I’m #115!
I was totally right. I saw one of those minature personalized license plates yesterday and bought it. It was pretty excited. I never see “Adrian.” My roommate said that “Adrian” had to be in the top 50 most popular names. How to resolve this? The Social Security Administration to the rescue!
Their site will show you top 20, 50, 100, 500, and 1000 names for any year back to 1880 (1880’s most popular names? John for boys, Mary for girls). In the year I was born, 1980, Adrian was the 115th most popular male name with 2,387 total Adrians that year.
The top 10 names from that year:
- Michael
- Christopher
- Jason
- David
- James
- Matthew
- Joshua
- John
- Robert
- Joseph
You can also check out the fads, how a particular name changed in popularity over a period of time.
After the jump how “Adrian” has varied since my birth year.
Year and rank of “Adrian” as a boys name for births that year. Looks like it’s only gotten more popular. I’ve always been a trendsetter…
2005 65
2004 72
2003 68
2002 73
2001 75
2000 78
1999 79
1998 70
1997 95
1996 92
1995 96
1994 98
1993 99
1992 96
1991 93
1990 94
1989 100
1988 101
1987 102
1986 99
1985 93
1984 107
1983 107
1982 117
1981 115
1980 115
April 30th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
Colin:
2005 95
2004 84
2003 88
2002 116
2001 125
2000 117
1999 119
1998 122
1997 125
1996 126
1995 135
1994 124
1993 121
1992 127
1991 139
1990 122
1989 126
1988 131
1987 134
1986 159
1985 156
1984 154
1983 166
1982 171
1981 203
1980 205
1979 207
1978 223
May 5th, 2007 at 9:36 am
If you really want to have some fun with baby naming, check out this applet that uses the social security data. It’s interactive. You can run the mouse down the left side of the years and see all of the old names that were popular in 1880.