How popular is your name?

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  • norahwynn
    norahwynn Posts: 862 Member
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    'NORAH is the #2935 most common female first name

    0.002% of females in the US are named NORAH.

    L**** is the #13014 most common last name

    0.001% of last names in the US are L****.

    Around 2500 people have L**** as a last name!'

    When I was younger, I lived in the Philippines, and when we went off base I was always greet with 'what's your name?' When I told them, the person ALWAYS said "Oh! Nora Aunor!!" After a bit of research, I found out that she was what they call a 'Superstar'. When people found out my name, they were excited, and shop owners wanted to give me things. And I got free desserts at restaurants. I was young and it was great,

    Then we moved back to the states and that all that went away. When Norah Jones came along, I was pleased to see she spelled her first name correctly. I know the popular spelling is Nora, but to see the 'h' made me very happy. And my name became known again, though not "I'm naming my baby Norah!" type of known. I've obviously heard of other Nora/Norah's, but have never met one.

    Now when people would ask my name and then follow up with "Oh, I love Norah Jones!" :/

    Anyway, I ultimately hate my name because to me it sounds like an old lady.
  • squindles
    squindles Posts: 350 Member
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    JACQUELINE is the #86 most common female first name :smile:
  • GTAFrank
    GTAFrank Posts: 730 Member
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    FRANK is the #31 most common male first name :)
  • kckBxer396
    kckBxer396 Posts: 460 Member
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    First name= #40 I expected it to be more common than that.
    Last name=#2083...about 15,000 people. I was a little surprised that it's that common.

    Out of curiosity, I wanted to check my dad's name,and it was very rare. That didn't surprise me at all. Apparently, all of my immediate family has uncommon names...except for me. haha
  • iquiltoo
    iquiltoo Posts: 246 Member
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    Wow, Andrea is #88. I thought it would be MUCH lower on the list. When I was a kid I only ever met two others. Now that I am much older, there's young Andreas all over the place. My surname, which I didn't have to check, is so rare though that if someone has that name in North America, they are likely related to me.
  • UnwrappingCandy
    UnwrappingCandy Posts: 418 Member
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    Apparently I have a very rare name. I personally know 4 people with my name. There was no number for my name :cry:

    Same here for both my first and surname. Those were just USA statistics though. ;-)
  • Mustang_Susie
    Mustang_Susie Posts: 7,045 Member
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    It's only for the US...I have a very British name.

    Sorry about that!

    Try this link:

    http://www.babynames.co.uk/popular-baby-names
  • lkennaley
    lkennaley Posts: 4 Member
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    My name is #3871 I guess I'm extremely rare
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
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    My daughter, Keira, is #4237 with 0.001% of females in the U.S. with her name.
    Mine, Dawn, is #105 with 0.202%. That surprised me. Growing up, I never met another Dawn. Recently, I've met several though.

    Cool topic.

    I'm a Dawn! I'm English and there was one other Dawn in my school. It's really rare to meet one. When I was at school the most popular female names were Emma, Sarah, Louise.

    My son is Jack which has been in the top 5 popular boys names in the past few years. My daughter is Maya which I think is in the top 50. I thought she'd be the only Maya, but now it's becoming more popular.
  • Katrioustu
    Katrioustu Posts: 2,461 Member
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    This isn't up-to-date information because the #1 most common last name is no longer smith. It is Rodriguez. They released a statistic poll about it at the beginning of the year.
  • DorothyR87
    DorothyR87 Posts: 113
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    I'm pretty sure that website does not have current information. My name is Dorothy and it says it's the 10th most popular name.
  • ChelleyCredible
    ChelleyCredible Posts: 63 Member
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    My name:

    #21 most common female first name
    0.519% of females in the US are named
    Around 635775 US females are named :( GAHHHH

    But my last name is rare:

    is the #22942 most common last name
    0.0005% of last names in the US are
    Around 1250 people have it as a last name

    My daughters name however :

    is the #2406 most common female first name
    0.002% of females in the US are named
    Around 2450 US females are named *claps*
  • elledeery
    elledeery Posts: 866
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    LISA is the #11 most common female first name

    0.704% of females in the US are named LISA.

    Around 862400 US females are named LISA!


    I'm not American but I'm super common apparently haha


    My last name isn't so common though, only 0.008% and 20,000 people have it!
  • geddyp
    geddyp Posts: 94 Member
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    Caroline is #248

    My last name is not even on there and my fiance's last name is #57891 lol
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
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    #636 Jayne but the more common spelling (Janie) is #336 though I am sure a great number of the Jayne's in the US are pronounced Jane not Janie so I am guessing it is even more rare. I have a common last name. It's #175
  • LavenderBouquet
    LavenderBouquet Posts: 736 Member
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    #1800 for Kaylee, but there are many, many different spellings. I like that my spelling is simple and yet uncommon.

    My last name is even more uncommon (#25069).
  • cassondra1370
    cassondra1370 Posts: 162 Member
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    #3448

    Cassondra with an "O" NOT an "A" in the middle :smile:
  • crista_b
    crista_b Posts: 1,192 Member
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    "CRISTA is the #2284 most common female first name
    0.002% of females in the US are named CRISTA.
    Around 2450 US females are named CRISTA!"


    "B**** is the #6661 most common last name
    0.002% of last names in the US are B****.
    Around 5000 people have B**** as a last name!"


    I guess I'm pretty rare. :laugh:


    My boyfriend is #9 most common for first name (Joseph) and #77 for last name... he's not special. lol
  • pchesnut
    pchesnut Posts: 347 Member
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    Paige is the #681 most popular name. I used to HATE my name because my grandpa called me the little girl with the little boys name. But by high school my 4 best friends also had unusual names so I grew to like it.

    my last name is clear back at #11978
  • cloudj9
    cloudj9 Posts: 66 Member
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    mine is #600... not too common.. lol

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