Plenty of Todds and Kylies for gen x
Used to work in a fairly high end ski hotel. In February we would get dozens of little kids all going for ski lessons. I used to label their skis so they wouldn’t get mixed up, but I always had to also ask the surname so I could write “Olivia T, Olivia M, Emily P, Olivia B, Emily H, Emily S” then start on the boys “Tom D, Tom A, Oliver G, Tom J, Oliver H…”
Also when someone asked me to get their luggage from the car - “It’s a black Audi”
You don’t fucking say. Which of the ten black Audis is it, Oli?
Don’t get me started on the number of Toms, Olivers, and Olivias at my daughter’s school.
When these kids start working in offices, is going to usher back in the day of calling all co-workers by their surname “Hey Jonson, I have that report for you from Smith. Thanks Brown.”
I think they used to do that back in the 70s and 80s because everyones firsnames were all James, and Peter.
Apparently, looking at a government website:
Jennifer Jessica Amanda Sarah Melissa
Michael Matthew Jason Christopher Joshua
And this 100% lines up with my classmates’, friends’, and family members’ names.
Not Ada apparently. Every other Ada I meet is either 5 or 85
I only know Ada Lovlace, the first programmer. Also Ada the programming language.
My former collegue used to work in it and named his daughter after her
I’m so sorry and that’s lovely, in that order.
The Ada programming language being named after Ada Lovelace was like if they named the MS Explorer version of JavaScript “Turing.”
Can confirm: 80 year old names are back in fashion. Every other kid in kindergarten is an Ada, Amelia, (the rest are Bryden, Jaelynn, etc.)
I personally know a lot of millennials named Megan (Meagan, Meghan, Megyn, et al)
You remember my wife, Megan Duffy, maiden name Duffy, hopefully no relation.
That line is funny by itself, but how he delivered the “hopefully no relation” part so casually made it 10x funnier.
Names that end with en like Kayden, Jayden, and Hayden. Raiden was never part of it unfortunately.
Be the change! Name your kid raiden :D
Nowadays everyoneThe kid’s peers would think you got it from Genshin Impact.(Edited - I failed to write what I meant at first)
You serious?
Edited: Actually you’re right about what I wrote at first, I fixed it to what I meant, and the below is an elaboration on what I meant, not what I first wrote.
Imagine 15 years from now you ask a fifteen-year old who Raiden is. They probably won’t have heard of Mortal Kombat unless there’s a huge resurgence in the franchise.
That might be the case if you ask one now.
Gen x here. Lots of Jennifer and Melissa.
Yep. And Tom, Bob, Rob, Bill, John and Steve.
Emily
I know like 10 Emilys it feels like.
Lilly, Luna, Sarah, Zoe
As a trans woman who dates t4t, this is basically 50% of their names.
I went to school with more fucking Jennifer’s and Christopher’s
90s baby?
1980
That checks out.
There were already two, Michael last initial and Mike last initial in my English class that i had to go by last name.
Michael… Bolton? Wow, is that your real name?
Why should I change? He’s the one who sucks.
There was nothing wrong with it, until I was about 12 years old, when that no talent ass clown started winning Grammys…
In my class there where two loosely related cousins with the same name and surnames; we went with name and birth year to differentiate them
Guess when I was born… Went to school with James, William, Dan, John, Joseph, David, Elizabeth, Lisa, Margaret, Debbie, Carolyn, Bonnie, Susan, Karen, Michael, and Peter. Most of the Karens I knew were nice people. They don’t deserve the bad rap.
Those dude names are common across generations. Debbie and Lisa were popular baby names in the 50s & 60s, Margaret and Carolyn too. I’m guessing you graduated high school around 1975-1980.
Sometime in the last hundred years?
Graduated high school in 1975. BTW my niece has a Camden and a Corbin. My daughter is named Chelsea.
50s?
Early 80s maybe 80 or 82
I’d say early gen X
The amount of Cody and Chris’s I know is surprising. I’ve also met plenty of Daniels and Tonys.
Which generation and where are you located? Cody is quite a unique name in my world.
Elder Millennial, Central US. I know three Cody’s personally and two by acquaintance.
I’m born in '78. In Poland I had several Krzysztof in my class, in Germany Daniela and Andreas.
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Brandon, Ryan, and Aaron for guys, Christine, Sarah, and Kat for girls. Kat gets more of a mention here because it’s a short version of Kate which is a short version of Kathy which is a short version of Katherine. And when you combine those, that’s like 50% of every generation.
Wait, Gen X had all the Kylies? That sounds characteristically Gen Y/Z.
Probably late Gen X. Kylie was popular in Australia but went global with Kylie Minogue in Neighbours.
Lee Ann, Cindy, Tammy, Debbie
Steve, Mike, John, Bob
