Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Joseph Demonstrates More Staying Power Than Mary

As far as popular baby names are concerned, people.



Joseph.  Frequent appearances in the top 10:  1880-1935, 1977-78, 1980, 1984-85, 1990-91, 1999-2005.

Only 1 year out of the top 20:  2011.

As for Mary.....

She had quite a run.

67 years at #1 -- 1880 to 1946.  

Then, after ceding 6 years to Linda at #2, she spends another 9 years at #1.

Even since the mid-1960s, though, she's experienced a slow, steady decline, to the point where she's been out of the top 100 for the past 4 years.



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