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The 2022 SSA data just came out -- when I checked the top 1000 list wouldn't come up though you could search individual names and their 2022 rank would.
One name I checked was Flavia, which did NOT make the top 1000 again this year. I realized this is a bit curious to me what with "internal v" being so popular in many of today's "hits" like Olivia, Ava, Ivy, etc. and Freya having started to rise in the USA (it was up to 129th in 2022).
This is doubly interesting to me as someone who pays some attention to popular genre literature as there are now two different popular mystery series featuring female detectives named Flavia. Since 2009 the Canadian author Alan Bradley has published ten books in his "Flavia de Luce" series, where that character is an 11 year old girl in an English village who is precociously intelligent. Since child characters are often especially good at inspiring name fashions, if she ever gets a TV show perhaps Flavia will take off.
The other mystery series is British author Lindsey Davis's "Flavia Alba" series, where the detective is a young woman in ancient Rome. This series began in 2013, and is a sequel to Davis's original "Marcus Didius Falco" series. Flavia is Marcus's adopted daughter.
I guess most people who read mystery series books are past the age of child-bearing. Just wondered if any of you think Flavia would boom if it got just a little publicity in media that people in their teens and 20s frequently view.
One name I checked was Flavia, which did NOT make the top 1000 again this year. I realized this is a bit curious to me what with "internal v" being so popular in many of today's "hits" like Olivia, Ava, Ivy, etc. and Freya having started to rise in the USA (it was up to 129th in 2022).
This is doubly interesting to me as someone who pays some attention to popular genre literature as there are now two different popular mystery series featuring female detectives named Flavia. Since 2009 the Canadian author Alan Bradley has published ten books in his "Flavia de Luce" series, where that character is an 11 year old girl in an English village who is precociously intelligent. Since child characters are often especially good at inspiring name fashions, if she ever gets a TV show perhaps Flavia will take off.
The other mystery series is British author Lindsey Davis's "Flavia Alba" series, where the detective is a young woman in ancient Rome. This series began in 2013, and is a sequel to Davis's original "Marcus Didius Falco" series. Flavia is Marcus's adopted daughter.
I guess most people who read mystery series books are past the age of child-bearing. Just wondered if any of you think Flavia would boom if it got just a little publicity in media that people in their teens and 20s frequently view.
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Don't like it at all
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Meh. I go back and forth on Flavia. It’s interesting but doesn’t have much other than that going for it imo. The fla- sound is very…blah. It sounds kind of flat and whatever. I’ve never heard of the pop culture references, so maybe they just aren’t that popular.
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Imo Flavia feels like the middle child of other Fl names like Florianne and Floella. It sounds old fashioned but not in an elegant, rich-old-lady way. It also sounds too similar to Flava (racist "hip-hop" doll line from Mattel) to me. Not a fan at all, sorry :(
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I adore Flavia and had no idea it was in the top 1000. I'd assume it would be too somber and antique for most people.
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Maybe, but Hermione never really took off (Harry didn't either, come to think of it, at least not in the US) so who knows? Maybe it sounds too much like it could be I don't know, a sugar substitute or a dubious nutritional supplement?
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I'm surprised as well. I really like the name and I'm not sure why it's not gaining groundm
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