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kleinbl00 · 3665 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Jennifer epidemic: How the spiking popularity of different baby names cycle like genetic drift.
Can't believe they didn't mention this little toy. Somewhere there's a nice writeup that explains this. It says that parents generally pick names that are a little different, but still very familiar. As such, certain names oscillate in spelling and related names. Something not mentioned in the article is that "Jennifer" has never been an unpopular name; as long as the census bureau has been tracking it it's been in the top 200.