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  • How the Lisas took over the USA and got killed off by the Jennifers....

    This is a rather cool little graphic
    http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=7980

    The top girls'name in each state in each year.Amazing how for years they can stay the same and then suddenly change...
    The Copyright Monster has made me tell you that my avatar is courtesy of the wonderful Alice XZ.And you don't want to annoy the Copyright Monster.

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    Now the fun part would be to map it to a catalyst. Who was the celebrity/character that triggered the popularity shift?

    One source I found attributes the popularity of Jennifer to Jennifer "Jenny" Cavalleri from Love Story.

    So, what will be next?
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      Isabella's surge is probably due in no small part to the popularity of the Twilight franchise.
      The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away.

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