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[Opinions] American "classic" girl names revisited
Haven posted a link to this post a few messages down, and I remembered how much I liked the idea of CKE's way of defining classic: http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=507534&board=babyI've found some more "Near Misses"--I couldn't find any more "Classics"--and some of them are a bit surprising. I thought you all might be interested. :) They're listed by name, lowest place on SSA list, and year it placed there:Christine 398 (2005)Esther 330 (2000)Helen 364 (2004)Nancy 318 (2005)Priscilla 382 (1892)Rose 393 (1997)Ruth 353 (2003)The other difficult bit is that quite a few names hold up as Near Misses if you go with BtN's records (which show by decade, for the most part), but then there'll be a year or two in which they went below 400! Arrgh. ;) I kind of think it should be opened up to any name that's never been below the 500 mark--otherwise, neither Anne nor Jane count as American classics!But overall, it's kind of a fun treasure hunt.Array


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American "classic" girl names revisited  ·  Array  ·  11/25/2006, 12:10 AM
Re: American "classic" girl names revisited  ·  Sabrina Fair  ·  11/25/2006, 4:30 PM
Also: Ruby  ·  Haven  ·  11/25/2006, 2:55 PM
Re: American "classic" girl names revisited  ·  Isla  ·  11/25/2006, 9:46 AM
Re: American "classic" girl names revisited  ·  mirfak  ·  11/25/2006, 7:50 AM
Re: American "classic" girl names revisited  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  11/25/2006, 12:06 PM
I remebered this because it's a good way to list classic names  ·  Haven  ·  11/25/2006, 2:57 PM
Re: American "classic" girl names revisited  ·  Emily  ·  11/25/2006, 5:30 AM
Re: American "classic" girl names revisited  ·  Cat  ·  11/25/2006, 3:42 AM