For example, the most popular name 'Mary', is more common among the older demographic in the United States. The United States has gotten increasingly less religious over the years, but if you look at the years between the 1940s-1960s when most of the Mary's were born, you'll find man...
- 2000-21 rank: #605 (11,039 newborns named Lisa) - 1980-99 rank: #23 (64,304 newborns) - Positions lost: 582 Lisa is a name that is derived from theHebrew "Elisheba," meaning "lily or flower."One reason that Lisa was a popular name in the 1980s and '90s may have been that...
Included here is the introductory paragraph of the article.Ken Kesey's first novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, reflects his experiences as a young attendant in two California mental hospitals in which he was employed. Book reviewers spoke highly of One Flew Over the Cuckoo&...
continue. The bringing back of old names. I'm not saying it's bad, but we're seeing names like Martha, Winnie, and Wyatt make a comeback. Just as long as we don't go down the Mabel and Lambert train. That was the name of my paternal grandparents. Could they BE any more old ...
But while locations are out, pop culture is in. Wednesday is in style thanks to Netflix'sWednesdayseries. The name Wednesday is up 1,425 spots in the rankings, to No. 1,183. And totally opposite from Wednesday Adams, was the other pop icon of the year, Barbie. Barbie’s full name,...
- 2000-21 rank: #605 (11,039 newborns named Lisa) - 1980-99 rank: #23 (64,304 newborns) - Positions lost: 582 Lisa is a name that is derived from theHebrew "Elisheba," meaning "lily or flower."One reason that Lisa was a popular name in the 1980s and '90s may have been that...
- 2000-21 rank: #605 (11,039 newborns named Lisa) - 1980-99 rank: #23 (64,304 newborns) - Positions lost: 582 Lisa is a name that is derived from theHebrew "Elisheba," meaning "lily or flower."One reason that Lisa was a popular name in the 1980s and '90s may have been that...
Two recent papers from the Cambridge-based National Bureau of Economic Research draw somewhat different conclusions about whether a black name is a burden. One, an analysis of the 16 million births in California between 1960 and 2000, claims it has no significant effect on how someone's life ...