public service from the ssa

tonight i found an interesting toy sponsored by our friendly social security administration (they are my target this evening, it seems).

the site holds baby name records from 1880 to 2004 and has some neat search functions.

my name was 516th most popular in my birth year. it is ranked 849th now. my grandmother's name, florence, was ranked 14th when she was born and is now 956th. the current top names, emily and jacob, have been number one since 1996 and 1999, respectively. i feel an upset coming on this year!

check your name.

i'm going to file this under cool stuff and creative use of public funds.

Labels: political