This Java-based namevoyager generates a graph of the popularity of a given name from the 1880s to the present. Note the booming popularity of Jesus and the decline of George, Richard, Minnie, and Homer. Other names were just a flash in the pan and link their bearers to specific decades (Barbie, Cindy, etc.). Found at hainsworth.com.
Anything can be dipped if you’re brave enough…
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I blame climate change… Photo courtesy of B. Rubrecht. Spotted in Japan.
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