Post #140562 by ikitnrev on Thu, Feb 10, 2005 6:33 PM

A name has to be in the top 1000 names of the decade in order to appear in the graphs. Sven and Otto - you are joined by good company. Eartha (Kitt) never cracked the top 1000 either.

I found it interesting that the only decade that Elvis was not in the top 1000 names was the 1930's, when Elvis was born.

I went through a list of number 1 songs over the decades, to see which songs inspired people enough to name their kids with the song title. The following names peaked in popularity after the song reached #1.

Tammy
Venus (Frankie Avalon)
Sheila
Sherry
Dawn
Paula
Rhonda
Penny
Windy
Venus (again, by Shocking Blue. Banarama's version of the song must have killed the popularity of the name)
Brandy
Angie
Mandy

#1 song names that did not result in a rise in popularity of that name

Patricia
Dominique
Dolly
Ruby
Lucy
Eileen

and Ringo never cracked the top 1000, even with the help of Lorne Greene's western ballad, and some famous drummer.

Vern