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October
2008
Trends2
I love the Social Security Administration’s popular baby names site. It’s probably just about the only thing at the SSA that is easy to use and very functional. Anyway, I pulled out the data for the name Dorothy for the whole time period they have available. I thought it was an interesting curve.

Looks Wizard of Oz (movie) related…
(October 31st, 2008 at 5:20 AM)
The decline in popularity? Maybe. I wonder if the high ranking it enjoyed during the teens and 20s was due in some part to the influence of the books? That’s an interesting thought. I hadn’t really considered it.
(October 31st, 2008 at 12:57 PM)