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May I ask what general area you are from where John is underused? I am from Massachusetts, and as far as I can tell 2018 is the first time ever it was out of the top 10 (#13). I was born in the 90s and I went to school with many. And many of them went by Jack as a nickname, whereas I've seen a lot of very surprised comments from people from other parts of the Anglosphere that Jack could ever be a nickname for John.

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I do agree that it's handsome, though.

It's not underused in the US. It was #27 last year. Granted, that's a drop from being #1 from time immemorial through 1923, but hardly underused.

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This message was edited 6/8/2019, 7:25 PM