Lisa and Lori

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Lisa writes: The year I was born, "Lisa" was the 2nd most popular baby name in the U.S., right behind Jennifer (of course). For the previous 8 -- EIGHT! -- years, "Lisa" was the #1 most popular name. But then things went steadily downhill. It's currently #503.

My sister, Lori's, name suffered a similar burnout. It started at #20 and currently sits at #955.

So all you Emilys and Emmas and Isabellas out there? Enjoy your little day in the sun while you can.

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Anonymous said…
Kristen wasn't even in the top 10 the year I was born. I'm pretty sure my sister's name, Briean, will NEVER be in the top 10 (probably not even the Top 100). We won't even discuss my first name.
11:17 AM
Jamie said…
Oh, I know, huh? I had planned, all my life, to have two little girls named Emma and Eliza. No joke. And then I watched sadly as those two fabulous pioneer names were sullied, to the point that ROSS & RACHEL named their bastard child one of MY names!!!!! Obviously Emma was OUT by 2001, and then my in-laws hated the alternat, Camilla. Shucks. And just so you know, my sisters are Lisa and Laura (and Jill, Sara, Amy, Abby and Dana)and I know you never hear those anymore. My only issue was being called The Bionic Woman--Jamie Summers--and was that supposed to be an insult? I dunno. But I am always in awe of the 1970's popularity of Jennifer and Michelle. Did you ever have a class at school where the Jennifers and Michelles didn't have to use their last initial? And Jennifer, just objectively, is such a WEIRD name. I mean, we're all used to it now, but seriously, how did that happen?
9:47 PM
Lisa said…
Jamie, What inspired the post was going to dinner with a girl named Lori who told me she had a sister named Lisa. Our age, of course. My sister Christi SWEARS she has a 6th grade journal where she wrote "Someday I want to have a girl named Madison" long, long before every kindergartener in America had that name.
6:30 PM
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