Posted on 06/07/2025 10:37:26 AM PDT by Duke C.
In the early 20th century George was one of the most common male names---it's now at #138.
For a while in the 1970s Jennifer and Michelle were very popular girls' names. Michelle is now at #185 and Jennifer is not in the top 200.
One distorting factor is that some names have alternate spellings like Katherine and Catherine, and the list has each version separately.
I don’t remember ever having a classmate in grade school with any of 2024’s top ten girls’ names. Of the boys’ names only James and William.
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