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The end of the Karen? Fewer newborns were given the name in 2020 than any year since 1932 after it became an insult for white women who throw public fits
UK Daily Mail ^ | June 1, 2021 | Keith Griffith

Posted on 06/02/2021 5:01:20 AM PDT by C19fan

Fewer American babies were named 'Karen' last year than any year since 1932, after the name became a pejorative slur for white women who throw fits in public.

Data released by the Social Security Administration shows that last year, just 325 newborns were named Karen, which represents 0.019 percent of total female births in 2020.

Karen, which had already been declining in popularity for years, plunged from the 660th most popular female name to number 831, tying for the 13th sharpest decline among all female baby names.

The name Karen peaked in popularity in 1965, when 32,873 Karens were born, representing 1.799 percent of all female births.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: karen; names
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I wonder what has happened to Becky.
1 posted on 06/02/2021 5:01:20 AM PDT by C19fan
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My sister named Karen died in 1960 at age 8. My parents are gone now and wouldn’t have understood what they did to that name. My father visibly mourned till he died in ‘06.


2 posted on 06/02/2021 5:11:38 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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I recall when just about every other girl was named Linda. But that name is now rare among young people.


3 posted on 06/02/2021 5:16:21 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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I am kind of partial to Trixie, or Star or Crystal


4 posted on 06/02/2021 5:18:32 AM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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She went to prison.................


5 posted on 06/02/2021 5:22:13 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: C19fan

My wife is named Karen. Her birth was in before the peak, in 1964. :-)

She HATES the new “name shaming”.


6 posted on 06/02/2021 5:22:25 AM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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To: Fiji Hill

Girls in my class were named Deborah, Louise, Sheila, Linda, Margaret, Sherry, Beverly and Cathy...........Don’t hardly see those kinds of names anymore.................


7 posted on 06/02/2021 5:23:37 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: dsrtsage

And Stainless steel poles?.................


8 posted on 06/02/2021 5:24:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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Girls in my class were named Deborah, Louise, Sheila, Linda, Margaret, Sherry, Beverly and Cathy...........Don’t hardly see those kinds of names anymore.................

Whatever happened to Sally or Susan?


9 posted on 06/02/2021 5:26:25 AM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: C19fan
The name Karen peaked in popularity in 1965, when 32,873 Karens were born, representing 1.799 percent of all female births.

Makes sense as many of the women throwing fits in public over mask-wearing tend to be in their 50s.

10 posted on 06/02/2021 5:26:45 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (Give me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer)
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Names, I believe, are cyclical. Some go in and out of fashion. For a while, very few boys were called William, Robert, Andrew etc... but I’m hearing that name a lot more now. My Mom considered the name “Deborah” for me... my maternal Grandmother thought it was “new” and “sounded stupid”. What is old will become “new” again at some point.


11 posted on 06/02/2021 5:30:15 AM PDT by momtothree
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Imagine what would happen if the meme for people committing horrible acts of violence against Asians became LaQuisha or Dontrelle.

I bet no one would find that funny and it probably wouldn't make it into mainstream advertising as the Karen meme has. Just sayin'.

12 posted on 06/02/2021 5:33:01 AM PDT by ScubaDiver (Reddit refugee.)
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To: Fiji Hill

In 32 years of teaching I never taught a girl named Martha.


13 posted on 06/02/2021 5:37:00 AM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: Flick Lives

We had Susans but no Sallys...................


14 posted on 06/02/2021 5:37:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: mware

MARTHA!....................... SLOWLY I TURNED............. STEP BY STEP....................


15 posted on 06/02/2021 5:38:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: SomeCallMeTim

“She HATES the new “name shaming”.”

Spot on.

The use of Karen in name shaming is a racist practice from the 60/70s in the South, today that has been adopted by many in the white culture.

Blacks would label white women Karen, who they did not agree with. It is sad to see so many white folks to pick up this racists practice. I guess White Folks want to be politicly correct and accepted by the left now days.

You will see people label Karens on FR regularly now.


16 posted on 06/02/2021 5:39:41 AM PDT by DEPcom (Floyd died from being a drug addict. Drugs kill)
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To: C19fan

Not many boys named Adolf either.


17 posted on 06/02/2021 5:40:11 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: momtothree

“Deborah” is a Bible name!

Deborah was a Judge in ancient Israel BEFORE they had a KING!.......................


18 posted on 06/02/2021 5:40:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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I wonder what has happened to Becky.

Same thing that is happening to Meghan and Heather.

19 posted on 06/02/2021 5:42:26 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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One name I wish would come back into vogue is Nannette.


20 posted on 06/02/2021 5:43:46 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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