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Help[Opinions] Re: Anya or Anna?
in reply to a message by beethoven
Uhm no. If you look at popularity lists by state you can see how much they vary. Some have Aurora in the top 30 while it doesn't even appear in the top 100 or so in most other states. And states are huge so it's very well possible that popularity varies within a state.
I study economics, I know how you fake a statistic and MANY are fake. It's not that I don't believe in the popularity stats, I generally do. But I know how many Annas have met and whether it feels dated to me personally or not. I even opened a thread (which must have been several years ago already) in which I asked people what the top names in their state were the year they were born in and there were many surprises such as people knowing 5 or more people with a name that was at number 90 or knowing none with the top name. It varies.
I don't really know what your problem is. You seem so defensive. To me Anna is dated because I know lots who were born in the 80s and hardly any younger ones. And I'm not the only one as you have seen. I'm not saying that it's a bad name or anything it just seems tired to me. It's really unnecessary to discuss this because this particular statistic isn't accurate enough, meaning that there is no exact statistic for my city or my neighborhood.
edited: There were actually more Annas born in 1988 than in 2008. There could be several explanations such as a generally bigger variety in names (now) or changed birth rates I'm not interested enough in the name to look it up. But there were more Annas born the year I was born in than now.
I study economics, I know how you fake a statistic and MANY are fake. It's not that I don't believe in the popularity stats, I generally do. But I know how many Annas have met and whether it feels dated to me personally or not. I even opened a thread (which must have been several years ago already) in which I asked people what the top names in their state were the year they were born in and there were many surprises such as people knowing 5 or more people with a name that was at number 90 or knowing none with the top name. It varies.
I don't really know what your problem is. You seem so defensive. To me Anna is dated because I know lots who were born in the 80s and hardly any younger ones. And I'm not the only one as you have seen. I'm not saying that it's a bad name or anything it just seems tired to me. It's really unnecessary to discuss this because this particular statistic isn't accurate enough, meaning that there is no exact statistic for my city or my neighborhood.
edited: There were actually more Annas born in 1988 than in 2008. There could be several explanations such as a generally bigger variety in names (now) or changed birth rates I'm not interested enough in the name to look it up. But there were more Annas born the year I was born in than now.
This message was edited 12/2/2011, 2:09 PM
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