This video shows the most popular names given to girls between the years 1880 and 2020. The numbers are the averages for the past 10 years. Source: www.ssa.gov/
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@@chicago4life366 yis😁 I know a lot of Mary's. But I'm glad (even though I'm Catholic) that my parents didn't name me Elizabeth or Mary. Not that I think they're ugly names, it's just cuz they're so common. Although,my name is after a Catholic saint, saint Gianna Molla.
I'm actually really happy that in the early 1900s each of the top ten names were wayyyy more common than the top ten names are today. We went from Mary's 600k lead to Emma at less than 200k. That means we have way more diversity in names than before. As much as people fear giving their kids popular names because there could be 4 more Emma's in their class, at least their entire class isn't named Mary.
What parents don't seem to understand is that if you give your kid a rare name, it decreases their chances of being hired. People subconsciously think weird names must mean the person is weird and thus not a good fit for the job.
Well I’m sure that Mary is still one of the top names in devoutly Catholic cultures. Of course, the title of the video actually doesn’t mention in what country these are the most popular names but since the information came from the SSA it is obviously the USA. In any case, what I find interesting is that one of the most popular names in the 1880’s “Emma” has reemerged to become the most popular girl’s name of today. Thankfully however I don’t think there is much of a chance of Ethel or Bertha ever making a comeback.
I'm from China and because our names consist of 2-4 characters usually, there're hundreds of thousands of possible combinations. It rarely happens that two ppl have the same name. I'm 18 and have never known anyone with my name, and that's basically true for almost all my Chinese friends.
I am not from the US and I observed how many famous women are called Jennifer - Aniston, Lopez, Connelly, Hudson, Gardner, Lawrence, Coolidge, Grey and so on. It's no surprise for me that this name was at the top places at some moment.
*that moment when your own name pops up on the board and you don’t know if you should be happy because your name is popular or mad because your parents couldn’t find an original name*
Girl be happy you have a more common name. I have a name that literally no one else in the entire history of the U.S. has had. Which basically means I can be easily googled by first name alone. Great if you are a wanna be famous author or singer. Sucks if you want to just work a regular day job. And God forbid you work customer service and no one can pronounce your very unique name. Lol it's a mess. But I was named after a relative from another country who died, so it would insult my family if I changed it.
Everyone pronounces my name wrong :( It's a sort of rare name but not completely unheard of, quite a few people have it but just spelt a tiny bit differently and a few people have it spelt my way, and I mean...I wanna become an author so.....
@@Lapantouflemagic0 yeah, in arabic Mohammed, in turkish Muhammed or Mehmed, i do not know in pakistan how they use it there. And female name; Fatima in arabic, fatma in turkish, i do not know in pakistan how they use it as well. Pakistan is great. They have nuclear bombs. All our names would be same then. "ash" :3
I was born in 1992 and my middle name is Stephanie, 7th most popular girl’s name in ‘92. Just about every popular girl in school that I knew was a Jessica, Ashley, Sarah, or Amanda. Fast forward to 2018, my younger sister was born and her name is Mia which began to rise to popularity in 2017 (seemingly) out of nowhere. Very interesting.
if you consider alle the asian names, names like Jessica or Sarah would be like 1% cause there are so much more asians. this list stands only for the usa (from a european view)
I found this interesting! There is a famous singer Linda Yamamoto in Japan and I have just figred out why her name is Linda. She was born in 1951 and her American father named her Linda. I didn't know Linda had been such a popular name at that time!
I think it probably would have been if the statistics didn't account for different spellings, if it considered Katherine/Catherine/Kathryn all the same name. A few names never got as high as they seem like they should have been, just because they were divided among two or more popular spellings >looking at Sara(h)
Genuinely surprised Rebecca never made an appearance. Honestly thought around the 2015 era, Jessica and Rebecca would take the lead. I worked at this restaurant for 8 years. Over the years probably had about 10 of both of them come through, and at one point we had 5 Rebecca's and 6 Jessica's + 1 guy called Jessie working at the same time, out of a staff pool of like 20-25 people. God that was confusing times
My grandmother, born in 1900, was named Emily. My grandfather called her Emma. I never knew another Emily or Emma growing up, and thought it was an old person's name. Same with my Aunt Evelyn, and my Aunt Verna. Given enough time, everything comes back into style.
@Zoe Latimer im not from America too and either England, Australia or Spanish countties that use Ava or idc what. Really i meat so many Mary that i cant even remember all of them, is most used name in the world excepting the english speaing countries. For example, nobody will use Emma and Karen in Russia or Argentina
@@kirstymackenzie2437Ok, I hope necks time I see a joking comment, it won't be near half-baked as yours. It is such a pain in the neck when people act dumb despite knowing what they meant.
Certain names you'll hear and can automatically assume that they're older women like Betty or Nancy or Ruth. I guess some names just fall out of style.
@@honolulublues5548 we have the same phenomen with french names ! Apparently the names who were popular once come back when the generation who use to have them is disappearing. So, Emma in France for exemple was really really famous in the second part of the 19th and then disappear to come back at the end of the 90s and begining of the 2000. For the men it's the same with Jean
Ha! I had a teacher named Karen and I have ADHD. She said I couldn't do well in school because of it (big bs, btw. I'm doing cambridge as a foreigner with A's, and plan on studying abroad) but the name served her well.
