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Help[Opinions] Names you associate with a particular generation
Are there any names you mainly associate with an individual generation? For me, I associate the names:
- Patricia and any other forms of it with Baby Boomers (it was very popular after World War II, and continued to be popular until the 1960s)
- Sean and any other forms of it with Generation X, and to some extent Millennials (it was popular from the 1960s until the late 1990s)
- Noah with Generation Alpha (it's been very popular throughout the 2010s and 2020s, to the point where it's gotten boring for me)
- Patricia and any other forms of it with Baby Boomers (it was very popular after World War II, and continued to be popular until the 1960s)
- Sean and any other forms of it with Generation X, and to some extent Millennials (it was popular from the 1960s until the late 1990s)
- Noah with Generation Alpha (it's been very popular throughout the 2010s and 2020s, to the point where it's gotten boring for me)
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My mom's not a boomer and she's a Patricia (b. 1939), so I think of Patty as older than a boomer. I've never met a boomer Patty.
To me, anyway:
the most stereotypical boomer names are Linda and Jim (James).
Gen X is Amy and Chris (Christopher).
After that it gets a bit more vague, since the time periods called "generations" get shorter and shorter, and so do name trends.
But just making something up -
My stereotype Millennials are Sarah and Matt (Matthew).
Gen Z would be Emma and Mason (or Ethan if you like).
Alpha would be Olivia and Liam.
I think of Sean as Gen X, but not as stereotypical because it bleeds into the millennials.
Noah seems steadily very popular for too long to be associated with Alpha in particular, for me. Amazing that it's still so popular.
I feel like Jessica straddles X/Y and Emily straddles Y/Z.
Brian and Ryan could also represent X and Y to me.
To me, anyway:
the most stereotypical boomer names are Linda and Jim (James).
Gen X is Amy and Chris (Christopher).
After that it gets a bit more vague, since the time periods called "generations" get shorter and shorter, and so do name trends.
But just making something up -
My stereotype Millennials are Sarah and Matt (Matthew).
Gen Z would be Emma and Mason (or Ethan if you like).
Alpha would be Olivia and Liam.
I think of Sean as Gen X, but not as stereotypical because it bleeds into the millennials.
Noah seems steadily very popular for too long to be associated with Alpha in particular, for me. Amazing that it's still so popular.
I feel like Jessica straddles X/Y and Emily straddles Y/Z.
Brian and Ryan could also represent X and Y to me.
This message was edited 11/12/2024, 11:28 AM
Theodore and Liam for Generation Alpha, I swear I run into so many baby Theodores and Liams