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I was surprised to find that Ryan has been popular for as long as it has; I totally associate it with the late 1980's-now, and then alone. Boys' names surprise me less, though, because boy's names pretty much never vary. That said- the fact that trendee names have gone to the boys as well in the last decade or so (ushered in by the -den craze).

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Niamh is a beautiful name, but I'm so surprised that it's getting popular in England- I'd think they'd go for Neve. Perhaps, due to their closeness to Ireland, Galliac names aren't so bear difficult there.

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And then there are the host of names that sound sooo dated to me, I'm surprised they're still on the top 1000 list at all (Lisa, Michelle, Nicole as a first name, Donna, etc)

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