I had a friend who was born in 1918 named Helen. I didn’t know it was such a popular name at the time she was born. She passed away in February 2020 one month before her 102nd birthday.
Ever since I was little, I always wanted to name my daughter Charlotte if I was lucky enough to have one. So in 2020, I gave birth to my daughter and I named her Charlotte. Funny that it finally was in the top 20 the year she was born. Before I saw this video, it seemed like there are more Charlottes now. Now I have confirmation that my observation was correct. Funny how life is lol.
I called my daughter Charlotte ( French) in memory of Charlotte Brontë and Charlotte Corday ( Charlotte was very popular in France in the XVIII th century)
I was named Barbara and I am 25...however I was born in Portugal. As an adult I moved to the UK where everyone who didn't know me personally thought I was an old lady. 🤣
Bárbara Brandão that’s so interesting, thank you for telling me!! It was a very popular name in English speaking countries until about the 60’s or 70’s. I had no idea it was still popular elsewhere! 🤗
I'm surprised Heather turned up in the top 10 so late. I swear that every class I was in, in the 1980s (so, kids born in the mid-'70s) had at least two Heathers.
Jennifer: i will kill you all Karen: where is the manager I need to speak to them!! Melissa and Michelle: I want to get up there :( Mary: i used to rule the world Jessica: LET ME UP THEREEEEEEE Amanda: OH NO YOU DONT JESSICA Sarah: REEEEE Ashley: I am SPEED Heather: i’ma just chill all the way back Elizabeth: * vibes to fnaf Music * Samantha: SPEED IS MEEEE Emily: I now rule the world Emma: not for long Olivia and Ava: SPEED Isabella: uh oh
This is just top 10 names of each year. If they had extended it down to top 20 or even top 50, we would have seen many many names we are familiar with and thought were popular (like my own name, hahaha).
When I was in school, 20% of the girls who went were named Jennifer. There were always at LEAST 2 in any given room at any given time. More than a couple had the same last initial or rhyming/similar sounding last names. It was a wreck. Now I see why.
If the names in this video could talk: Mary: *I rule the world* Anna: I was so damn close until I fell. Barbara: I was so close to overthrowing Mary! Betty: Same, Barbara. Same. Helen: Why does no one like me anymore? Dorothy: *So..close* Betty: I'm back into play! Barbara: So you thought! Mary: *I'm the best* Linda: Maybe I'll get lucky! Linda: Nope.. Deborah: Let me have a go...almost... Lisa: *HAHAHAHAHAHAH You thought!* Mary: B-but- Deborah: Really? That wasn't cool! Jennifer: *I rule the world now, Lisa* Lisa: I'm catching up! Not really but... Jennifer: I am the new Mary Jessica: *No, I am* Ashley: Yes! Oh, wait... Emily: *Bye, bye, Ashley..* Maddison: Move aside, Emma! Emma: No, you! Ha! Olivia: Guys, let me in! Emily: Noooo! Emma: Yeahh! Olivia: *I was this close...so close!*
The 1880s only girl school be like: Teacher: good morning Mary Margaret good morning Mary Williams good morning Mary Christine good morning Mary Marshall good morning Mary garcia good morning Minnie Haze
Im proud of my unique name but when people tell me "that's a pretty name" inside I'm thinking 'Dang, I hope they don't steal it and name their kid that.'
My grandmother is shocked at the most popular names now because they were popular names for her grandmother's generation. Particularly Olivia, Ruth, Anna apparently
My name is Emily and i knew that it would be at the top of the list at some point because even though i went to a small school, i had 6 other Emilys in my grade and always had classes with at least 3 of them. I sat between two Emilys in english because our teacher thought it was funny.
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I find it interesting that name popularity seems to correlate a lot with the most popularly available media at the time. Books (bible included), early radio and movie media, tv shows, etc... I wonder how many of the most popular names we could guess today if we just picked from the top 10 most popular media? Very interesting indeed.
I remember in the late 80s there being so many Heathers and Ambers in my middle school that if you yelled any of those two names in the cafeteria you were guaranteed at least 30 girls would turn their heads.
This was fun to watch First time I seen the top line chart #'s go backwards. I think I'm going to watch this all the way through again. Will be the first time I ever did this, watch again thing.
I wish Doris would come back as a name. Two of the most wonderful older women in my life were named that, and I think it's very unique. So many female names end in "a", "e" or "y" among others.
I named my daughter Emily in 1974. Very unpopular name. In the 80s and early 90s her classmates would tell her that they loved her name. 1997-2013 the most popular name. Could never find her anything with her name on it when she was little.
In Latin America Emilio wasn't popular when I was born but my parents named me Emilio in 1989, it became popular in the 2010's and everyone loved my name, still to this day although I'm legally changing it to Regina lol
My husband and I made a point of NOT naming any of our children any super-popular names. Who wants your kid to have the same name as a whole slew of other kids?!?
