16-year-old British girl earns £48,000 helping Chinese people name their babies

Re:16-year-old British girl earns £48,000 helping Chinese pe... by tvanantwerp on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @10:25AM (#12443621)

Nothing wrong with the name Eugene, but it isn't as popular in the West anymore. According to the Social Security Administration, it peaked in popularity among American men at 20th most popular from 1927 to 1929. In 2015, it was 822nd most popular.

https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi

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Re:16-year-old British girl earns £48,000 helping Chinese pe... by paradite on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @10:32AM (#12443698)

Google ngram suggests that the name's popularity is relatively stable, no drastic changes:

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Eugene&year_st...

It is declining fast in American English:

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Eugene&year_st...

However, not the case in British English:

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Eugene&year_st...

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Re:16-year-old British girl earns £48,000 helping Chinese pe... by Kluny on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @01:09PM (#12445142)

I think it's due for a comeback.

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