Generations

Our names come back into style every few generations. In the 20's and 30's, some popular women's names were Doris, Sophie, Isabelle, Mildred. In the 40's, 50's and 60's we had Susan, Barbara, Ellen, Karen and Debbie. The 70's and 80's brought us Jennifer, Jessica, Jamie and Danielle. The 90's moved on to Madison, Taylor, Ryan and Samantha. The 2000's are a free for all with many people using odd names to be different. Sometimes they are regular names just spelled differently, like that makes a difference. Some names stand the test of time, like Maria, Anna and Elizabeth. Just as a point of interest, the name Michael has been popular since the 1500's. I know a family that has two small children named Benny and Sophie. I wonder if they will be vacationing in the Catskills this summer.