Board 8 > Why do the most popular baby names sound like they are from The Regency?

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Yesmar_
12/13/21 12:13:54 AM
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https://www.babycenter.com/baby-names/most-popular/top-baby-names

Girls:

1. Olivia
2. Emma
3. Amelia
4. Ava
5. Sophia
6. Charlotte
7. Isabella
8. Mia
9. Luna
10. Harper

Boys:

1 Liam
2 Noah
3 Oliver
4 Elijah
5 Lucas
6 Levi
7 Mason
8 Asher
9 James
10 Ethan

The female names sound like the main characters in a comedy of manners, and the male names sound like a sexy, conflicted priest from a Romantic novel.

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banananor
12/13/21 12:45:34 AM
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it makes sense- baby name popularity historically trickles down from the upper classes down to the lower ones

so they'll always sound a little classy for the time

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MarkS222222222222222
12/13/21 2:20:30 AM
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Asher will never not sound dumb

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Kenri
12/13/21 2:29:34 AM
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MarkS222222222222222 posted...
Asher will never not sound dumb
Could be worse.

Could be Zebulun.

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Alanna82
12/13/21 10:35:12 AM
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I know someone with a son named Asher.

Its a very religious family and the other sons are Samuel, Isaac, Levi and Jonah.

I also knew a guy named Zeb. I think it was short for Zebulun.

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ShatteredElysium
12/13/21 11:08:28 AM
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Oh hey, boys names 1 and 2 are the same as 2 of my brothers but neither are babies (1 is 37 and the other 16). My niece is 3 on the list.

I guess my name and my other brothers name are fairly close to 4 and 5 but not really (Luke and Ellis). Looks like Luke is 32 on the list but Ellis isn't there. Neither of my sisters are on the list.
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_stingers_
12/13/21 11:21:11 AM
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I'm game to name my kid Dinah

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pjbasis
12/13/21 12:42:16 PM
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Michael and Peter too biblical these days

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Uglyface2
12/13/21 12:48:46 PM
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I have two nieces and two nephews with names on those lists, right down to the spelling.
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Kenri
12/13/21 12:52:06 PM
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Alanna82 posted...
I also knew a guy named Zeb. I think it was short for Zebulun.
I knew I should have gone with Naphtali for my joke, I had a feeling there were a couple Zebuluns out there.

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Ngamer64
12/13/21 2:29:42 PM
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Names are cyclical, the top of the charts are always going to sound like preppy white kids in the moment, but 20ish years from now everyone will have those names so they'll sink back to sounding trashy and common.

As an experiment, lets check the top 10 girl names of 1996.

Emily
Jessica
Ashley
Sarah
Samantha
Taylor
Hannah
Alexis
Rachel
Elizabeth

Pretty boring now, right? Well in the mid-90s they were the bleeding edge of pure class.


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Leonhart4
12/13/21 2:32:10 PM
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Kenri posted...
Could be worse.

Could be Zebulun.

Or Issachar

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Brayze_II
12/13/21 6:08:48 PM
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Oliver is the sort of name you give to a dink

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LeonhartFour
12/13/21 7:14:59 PM
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Wow, Mia, Maya, Miles, and Adrian all in the top 100

the Ace Attorney effect

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