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<\/a>Dr. Tian Chen just had a baby boy, Daniel. She said she chose the name because \u201cit sounds beautiful and currently is declining as a trend, meaning it might not be overused anymore.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\u201cSome names skyrocket under the influence of pop culture \u2014 like Elsa from the Disney movie \u2018Frozen\u2019 \u2014 and then decline as everyone on the playground starts answering to the same name,\u201d Chen said. \u201cSome names reflect similar preferences of people. Some names become popular because they sound similar to a previous trend, like Chloe, Claire and Katie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chloe, Claire, Emma, Grace, Ella, Bailey and Mia are in a cluster riding a current wave. <\/p>\n
\u201cEmma, Ella and Grace experienced some fame about 100 years ago, then went silent and suddenly peaked after 2000,\u201d Mukherjee said. \u201cHowever, Chloe and Bailey are the newbies. They are Generation Y, who are still small and about to enter school or have recently started school.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dorothy, Virginia, Betty, Margaret, Anna, Evelyn, Helen and Shirley started to rise in the 1880s and experienced a baby boom in the 1920s and 1930s. Anna and Evelyn recently experienced small resurgences.<\/p>\n
The names Barbara, Linda, Mary and Patricia never go out of style.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are popular at all times for new parents, but were especially hot in the late 1940s and the 1950s,\u201d Mukherjee said.<\/p>\n
Mothers most commonly named their newborns Lisa, Amy, Laura or Jennifer in the 1970s. <\/p>\n
In the 1950s, Carol, Debra and Sharon topped the charts. <\/p>\n
However, names like Diana and Joan have had variability over the years. Diana was popular for newborns in the 1950s, decreased for a while and then surged in the 1990s. <\/p>\n
\u201cPrincess Diana\u2019s influence, no doubt,\u201d Chen said.<\/p>\n
Of the most unique names during the 124-year span, the highest frequency occurred for Latory and Massa, which was no more than 100 newborns.<\/p>\n
The team\u2019s research continues. The next step is to predict future trends.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf new parents turn back to tradition, the names of the 1970s or maybe even more from the 1920s could make a comeback,\u201d Mukherjee said. \u201cOr more expecting parents could turn to the less common and more one-of-a-kind route. We are working on that right now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>\u201cFor example, the cluster of Emily, Abigail, Christina, Sarah, Nicole, Rachel and Megan grew steadily in the 1980s and peaked in the 1990s for newborns, which explains the reason why we see so many in college or the workforce now,\u201d Mukherjee said.<\/p>\n