**Data source:** U.S. Social Security Administration (2024)
**Tools:** Python / SQL / Hex / Figma
Out of 1,087 names with over 50k lifetime births, I used a rolling 20-year window to find the maximum concentration of births for each name. These 50 were selected from the 169 names that crossed the 75% threshold, prioritizing lifetime volume and names with exceptionally high spikes.
TuxedoMasked on
Aidan/Aiden having different entries, and those entries being tied to separate timelines, is wild.
davoloid on
Madison strikes me as one that has a very well documented start date (1984, after Splash) which doesn’t seem to be accounted for here. But to my surprise, the graphs support your thesis.
danbyer on
How is “Jennifer” not dominating the late 70’s? I think my class was about 20% Jennifers.
xander012 on
Mfw the only Dustin I can recall was born 40 years before his name got cool
iknowiknowwhereiam on
So many from my generation (Jessica, Amanda, Lindsey, Heather, Courtney, etc.) and yet the biggest of them all, Jennifer, isn’t there. I guess it’s popularity helped push it past the xennials?
yum_raw_carrots on
Hue and Cry need to head to retirement homes it would seem.
fiztig on
Still a long time til the Jaden /Jayden’s work their way out of the school system I see…
IYKYK
rruyle99 on
I’m shocked that Ryan / Bryan isn’t tied to the late seventies and early eighties.
elldraw on
Can someone do this for UK names please
LochNessMother on
With the caveat… “in the USA”.
the_kid1234 on
Did Lori, Tammy, Tracy and Tonya sound as stupid in 1960 as Brayden, Jayyden, Kaden and Aiden did in 2004?
WhatWouldNancyDrewDo on
You missed Donna for the 40’s and 50’s
rahnbj on
I’m 56, when around people in my age group I meet other Brians pretty regularly, at my last job there were 3 in our group of 11. I think names definitely trend, and some classical names never go out of style, think biblical names like Mark, John etc.
cryptotope on
How is “concentration” defined? For example, Kelsey has a score of 82.3% for the period 1986-2005. Does that mean that 82.3% of all Kelseys in the dataset were born in that window? Something else? (I’m sure that it *doesn’t* mean that 82.3% of all babies born in that period were named Kelsey!)
Also, names appear to be color-coded by some sort of gender assignment. Was the analysis done separately by gender (that is, could there be two different ‘Dakota’, ‘Kim’, or ‘Leslie’ peaks?) or is the color assigned on some basis by the figure’s creator?
As an aside, some sort of visual cue might be a good idea for the last few names on the chart that run up against the last year of the dataset. Those names may not have peaked yet.
BigThunder3000 on
What are the percentages for?
makemeking706 on
Is Emma being conflated with Emily?
MOONGOONER on
Titus was right about Linda
pick-and-hoop on
Interestingly enough I don’t know anyone with any of these names. How could that be?
silljer_28 on
Surprised there’s no Arya for the mid 2010s
GoT seem to have a choke hold on children’s names for a few years.
simplsimonmetapieman on
Linkedin Liam disapproves
NooktaSt on
Aidan and Liam are just standard names growing up in Ireland in the 80s.
JustStudyItOut on
What if all the different spellings of Caitlin were mushed together. I don’t think I’ve met a Caitlin that spells their name the same as another.
somasomore on
Jeff is kinda surprising. Seems like I knew a fair bit of late 80s early 90s Jeffs growing up.
sevenacres on
Not a lot of men around named Gary these days
wimbs27 on
Suprised there isn’t a Frank or Tony
ziplock9000 on
In the US. No other English speaking country (including England) would ever be dumb enough to call a son ‘Chad’.
tboy160 on
I’ll never understand why people name their kids all the same shit. Even worse when it’s a deliberately incorrectly spelled name, to be “unique.”
I_Thot_So on
Nope. My name is in the book of Genesis. Gonna be around as long as Jews and Christians are.
_sash_iii on
Aidan, Jaden, Kaden, Brayden, Aiden and Jayden right next to each other is sending me the US baby name trends are so funny
3Zkiel on
Heaven spelt backwards is so awkward to me.
Obfuscated_Opossum on
Inverse of this – one of my coworkers is a 26 year old guy named Harvey. Really sweet guy but I’m so amused by the mismatch between how young he is and the old man name.
Helios___Selene on
Didn’t realise Scottish/Irish names are so popular in the usa recently.
Isla, Paisley, Aiden/Aidan, Liam, harper.
shellshocktm on
Aiden kaden jaiden brayden ahaha the memes were correct all along
Edit: also a little surprised to not see lauren here because I’ve only ever seen late millennials like myself have that name
ChironXII on
Damn I thought the -aden thing was just a meme lmao
lazysmartdude on
Michael is timeless confirmed
Weltenkind on
The amount of Lisa’s I know in my immedaite cohort (late 80s/early 90s) makes me think this data is flawed. Could be anecdotal but looking at most popular names also make me doubt it.
senorsolo on
Could it be that these names dominate based on what celebrities are dominating the industry in that timeline ?
prfrnir on
I had no idea Dakota was a boy’s name. Not that I’ve even encountered one myself
CptJericho on
Nope, I’m not Null years old.
