Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Baby NameVoyager

Here is a link to a cool java application that allows you to look at how babies names have been used over the last hundred plus years!

The Baby Name Wizard's NameVoyager

After dinner, Sharon, Jack and I had fun looking at how the usage of names for people we know has ebbed and flowed. From a peak in the 1950's and 1960's, Mark has fallen in popularity as a boy's name!

click on the image for a larger version!

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