It's really fun, isn't it? Hopefully I'll encourage some meme-age.
That's fascinating that your first name isn't that common nationally and yet showed up in your neighborhood! I didn't realize regional differences were that strong. Mine's first nationally, and very specific to the years I was born, so I've had a strong sense of a cohort as I've aged--I remember being in my early 30s and starting to see my name in the news, as [My First Names] became old enough to Do Things. M.
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That's fascinating that your first name isn't that common nationally and yet showed up in your neighborhood! I didn't realize regional differences were that strong. Mine's first nationally, and very specific to the years I was born, so I've had a strong sense of a cohort as I've aged--I remember being in my early 30s and starting to see my name in the news, as [My First Names] became old enough to Do Things. M.