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thenewgreen · 3648 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Jennifer epidemic: How the spiking popularity of different baby names cycle like genetic drift.

Regarding Jennifer, I always had at least two, maybe three of them in my class growing up. I wonder if any of them ended up in the Jennifer support groups?

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randomuser · 3648 days ago · link ·

I remember a lot of Jennifers. But no more than John, Chris, or Alex.

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