Has your first name become more or less common since you were born?

Spinneret · Mar 12, 2023

Less for mine

goofyernmost · Mar 12, 2023

Less for mine too! My first name is I'm and my last name is Goofyernmost. Almost no one used I'm as a first name anymore.

amcnj · Mar 12, 2023

No hard facts to back this up, but I am thinking less, as there seems to be a much greater variety of names in use here now than when I was younger. Of course maybe any popularity drop here is offset by increases in other countries.

prairie_girl · Mar 12, 2023

Definitely less popular.

DVCjj · Mar 12, 2023

mumto3girls · Mar 12, 2023

Less. Never a very popular name, but most popular in mid-1960’s; I was born in 1969.

nene0182 · Mar 12, 2023

Skywalker3 · Mar 12, 2023

Much more popular, but with a different spelling

Meriweather · Mar 12, 2023

luvnwdwgal · Mar 12, 2023

Less. My name was popular in the 60’s and I think that was it.

E&Cmom · Mar 12, 2023

More. I remember looking up my name as a teen in a “when it was popular “ article and it said the 1880s .

Now it has made a comeback in the 2000s.

Boopuff · Mar 12, 2023

I'd say the nickname (short version of my name) is no longer around much. But the "formal" long, "mom's-mad-at-me" version is still around

tvguy · Mar 12, 2023

My first name is Robert, so pretty common. But I don't go by my first name. I go by my middle name which is very uncommon. I suspect most people here have never met anyone with that name.

Gary M · Mar 12, 2023

tinkerbellandpeterpan · Mar 12, 2023

Still uncommon and more often than not I run across men with it with a different spelling. I used to not like it as a child because I could never find things with my name on it, but now I quite like it because it's different.

mamamary · Mar 12, 2023

Less. It was number 3 when I was born. I believe it is not even in the top 100 now.

sheilafri · Mar 12, 2023

Less. Never all that common, but just enough people have it that you don’t get weird looks.

PrincessShmoo · Mar 12, 2023