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This popped into my head while watching election returns from Indiana, specifically Gary, which struck me as an awesome name for a city -- from the US Census Bureau web site:
Is there a trend to name children after cities? Just a few years ago, the name "London" was not in the top 1000 baby names, but in 2007 the rank was 284 (for girls). Similarly, the name "Paris" has become popular. These 2 examples are European cities that have become popular baby names in the United States. But what about U. S. cities?
From the list of United States cities with populations of 100,000 or more (as provided by the U. S. Census Bureau), we have drawn those names that are in the top 1000 names for births in 2007. Can you guess 5 of them?
I think even non-Americans should get at least five: hell, four of them have populations over 1,000,000. There are 20 total, and at least 12 with sizable sub-100,000 populations. Disclaimer: Brooklyn is a borough, not a city, for the purposes of this exercise. But not an awful name, methinks.
Is there a trend to name children after cities? Just a few years ago, the name "London" was not in the top 1000 baby names, but in 2007 the rank was 284 (for girls). Similarly, the name "Paris" has become popular. These 2 examples are European cities that have become popular baby names in the United States. But what about U. S. cities?
From the list of United States cities with populations of 100,000 or more (as provided by the U. S. Census Bureau), we have drawn those names that are in the top 1000 names for births in 2007. Can you guess 5 of them?
I think even non-Americans should get at least five: hell, four of them have populations over 1,000,000. There are 20 total, and at least 12 with sizable sub-100,000 populations. Disclaimer: Brooklyn is a borough, not a city, for the purposes of this exercise. But not an awful name, methinks.
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