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HelpRe: Thoughts on these extinct girl names?
in reply to a message by Rainya
Extinct may be overstating since I have encountered Gilda, Kirstie, Maud, and Hester, and if 1 person knows of 4, well...statistics.
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You’ve encountered them on older people. They’re not being used anymore. The quiz used extinct, but perhaps endangered is a better word.
This message was edited 4/11/2024, 2:11 PM
Actually Kirstie is 11. Maud is 30 something,g granted Gilda is older, but couldn't begin to tell you how old Hester is.
The SSA data only includes names that were used 5 or more times in a year, so there will be exceptions. The last year there were 5 people in the US named Kirstie was 2011. Gilda was used 12 times in 2020, but not enough to be recorded in 2021. Hester was last recorded in 2019, with 7 uses. It's also tricky because of variations - Kirsten and Maude get used a bit more than Kirstie and Maud (still nowhere near the top 500, though - I think that would be more like 700 uses nowadays)...for comparison, in 2021, there were 55 people named Breeze and 17 people named Horace (those seem pretty rare to me personally)...I've met a boomer Hester and a Gen-Z Maude, but also I've met 4 or 5 people named Perdita, which was last recorded at 5 uses in 1971 (life is improbable sometimes).
Minta and Docia haven't been recorded for more like 30-45 years (but Theodosia and Araminta are being used currently, rarely), and for Permelia it's been about 60 years (but Pamela gets around 100 uses still), so there is some difference in degree.
Minta and Docia haven't been recorded for more like 30-45 years (but Theodosia and Araminta are being used currently, rarely), and for Permelia it's been about 60 years (but Pamela gets around 100 uses still), so there is some difference in degree.
This message was edited 4/11/2024, 7:39 PM