My List vs. The Top 1000

Girl Names
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I was inspired by S/O’s concern about using names from the 1940s/1950s that haven’t ranked in the top 1000 in recent years and my own curiosity to research the years my names were in the top 1000 from and how long this period was. The data’s not perfect, and if the names were absent for a period of less than 5 years, I didn’t count this absence in my research, so the number of years may be slightly off :slight_smile:

As usual, I felt like sharing this information (as I did before with the peak years for my girls and boys lists - I’ve only done the girls for this so far, as all of my boys list is pretty classic and has always been in the top 1000 anyways), so I hope you find it interesting too :slight_smile:

The List

Skipper (N/A)
Chrissy (1978-1981) - 3 years
Merrily (1942-1944) - 3 years
Lindy (1949-1984) - 35 years
Kaye (1932-1969) - 37 years
Mallory (1983-present) - 37 years
Marcie (1947-1986) - 39 years
Stacie (1956-1996) - 40 years
Brandy (1967-2007) - 40 years
Danica (1977-2018) - 41 years
Deena (1945-1986) - 41 years
Hilary (1949-1993) - 44 years
Darcy (1949-1994) - 45 years
Cherry (1928-1974) - 46 years
Kristy (1949-2000) - 51 years
Courtney (1962-2017) - 55 years
Ginger (1933-1989) - 56 years
Christie (1940-1997) - 57 years
Robyn (1945-2004) - 59 years
Jeanie (1923-1982) - 59 years
Cherie (1927-1990) - 63 years
Cheryl (1931-1997) - 66 years
Erin (1951-present) - 69 years
Kristen (1946-2015) - 69 years
Jayne (1912-1981) - 69 years
Sandy (1935-2005) - 70 years
Kelly (1948-present) - 72 years
Kimberly (1946-present) - 74 years
Lauren (1945-present) - 75 years
Cindy (1938-2014) - 76 years
Kathy (1932-2008) - 76 years
Lana (1939-present) - 81 years
Heather (1935-2016) - 81 years
April (1939-present) - 81 years
Jennifer (1938-present) - 82 years
Wendy (1936-2018) - 82 years
Holly (1936-present) - 84 years
Pamela (1925-2011) - 86 years
Julianne (1930-2016) 86 years
Toni (1923-2007) - 87 years
Loretta (1900-1990) - 90 years (just re-entered top 1000 in 2020!)
Amber (1900-1916; 1945-present) - 91 years
Brenda (1925-2017) - 92 years
Marcia (1900-1993) - 93 years
Betsy (1900-1994) - 94 years
Geneva (1900-1995) - 95 years
Libby (1900-1976; 2002-2019) - 95 years
Lorraine (1900-1995) - 95 years
Betty (1900-1996) - 96 years
Judy (1902-1998) - 96 years
Susanna (1900-1997) - 97 years
Jessica (1900-1918; 1937-present) - 101 years
Marcella (1900-2002) - 102 years
Sandra (1913-2019) - 106 years
Katharine (1900-2006) - 106 years
Annette (1900-2007) - 107 years
Carrie (1900-2008) - 108 years
Meredith (1910-present) - 110 years
Melissa (1900-1921; 1930-present) - 111 years
Marilyn (1906-present) - 114 years
Kathleen (1900-2019) - 119 years
Mary (1900-present) - 120 years
Barbara (1900-present) - 120 years
Christina (1900-present) - 120 years
Natalie (1900-present) - 120 years
Carolyn (1900-present) - 120 years
Stephanie (1900-present) - 120 years
Sarah (1900-present) - 120 years
Julie (1900-present) - 120 years
Katie (1900-present) - 120 years
Jane (1900-present) - 120 years
Joyce (1900-present) - 120 years
Nancy (1900-present) - 120 years
Kathryn (1900-present) - 120 years
Valerie (1900-present) - 120 years
Laura (1900-present) - 120 years
Martha (1900-present) - 120 years

Thanks for reading! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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This is such an interesting read :nerd_face: As always, you have fabs names on your list :two_hearts:

april, betsy, cherie, judy, katie, lana, laura, libby, marilyn, nancy, pamela, robyn & valerie are all ones I’d love to see on a baby born in the near future!

Thanks so much for sharing :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Ooh this was so interesting- especially seeing how long some of them have been in the top 1000

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This was very interesting! I was surprised by quite a few that had such long runs. Thanks for sharing! I, for one, always love reading data like this. :slight_smile:

I feel like I want to research this info for my own list now. Such a neat idea!

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[name_u]Love[/name_u] your list! The analysis is very interesting; there were some surprises!

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AMAZING research!

I love:
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
[name_f]Pamela[/name_f]
[name_f]Merrily[/name_f] (omg! Adorable!)
[name_f]Danica[/name_f] (why does this name not get used more?)
[name_f]Geneva[/name_f]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f] (though much prefer the [name_f]Suzannah[/name_f] spelling)
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f] (another underrated name)

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@eleanorvintage - Thank you so much! :smiley:
@greyblue - I thought so too! Never would have thought [name_f]Brenda[/name_f] outlasted [name_f]Wendy[/name_f] or [name_f]Jennifer[/name_f]!
@elanorelle - I was surprised too! I definitely think you should, it was very fun to look into! Now I’m combining it with my research into when they peaked in popularity as well, so it’s quite neat!
@almostactually - Thank you! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:
@esita - Thank you so much! I’ve also done a post where I listed the name most of them peaked in (the list has grown since then, lol)! :slight_smile: And oh my gosh, isn’t [name_f]Merrily[/name_f] just the sweetest?? Really hoping S/O will get on board there!

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