baby names through history

caution: i just wasted an hour at this site
baby name wizard

its pretty self-explanatory, it is aninteractive graph of the popularity of baby names over teh past century

hard to believe "Saul" is at the peak of its popularity

(sorry if this link has been posted before, i did a quick search)

I have had my baby names picked out since I was 8. But they always change. But the theme usually stays the same. Anti-80's names like Jennifer, Heather, Jessica, and Stacy or Tiffany, and Pro-classic names like Elizabeth, Charlotte, Constance, Anastasia, and love names like Ruby, Violet, Iris, Eliza, and Claire. For boys it's about the same. Dislike Michael and Christopher, LOVE Harry, Jack, Ethan, Finn, Max, Henry, and Jake.

I'm a "the 4th". So If I ever have a male child, I'm going to call him "Five" for short.

I think I got it from a Seinfeld episode.....

hahaha My name isn't even on the charts after the 90's. My name sucks.

But you are super hot so that makes up for it, wouldn't you think?

my name peaked in the 70's. i know tons of people my age that have the same name.

Mine went absolutely insanely high during the 70s and 80s and hasn't really come down that much. Big shock. I was always one of at least two or three others in every class throughout grade school and high school.

I love my name, though.

Adam hit it's peak in the 80's coming in at #22 went into a step decline after that. still declining now, but not so badly ranking in at #60. Was rarely used in the 40 's and 50's though, ranking in the #400's

Jesus is currently at it's peak as well coming in at #67

[Edited on Mar 09, 2005 by BurningLeviathan]

i peaked in the 1900's, and can't be seen after the 90's.

i rock.

I peaked in the 80's. Probably is why I graduated with 20342thousand Jessica's.

Ben is at the HEIGHT of popularity right now.

I've only met like 2 bens...

John: #17 currently. But it's John ferfuckssake. It's not going anywhere.

Stalin really pushed up "Josef" for a period

I peaked in the 60's... now I'm lowly 18th.

Bryan: Peaked at #51 in the 80's, currently #63. Damn, I'm one average motherfucker...

Jacob = #1? Huh.

My name was 117 in the 90's and is 214 in 2003.

I want it to be less popular. Don't name your children Ariel :p

my favorites are little used golden oldies like:
barabas. pontius, tutankamen, euripedes.....

i am surprised how the names john, paul, matthew have fallen out of favor by 2003, but luke has sky-risen

ringo never made it

ivy and ivory used to be boys names

emily = #24 in the 80s when i was born. now it's number one. and to think my parents named me this because they thought it would be uncommon...

James had a good run, but the 90's were bad for us. Dropped out of the top ten...

I find the graph for "Fidel" interesting.

since you mentioned josef, how's adolf doing these days?