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The long tail of baby names

Posted on May 11th, 2008

Parade magazine today reports on the top ten names for baby boys and girls this year:

Jacob

Emily

Michael

Isabella

Ethan

Emma

Joshua

Ava

Daniel

Madison

Christopher

Sophia

Anthony

Olivia

William

Abigail

Matthew

Hannah

Andrew

Elizabeth

Ok, but I seem to meet more and more kids with one-off names. Isn’t the long tail of names getting longer every year?

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4 Responses to “The long tail of baby names”

  1. Andy Weinberger, on May 12th, 2008 at 7:35 am Said:

    Hey, I’m finally in the top ten of something! And our grandmother Emma has made a comeback. It is a name I have been fond of anyway.

    Andy

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  3. AKMA, on May 12th, 2008 at 12:22 pm Said:

    What, no “David” or “AKMA”?

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  5. Andy Weinberger, on May 12th, 2008 at 1:17 pm Said:

    Actually, I’m surprised about “David,” as someone yesterday said it is always in the top ten (before I saw this list). Well, if AKMA were spelled Akma it would probably be found high up in the list.

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  7. miles, on May 12th, 2008 at 2:10 pm Said:

    I took a digital history class where we used the baby name wizard (at http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager) to track historical trends. For example, you can see changes in immigration trends by comparing results for Mary with results for Maria. Maybe the one-offs signal an important change that we’ll be able to pinpoint 50 years from now.

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