Favorite Gen X name?

[Anonymous]

Christina

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gen X names I love:
Emily, Meghan, Laura, Julie, Kristen

Gen X names I don't like:
Kim, Dana, Angela, Stephanie, Ashley

Dana’s a gen-x name? I am solidly gen-x and it was and still is so rare for me to hear my name.

I'm early gen-x Dana (high school class of '89) and I never met another female Dana until I went to college. I did know a male Dana growing up. But I do think of it as a gen-x name--it was never very popular, but it was/is even less popular before/since.

[Anonymous]

Every Kimberly/Kim I’ve known has been a major slut. So anything but that...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every Kimberly/Kim I’ve known has been a major slut. So anything but that...

The 50-year old Kimberly I know is a slut so I think you are into something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Melissa, Samantha, Jessica (or is that more early millennial?)

My brother graduated high school in 1989 and most of his female friends were named Jessica or Megan.

I mean...I graduated from high school in 1989 and I can't believe this is true, unless he was hanging out with the elementary school crowd, LOL. Jessica was ranked #183 in 1967 and #177 in 1968. Megan was even less common, ranking 328th in 1967.

Class of '89 is very early Gen-X. The most common girls' names in my high school class were Lisa, Kim, Michelle, Susan, and Laura/Lori.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Squarely GenX'er here; graduated HS in 1985: Names from my high school (am counting ones where I knew two or more people with the name):

Stacy
Tracy
Rhonda
Jill
Amy
Catherine/Cathy
Cynthia
Kimberly
Jennifer
Melissa
Elizabeth in all its variations: Lisa, Liz, Beth, Betsy
Susan
Deborah (Debbie)
Maria
Margaret
Lori/Laurie/Laura/Lauren

I think most demographers agree that high school class of '85 (born ~1963) are late boomers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am loving this thread so I looked up the top 100 names from 1970 to see what we're missing. A few:

Shannon
Lori
Tammy
Julie
Kelly
Tina
Cynthia (Cindy!)
Donna
Deborah/Debra/Debbie (of course -- Beck!)
Rhonda
Kathleen/Kathy

And these gems:

Nancy
Tonya

How I hate the name Tonya/Tanya! I'm Gen X and this list could be from my middle school yearbook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Melissa, Samantha, Jessica (or is that more early millennial?)

My brother graduated high school in 1989 and most of his female friends were named Jessica or Megan.

I mean...I graduated from high school in 1989 and I can't believe this is true, unless he was hanging out with the elementary school crowd, LOL. Jessica was ranked #183 in 1967 and #177 in 1968. Megan was even less common, ranking 328th in 1967.

Class of '89 is very early Gen-X. The most common girls' names in my high school class were Lisa, Kim, Michelle, Susan, and Laura/Lori.

My brother was class of '91 and his friends weren't Jessica or Megan either. They were the same as above along with Denise, Julie, Stacy, Tammy, Pam etc

[Anonymous]

I never know what generation I am. Born in '80 and have been told I'm most definitely Gen X, most definitely millennial, and most definitely neither one (Xennial/Oregon Trail/Catalano). The most common names in my class were Jessica, Allison, and every possible form and spelling of Katherine/Katie/Kate. My babysitter (definitely Gen X) was named April, and I loved her name as a kid.

[Anonymous]

Claudia
Blair
Tiffany
Stephanie
Cynthia (hate Cindy)
Maria
Patricia (hate most nns)
Veronica
Courtney
Yolanda
Melinda

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does Alex short for Alexandra ring a bell?

I know lots of them, born in the 90s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, this is inspired by the “Angela for a baby thread”. Personally I really like the name Heather, from my generation. Michelle is quite pretty too, but it was way too popular. Overall, I like the names babies were given in the 60’s and 70’s over the names now.
What’s your favorite Gen X name?

Jessica

I did name my son Adam, which is another favorite. It's timeless, but I knew a ton of Adams growing up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never know what generation I am. Born in '80 and have been told I'm most definitely Gen X, most definitely millennial, and most definitely neither one (Xennial/Oregon Trail/Catalano). The most common names in my class were Jessica, Allison, and every possible form and spelling of Katherine/Katie/Kate. My babysitter (definitely Gen X) was named April, and I loved her name as a kid.

I was also born in '80 and what I've found is that Gen Xers are VERY attached to the idea of having been born in the 70s or late 60s. Like it's really important to them. So as a result, even though my husband and most of my friends were born in the 70s and consider them Gen X, I am randomly a "Millenial".

One definition I've heard is that if you were Gen X, the earliest you would have had an email account was college. I got a hotmail account my senior year of college (to communicate with my friends who were at college and had just gotten college accounts!). So by that metric, I'm a Millenial but only barely.

Oh, and my name is Emily, so there you go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I never know what generation I am. Born in '80 and have been told I'm most definitely Gen X, most definitely millennial, and most definitely neither one (Xennial/Oregon Trail/Catalano). The most common names in my class were Jessica, Allison, and every possible form and spelling of Katherine/Katie/Kate. My babysitter (definitely Gen X) was named April, and I loved her name as a kid.

I was also born in '80 and what I've found is that Gen Xers are VERY attached to the idea of having been born in the 70s or late 60s. Like it's really important to them. So as a result, even though my husband and most of my friends were born in the 70s and consider them Gen X, I am randomly a "Millenial".

One definition I've heard is that if you were Gen X, the earliest you would have had an email account was college. I got a hotmail account my senior year of college (to communicate with my friends who were at college and had just gotten college accounts!). So by that metric, I'm a Millenial but only barely.

Oh, and my name is Emily, so there you go.

I meant I got my hotmail account senior year of HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I never know what generation I am. Born in '80 and have been told I'm most definitely Gen X, most definitely millennial, and most definitely neither one (Xennial/Oregon Trail/Catalano). The most common names in my class were Jessica, Allison, and every possible form and spelling of Katherine/Katie/Kate. My babysitter (definitely Gen X) was named April, and I loved her name as a kid.

I was also born in '80 and what I've found is that Gen Xers are VERY attached to the idea of having been born in the 70s or late 60s. Like it's really important to them. So as a result, even though my husband and most of my friends were born in the 70s and consider them Gen X, I am randomly a "Millenial".

One definition I've heard is that if you were Gen X, the earliest you would have had an email account was college. I got a hotmail account my senior year of college (to communicate with my friends who were at college and had just gotten college accounts!). So by that metric, I'm a Millenial but only barely.

Oh, and my name is Emily, so there you go.

I'm a gen x-er and I didn't get an email until I was 28! (1995.) Well out of college. My husband "got" us a home PC and internet access for my 30th birthday in 1997 LOL.