Disturburger on
Nevaeh? Where did that come from?
paolocase on
I’m a middle millennial and I have never met a Dustin. Dustin is like a name in a gay porn, not the name of a real person.
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**Data source:** U.S. Social Security Administration (2024)
**Tools:** Python / SQL / Hex / Figma
Out of 1,087 names with over 50k lifetime births, I used a rolling 20-year window to find the maximum concentration of births for each name. These 50 were selected from the 169 names that crossed the 75% threshold, prioritizing lifetime volume and names with exceptionally high spikes.
Aidan/Aiden having different entries, and those entries being tied to separate timelines, is wild.
Madison strikes me as one that has a very well documented start date (1984, after Splash) which doesn’t seem to be accounted for here. But to my surprise, the graphs support your thesis.
How is “Jennifer” not dominating the late 70’s? I think my class was about 20% Jennifers.
Mfw the only Dustin I can recall was born 40 years before his name got cool
So many from my generation (Jessica, Amanda, Lindsey, Heather, Courtney, etc.) and yet the biggest of them all, Jennifer, isn’t there. I guess it’s popularity helped push it past the xennials?
Hue and Cry need to head to retirement homes it would seem.
Still a long time til the Jaden /Jayden’s work their way out of the school system I see…
IYKYK
I’m shocked that Ryan / Bryan isn’t tied to the late seventies and early eighties.
Can someone do this for UK names please
With the caveat… “in the USA”.
Did Lori, Tammy, Tracy and Tonya sound as stupid in 1960 as Brayden, Jayyden, Kaden and Aiden did in 2004?
You missed Donna for the 40’s and 50’s
I’m 56, when around people in my age group I meet other Brians pretty regularly, at my last job there were 3 in our group of 11. I think names definitely trend, and some classical names never go out of style, think biblical names like Mark, John etc.
How is “concentration” defined? For example, Kelsey has a score of 82.3% for the period 1986-2005. Does that mean that 82.3% of all Kelseys in the dataset were born in that window? Something else? (I’m sure that it *doesn’t* mean that 82.3% of all babies born in that period were named Kelsey!)
Also, names appear to be color-coded by some sort of gender assignment. Was the analysis done separately by gender (that is, could there be two different ‘Dakota’, ‘Kim’, or ‘Leslie’ peaks?) or is the color assigned on some basis by the figure’s creator?
As an aside, some sort of visual cue might be a good idea for the last few names on the chart that run up against the last year of the dataset. Those names may not have peaked yet.
What are the percentages for?
Is Emma being conflated with Emily?
Titus was right about Linda
Interestingly enough I don’t know anyone with any of these names. How could that be?
Surprised there’s no Arya for the mid 2010s
GoT seem to have a choke hold on children’s names for a few years.
Linkedin Liam disapproves
Aidan and Liam are just standard names growing up in Ireland in the 80s.
What if all the different spellings of Caitlin were mushed together. I don’t think I’ve met a Caitlin that spells their name the same as another.
Jeff is kinda surprising. Seems like I knew a fair bit of late 80s early 90s Jeffs growing up.
Not a lot of men around named Gary these days
Suprised there isn’t a Frank or Tony
In the US. No other English speaking country (including England) would ever be dumb enough to call a son ‘Chad’.
I’ll never understand why people name their kids all the same shit. Even worse when it’s a deliberately incorrectly spelled name, to be “unique.”
Nope. My name is in the book of Genesis. Gonna be around as long as Jews and Christians are.
Aidan, Jaden, Kaden, Brayden, Aiden and Jayden right next to each other is sending me the US baby name trends are so funny
Heaven spelt backwards is so awkward to me.
Inverse of this – one of my coworkers is a 26 year old guy named Harvey. Really sweet guy but I’m so amused by the mismatch between how young he is and the old man name.
Didn’t realise Scottish/Irish names are so popular in the usa recently.
Isla, Paisley, Aiden/Aidan, Liam, harper.
Aiden kaden jaiden brayden ahaha the memes were correct all along
Edit: also a little surprised to not see lauren here because I’ve only ever seen late millennials like myself have that name
Damn I thought the -aden thing was just a meme lmao
Michael is timeless confirmed
The amount of Lisa’s I know in my immedaite cohort (late 80s/early 90s) makes me think this data is flawed. Could be anecdotal but looking at most popular names also make me doubt it.
Could it be that these names dominate based on what celebrities are dominating the industry in that timeline ?
I had no idea Dakota was a boy’s name. Not that I’ve even encountered one myself
Nope, I’m not Null years old.
Nevaeh? Where did that come from?
I’m a middle millennial and I have never met a Dustin. Dustin is like a name in a gay porn, not the name of a real person.