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This is kind of fun. An interesting inter-active graph where you simply type in your name and a graph appears that shows the popularity of any given American first name over the past 115 years.
My name seems to have peaked so far in the year 2005, with a whopping seventy people reporting it as their newborn daughter's name. Almost double the number from my birth year of 1969.
Give it a try - it's pretty addicting, actually. Be sure to fill in your name in the middle of the page...not into any ad that might be at the top of the page (grrrr....)
Follow researcher Randal S. Olson's blog (or on Twitter) for more interesting and easy-to-digest graphs from topics ranging to The Decline of Deaths in the U.S. by Fire to The U.S. Cities where it is Cheaper to Rent than Buy.