Saturday, December 4, 2021

Alexa is quickly losing its cachet as as baby name for girls

 

Alexa debuted on the SSN baby names chart in 1973.  After floundering around for 10 years, she rocketed into the top 200 during the first half of the 1980s.  Until recently, she spent 32 years in the top 100 (1995-96, 1997-2018) peaking at #32 in 2015.   Retiring Guy suspects she'll have dropped like a rock by 2030.



Alexa Morales wore her name proudly. But after Amazon launched its voice service, also called Alexa, in November 2014, people began speaking to Morales differently. She said they made jokes about her name, giving her commands or asking her questions in a robotic tone. 
“When I hear my name now, it’s not good thoughts, it’s like, tensing,” said Morales, 28, a pharmacy technician and student in Bridgeport, Conn.

The power of suggestion.  Alexa's popularity as a baby name peaked in 2015.


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