The Social Security Administration keeps track of names registered for new babies. If you go to
http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi, you can put in a name and it will tell you what RANK that baby name was in the years since 1912. It tracks the top 1000 names. I created spreadsheets for all of the names of grandchildren in our family and found out some interesting facts. For example, this year, Mia is the 9th most popular name for girls born in the USA. But it doesn't even show up on the list until 1964. (Does anyone know a famous Mia from 1964?) Fiona doesn't make the top 1000 until two years after OUR Fiona was born... I guess she made a big splash. William has maintained a steady popularity for 100 years. Chantry never makes the list.
