s are in a real slump, but I’m bullish on vowels! > > 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. The ‘strange’ letters (Q, X and Z) are also soaring in popularity. These trends are very interesting - it appears the the vowels have an 100 year popularity cycle! ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/42 "2005-03-10T20:14:57Z")
My name has never hit the top 1000. Which doesn’t suprise me too much, since my name is pretty unusual. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/43 "2005-03-11T06:01:21Z")
I found a number of amusing little tidbits on that site: - Frank was once a semi-popular girls name - during the 80’s there was a sudden spike in the number of girls named Griselda. - Ike was popular up until the 1920’s, disappeared in the 30’s, then came back with a vengeance in the 40’s and 50’s. - Grover had disappeared by the 70’s - Apparently, in the 50’s a number of parents were naming their sons Rock. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/44 "2005-03-11T06:15:39Z")
- Xander went from unknown in the 90’s to #237 in 2003 - Madison went from unknown in the 70’s to rare in the 80’s to #3 in 2003 - Darwin has had a steady following over the 20th century - Several men were named Barbara in the 30’s - A growing number of parents are naming their daughters Nyah ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldGrue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@EmeraldGrue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmeraldGrue)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/45 "2005-03-11T14:37:28Z")
Oh yippee, my name peaked at 45 in the 1980’s and plummeted from there. So much for escaping trends. Well, it could’ve been worse…could’ve been Allison. (Interestingly enough, nowadays _Allyson_’s more popular. :wince:) ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/46 "2005-03-11T15:23:41Z")
HA! My name is not found at any time, any where! But if you parse my name, the first part ranked 5th in the 50’s (damn Everly Brothers!) and the second part is not found at any time anywhere. LilMiss’s name was of the chart in the 1900’s, but is back to over 500/million in 2003. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/47 "2005-03-11T16:05:54Z")
My name was not that popular till the 40’s and 50’s when it jumped from around 300 to 11. It was still 11 in the sixties when I was born. (Steven) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/48 "2005-03-11T16:14:18Z")
Look at Juliet. In the 70’s it was 667 and in te 90’s it 799 but in the 80’s it wasn’t in the top 1000. I wonder why it dropped so far for that one decade. I imagine the R+J movie gave it a boost. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/49 "2005-03-11T17:06:57Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Myrtle, Ethel, and Dorothy, on the other hand, appear to have nosedived. Yeah, but they all lasted longer than Myrtis, Myrtice, and Myrtie. [sub]Can you imagine being named _Myrtie_?![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/50 "2005-03-11T17:28:35Z")
Hmm, everything old is new again it seems. Except what the ex wants to name LilMiss were she to be a male child. Dag is nowhere on the list. Looking at other names we wanted to name her- Sophia? In 1910 it was #109, zipped out during the 60’s and 70’s, is now back to #151 in 2003. Magdalene? Has dropped off the charts since the 40’s Ruby? #24 in the 1910’s, quickly dropped to a low level, now back to #197 If she were a boy I wanted to name her Malachi. From nada to #195 in less than 25 years (1980 - 2003). Jedediah? After a huge peak in the 80’s (#859) has disappeared again. Samuel? Hugely popular. Then again, there _are_ THREE Samuel’s in her classroom. Along with three Caitlyn/Kaitlyn/Katelynn’s and three Ashley/Ashleigh/Ashleigh’s. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/51 "2005-03-11T17:35:14Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Way too cool. Just sent it to two work groups; will send it to another batch of people when I got home. > > My name peaked in popularity (#8!!!) about 15 years before I was born. What does that tell you about my parents and their ability to ride the crest of a cultural wave? 😉 HAH! My name peaked in the 30’s. Thirty years before I was born. I have been anachronistic name-wise for nearly 60 years. w00t! What my parents lacked in cultural coolness they made up for in absolutely no originality. YAY! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/52 "2005-03-11T17:42:31Z")
Ooooooooooooh! My middle name peaked a century ago before it started swirling down the toilet until it disappeared off the charts completely 25 years ago. I’m thinking of changing my name. To Eulalie McKechnie Sheehan. ---
**Author:** ![meowpossum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@meowpossum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meowpossum)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/53 "2005-03-11T19:50:19Z")
Well, after a good long run in the #1 spot, my name started sinking like a stone in the 1960’s. What blows my mind, though, is that “Mary” also shows up as a boys’ name – in the 1930’s, it ranked #335, ahead of “Kent,” “Abraham,” “Adam,” “Simon,” “Scott,” and others. Th’ heck? Does anybody out there have an Uncle Mary or Grandpa Mary? ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/54 "2005-03-11T19:55:03Z")
> [@meowpossum](#): > > Well, after a good long run in the #1 spot, my name started sinking like a stone in the 1960’s. What blows my mind, though, is that “Mary” also shows up as a boys’ name – in the 1930’s, it ranked #335, ahead of “Kent,” “Abraham,” “Adam,” “Simon,” “Scott,” and others. Th’ heck? Does anybody out there have an Uncle Mary or Grandpa Mary? Well, my great-aunt was married to a crazy guy. No, his name wasn’t Mary. But they did have a stillborn son who he insisted on naming Mary. My great-aunt and her husband divorced shortly after this. I put flowers on Mary’s grave every Memorial Day. Oh, and **Shirley** , I think Eulalie is a lovely name. Suits you perfectly! ---
**Author:** ![Corii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Corii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corii)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/55 "2005-03-11T20:18:57Z")
Wow, my name peaked in the 1960s then proceeded to drop like a rock. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/56 "2005-03-11T21:43:34Z")
I peaked at #8 in the 40’s, at #36 now. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/57 "2005-03-11T21:57:54Z")
I’ve always contended I have an old-lady name. Now I have proof. My name peaked in the 20s and has been on a steady decline ever since. In the 20s it was number 58. In the 70s, when I was born, it was number 280. Now, I think they just commit you to an insane asylum if you name your child my name. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/58 "2005-03-12T02:27:21Z")
Wow, I had the second most popular name in the 1970’s! And this just proved a theory of mine. My theory is that no one ever names their kid Ethel anymore and that everyone you meet named Ethel is gonna be really old. Type in Ethel and check it out! ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/59 "2005-03-12T02:27:54Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Look at Juliet. > > In the 70’s it was 667 and in te 90’s it 799 but in the 80’s it wasn’t in the top 1000. I wonder why it dropped so far for that one decade. I imagine the R+J movie gave it a boost. It’s also interesting to look at Julia vs Julie. Julia’s always been fairly popular, but dropped off from the 40s to the 70s. At the same time, Julie came more or less out of nowhere, hitting the top 20 in the 60s and 70s. Now the popularity of Julie has gone down, while Julia has come back (#33 in 2003). At least I know why, as a Julia born in the 70s, I could only ever find personalized stuff with “Julie” on it, back when I was interested in that kind of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![violacrane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c57346/32.png) [@violacrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/violacrane)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683/60 "2005-03-12T02:51:17Z")
Cool site. I know a 97 year old called grace, her name is now coming back in. My Mum had a very unusual name beginning with Z, in the US it dropped off the chart a decade before she was born. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-tracker/293683.md?page=4)