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I have just been looking at the usage of the name Katina in the U.S. Social Security data.
Prior to 1972, Katina was not in the top 1000.
In 1971, only 96 girls were named Katina.
In 1972, 2742 girls were given the name and it ranked #117.
This is one of the largest jumps I've ever seen in the SSA data. It was about equally popular in 1973 but then went down very fast. By 1983 it was off the top 1000 again and has never reappeared.
Does anyone have insight on what made Katina suddenly so very popular in 1972? I feel sure there must have been a well known Katina who came out of nowhere and left almost as quickly but I have no idea who that might have been.
Prior to 1972, Katina was not in the top 1000.
In 1971, only 96 girls were named Katina.
In 1972, 2742 girls were given the name and it ranked #117.
This is one of the largest jumps I've ever seen in the SSA data. It was about equally popular in 1973 but then went down very fast. By 1983 it was off the top 1000 again and has never reappeared.
Does anyone have insight on what made Katina suddenly so very popular in 1972? I feel sure there must have been a well known Katina who came out of nowhere and left almost as quickly but I have no idea who that might have been.
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Somebody else wondered as well and arrived at a conclusion:
http://www.nancy.cc/2012/01/25/the-katina-spike-caused-by-a-soap-opera/
http://www.nancy.cc/2012/01/25/the-katina-spike-caused-by-a-soap-opera/
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Ah, thanks very much; that is probably the explanation. But what a flash in the pan that was. That's the closest I've seen to a name which actually does pinpoint the year someone was born.
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I remember figuring that out about Katina quite a while ago.
Coincidentally, my newspaper column this week was about one of the biggest flash in the pan names for boys, Shaquille. That's interesting because the boys named after Shaquille O'Neal are just reaching the age that where a few of them will be becoming famous athletes themselves:
http://www.omaha.com/article/20120306/LIVING/703069899#cleveland-shaq-attack-hits-universities
Coincidentally, my newspaper column this week was about one of the biggest flash in the pan names for boys, Shaquille. That's interesting because the boys named after Shaquille O'Neal are just reaching the age that where a few of them will be becoming famous athletes themselves:
http://www.omaha.com/article/20120306/LIVING/703069899#cleveland-shaq-attack-hits-universities
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