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Did you mean this in response to me? If so, and for future reference, when you want to respond to someone else who made a response rather than to the Original Poster, you need to be on the other responder's message, not the OP's, and click "Respond" there.

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I know what you say about Helen's popularity vs Susan's popularity is true, and I mentioned that in my post. But it doesn't change my impression and doesn't change which name feels more dated to me. We talk about feelings and impressions a lot here, and they don't have to correspond to facts. After all, I know intellectually that not every woman named Helen is frumpy and that naming a baby Helen does not guarantee she will be a frumpy adult, but that's still my feeling about the name.

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Also, Susanna / Susannah, from which Susan is derived, is as old or nearly as old as Helen.