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Re: Evolution of Favorite Letter Names (Boys)
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/NOTES/note139/note139.htmlScroll to the bottom. See: Top 1000 Names by Decade
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I know -- that's the source I used for compiling this info. I still don't get how you figured Jennifer was the top feminine "J" name from the '40s to the present. Maybe you should check that out again. :)-- Nanaea
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You said the Top 1000. Jennifer was in the top 1000, from the '40s to the Present.1940s: #210
1950s: #105
1960s: #19
1970s: #1
1980s: #2
1990s: #14Andrea
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*All* the names in my listing are from the Top 1,000 for each decade.I searched for the top name for each *letter* of the alphabet in each decade. That's why I have the years listed next to each name -- those are the decades in which that name was the top name for its letter.Get it? :)-- Nanaea
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Oooooooooooooooooh....Hee. :)
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