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[quote=Anonymous]Just for fun, I plugged the top names and their percentage of births in 2020 into a spreadsheet so I could look at the numbers a bit. I thought this was interesting:

Olivia (#1) was given to 1% of all girls born in 2020.
Harper (#10) is the name that is exactly half as popular as Olivia, with .5% of all girls named Harper.
Willow (#48) is exactly half as popular as Harper, with .25%
Margaret (#126) is exactly half as popular as Willow, with .124%
Milani (#267) is half as popular as Margaret, with .062%

I like these stats because they show how few kids get any one name. But I also like how they kind of show what kinds of names are popping up at what level of popularity, and it's about what you'd expect. Olivia is classic and popular, so it's common. Harper and Willow are pretty but sound more modern, so they are "on trend" but a lot less common than Olivia. Margaret is a classic that is not in favor, so it's much lower down the list. Milani is an unusual name.

I think these are all great names but different kinds of parents are going to feel differently about how common, classic, modern, or unusual they are. The rankings really don't tell the whole story.[/quote]

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