Shanti’s Dispatches

And the winners are:
(rank - name - # out of a 5% sample of census data)

Hombres:

1 Michael 33316
2 Christopher 27697
3 Matthew 22914
4 Joshua 19983
5 David 19556
6 Daniel 17520
7 James 17505
8 Robert 16232
9 John 15928
10 Joseph 15058

Chicas:

1 Jessica 23744
2 Jennifer 22274
3 Amanda 18260
4 Ashley 17489
5 Sarah 13676
6 Stephanie 10992
7 Melissa 10952
8 Nicole 10573
9 Elizabeth 9987
10 Heather 9716

Most Popular Names of the 1980’s

The name “Shanti”, which means peace in Sankrit by the way, in a troubling, earth-shattering upset, failed to crack the Top 100. Maybe next decade…

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