Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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It seems like it's just follows fashion trends when a sound catches on. Here's an old article pondering the same question:
Interesting article. And a Buffy mention, too!
Buffy, despite a fanatic cult devotion to the vampire slayer, has not breached the Top 1,000 (although Willow has been climbing modestly since 1998).
I'm really happy with the names of our kids. I think it is very unlikely there will ever be another one in a class, but they aren't totally out there celebrity kids' names.
"Old-fashioned" sounding girls' names are very in right now, so a comeback for Susan wouldn't surprise me at all.
I think we have to get past my cohort who all went to school with a tonne of Susans. Actually, I'm turning 40, so my cohort is pretty well passed it's child bearing prime.
Really, it's the person who makes (or breaks) a name. I once knew a Shirlee who was cute as a button and fun as hell, so the "old lady" name (as I first thought) became a cute and fitting name for her. I also knew a Chantel that ended up being one of my best friends. So, neither name is one I would like, but I have very good associations with both. Hell, my own name probably makes some people crazy but I love it (Monti).
I swear, we checked all the popularity data available on Lillian. Did not stop it from shooting up the ranks. Shoulda gone with Esme or Edith.
Lillian (Lily) is a beautiful, classic name.
I have a friend who took great pains to find a name that was not too popular and not too out there, so when Adele the pop star starting getting notice about a month after she named her daughter Adele, she was pretty pissed.
Shoulda gone with Esme or Edith.
Or Enid! That hasn't been popular since the 1920s or earlier. (Enid is my mom's name. She was born in the late '30s.)
I love the name Lillian. It reminds me of a glamour of days gone by, I associate it immediately with Lillian Gish. Not in a celebrity sense, but in a look and style.
JZ's cousin just had a baby, and used "Emmett" as the middle name because she liked Emmett's name.
We bump into kids named Emmett occasionally, but it's rare enought that it's remarkable.
We've only met one 93 y.o. Matilda, but lots of people say either that (a) they love the name (because of the book/movie); or (b) that they considered using Matilda. So I think we're maybe a little ahead of the curve on that one and wouldn't be surprised if it starts trending upward.