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This is making me think of this:

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My sister's name is Linda and she was born in 1952. What was the name Linda in 1952? It was the number one name for girls that year. It had zoomed out of nowhere and taken the number one spot and remained in the top ten for all of that decade and part of the one after it.

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And then what happened? What was bound to happen. People became aware of how popular Linda was (I think it takes the general population longer to become aware of that than namenerds), and it sank like a stone. Then Linda became dated and nobody liked it anymore. And my sister has always said that she hates her name because it was too popular and it dates her.

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So what did Linda do? She named her daughter Heather in 1974. What was Heather in 1974? It was the number four name for girls in that year and it stayed in the top ten for all of that decade and part of the one after it. And then what happened to Heather? See above as to what happened to Linda. And now....my niece Heather says she hates her name because it was too popular and it dates her.

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So my sister who hates her name gave her daughter a name that SHE hates for the exact same reason! This is why I think that people should pay attention to popularity when they choose a name.

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In my family there's a Linda born in 1952 who has a daughter named Heather born in 1974. How how typical.

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They should have learned the lesson from our grandmother Hazel born in 1906.