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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.

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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 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.

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?

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

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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 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

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

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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.

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

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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.