The most trendy names in US history
July 31, 2013
Names are incredibly personal things. It’s how we identity ourselves. We associate others, places, and points in our past with names. Maybe you recall a family member, a celebrity, or a significant other.
At the same time, it’s not uncommon for two people with the same name to run into each other, and it’s why gift shops can sell and profit from those mini license plates. Parents decide what they want to call their kid at some point. So as you walk through history, you end up with names that surge, some that die off, and some that come back again.
Hilary Parker already looked at the most poisoned name in US history (her own). Here we look at names from the other direction. The most trendy:
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