Posted on 05/09/2014 11:45:29 AM PDT by windcliff
(CNN) -- Michael and Jacob, your reign has ended.
In 2013, for the first time since 1960, a new name unseated Michael or Jacob as the most popular for newborn boys. That's according to the Social Security Administration, which releases the list of most popular baby names each year.
American parents want unique baby names The new king's name? Noah.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
I always thought the most popular name (especially when I was a kid) was Damn-it ... at least that was what I was called.
I didn’t know my real name till I was 10.
I coached a little league team in the mid 80s. 12 players including the bench and 7 players were named Jason.
I coached a little league team in the mid 80s. 12 players including the bench and 7 players were named Jason.
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there was a mid eighties new Yorker cartoon of a teacher and class and the caption was :
Jason, Jennifer, Jennifer, Jason, Jason, Jason, Jennifer, Jennifer, Jason, Jason, Jason, Jennifer, Jennifer, Jason, Jason, Jason, Jennifer, Jennifer, Jason, Jason, Mrs Bennet.
Oops. That should be ssa.gov. The link’s right though.
I resemble that post.
Scott here, I had a best friend named Scott and another good friend named Scott that also shared my birthday. There were plenty more, but the three of us lived within 20 houses of each other.
Now, my daughters naming happened just before an extremely popular TV show and many thought she was named for a main character. The truth is, My daughter was born 4 weeks early and my wife and I had only got to the “R’s” in the book of baby names.
Thanks for the link.
Wife and I are Mary - James
Hence the most common names of our decade
José is easy to type.
ALT+130
There was a cartoon in the New Yorker around 1980. It was a Kindergarten photo, and the caption was:
Scott, Scott, Jennifer, Jennifer, Scott, Jennifer, Scott, Jennifer, Scott, Scott, Jennifer, Mrs. Sadie Greenbaum, Jennifer, Jennifer, Scott, Jennifer, Scott, Scott, Jennifer, Jennifer, Scott, Scott, Jennifer.
The song “Linda” was written in 1948 by Linda McCartney’s father. I don’t remember her maiden name.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Linda” is a popular song. It was written by Jack Lawrence, and published in 1946.
The song was actually written in 1942 when Lawrence was in the service during World War II, taking its name from the then one-year-old daughter of his attorney, Lee Eastman. (His daughter was Linda Eastman, future first wife of the Beatle Paul McCartney.)[1]
Who are you going to believe? Me? Or that left-wing Wikipedia?
>>Linda - Buddy Clark & Ray Noble (a #1 record)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRZeA8n0LXM
>>Linda - Charlie Spivak (Tommy Mercer, vocal)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_AjYNF_3mk
There was another “Linda,” in 1932.
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