The average amount of children has changed throughout the last centuries, rather drastically, actually; so have names, so we’ll take these two things and make a game from it.
[name_m]SET[/name_m] UP:
- Your family will be “reborn” every 10 years, new name, new partner, new kids, you do NOT add to the same sibset.
RULES:
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To pick your children’s names, you simply look at the US Top 50 of the Year they were born in (every 10 years) and pick combos.
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Here’s a link to all the lists you need: Popular Names in the United States 1880 - Behind the Name
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Try not to pick the same names twice in a row but feel free to choose them more than once!
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Amount of girls/boys for every decade was decided randomly, the number of total children represents the average amount of kids women had during that time.
1880 - 5 Girls, 1 Boy
1890 - 3 Girls, 2 Boys
1900 - 1 Girl, 3 Boys
1910 - 1 Girl, 2 Boys
1920 - 2 Girls, 1 Boy
1930 - 1 Girl, 1 Boy
1940 - 1 Girl, 2 Boys
1950 - 1 Girl, 2 Boys
1960 - 3 Girls, 1 Boy
1970 - 1 Girl, 1 Boy
1980 - 1 Girl, 1 Boy
1990 - 1 Girl, 1 Boy
2000 - 1 Girl, 1 Boy
2010 - 1 Girl, 1 Boy
2020 - 1 Girl, 1 Boy (Pick your own names)
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To find out your and your partner’s name, you’ll take your birthday and month (ex. [name_f]May[/name_f] 7th) and look which names are ranked at those positions (#7 and #5 for [name_f]May[/name_f] 7th) 25 years before the children are born!
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As we’ll start in 1880 and there are no earlier lists, simply pick your and your partner’s name of those years’ lists.
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To find out your partner’s name, you switch around the number and look at the opposite gender’s list (for a same sex partner, simply add +1 to both birthday and month and pick those names.
For “year your children are born” you need to look at _ to find out your name:
1880 - 1880
1890 - 1890
1900 - 1900
1910 - 1885
1920 - 1895
1930 - 1905
1940 - 1915
1950 - 1925
1960 - 1935
1970 - 1945
1980 - 1955
1990 - 1965
2000 - 1975
2010 - 1985
2020 - 1995
- In the end you should have 15 different families, from 15 different decades!
EXAMPLE:
You’re currently working on 1950.
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In 1950 you have 3 children, 1 Girl & 2 Boys.
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You look at the Top 50 for both genders and pick fn+mn combinations from the lists.
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Your birthday is 15th of [name_u]June[/name_u]. That turns into 15 & 6.
The children are born in 1950 so you’ll look which names ranked at #15 and #6 in 1925.
1925’s #15 is [name_f]Alice[/name_f]/[name_m]Raymond[/name_m], #6 is [name_f]Ruth[/name_f]/[name_m]George[/name_m], so your name is [name_f]ALICE[/name_f] [name_f]RUTH[/name_f] or [name_m]RAYMOND[/name_m] [name_m]GEORGE[/name_m] . -
Your partner’s name is [name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]Raymond[/name_m]/[name_f]Ruth[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f] or for same-sex partners (#7 & #16) [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] [name_m]Walter[/name_m]/[name_f]Virginia[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f]!
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] it’s not too complicated and a few of you will enjoy this!