FYI....

[rossja]

Just in case you were feeling confused, my name is NOT Jessica or Jess.

I literally had two people right after I said, "My name is Jenny, how can I help you," say something like Thanks Jess.....

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

For the love of Peter, Paul, and Mary, I should be at home asleep. I'm just sayin'.

Oh yeah and apparently I'm a Ninja. Good to know....

Comments

[littlesnork.livejournal.com]

I bet you're between 32 and 36 years old, aren't you? That would be the peak of the Jennifers.

[madkingludwig.livejournal.com]

I swear it was "Love Story" and the aftermath that did it.
I remember the Shirk boy not recalling your name even though I dated "Jenn"'s almost exclusively.
Throw them off. Say it's "John". Then bat eyelashes suggestively.

[rossja.livejournal.com]

Mine wasn't because of Love Story. I've asked.

Shirk knows my name now. Sometimes I think he regrets never having his chance with me. Lucky for me, I don't. :)

I suppose I could just start saying my name is Jessica and then they'll call me Jenny. It was just odd to get two calls in a row like that. Very annoying.

[rossja.livejournal.com]

Actually I just turned 29. Close enough though. I think it started to dwindle after my year. But there are still people out there naming their kids Jennifer. I ran into a few when student teaching. Although with the whole Jennifer Aniston and Jennifer Lopez craze, I'm sure the name has come back with a vengenance. :)

[littlesnork.livejournal.com]

Ah, you were not born during the ABSOLUTE peak. I was a 1971 baby and Jennifer was the #1 name. My father picked it because it was so unusual.

http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html

[aerospcgrl.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that's a neat little page. The binning distribution could be tighter, but apparently my name was ranked 33rd in the 70s, 16th in the 80s, and 15th in the 90s... I always knew I was ahead my time. :)

[littlesnork.livejournal.com]

It's interesting all right. I don't know how this group mind thing works, but I have four nieces: Emma, Abigail, Faith, and Kaia. All those names were low, but started shooting up right around the times the various nieces were born.

Of course, I went and picked a name for my son that is ALWAYS up there - #2 in the 1980s but at least it's down to #10 now.