Is there a data on middle name rankings, similar to the lists compiled on first names? I feel as though it would be really interesting to compare the rankings of first and middle names, as I imagine that they’re both quite different. However, this information doesn’t seem to be available anywhere. Does anyone know of any resources?
I don’t, but thats a really interesting question.
I haven’t seen it anywhere, but there are definitely names that get much more use in the middle spot. I think half the girls I went to school with had the mns [name]Lynn[/name] or [name]Leigh[/name]. Then again, these days I think more people are using the mn spot for their out-there name choices that were too unusual to put out front, so there is probably a greater amount of variety.
I know Finland has a list for middle names, but I haven’t seen one for any other country.
Erm, I don’t know if there’s really any official lists, but I did a quick google search and came up with these:
Top middle names 2010 - BabyCenter Australia (for Australia)
Most Common middle names Quiz - By melrocbball (US, I think, but it’s a game, I don’t know what statistics it’s based off of. The choices seem pretty dated, too–[name]Michelle[/name], [name]Stephen[/name], [name]Renee[/name], [name]Nicole[/name], etc.)
http://suite101.com/article/popular-middle-names-for-girls-a50707 (US)