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> remove basically all names from your own generation because they remind you of people you went to school with, remove the names of your parents' generation be
by Lammy 5y ago
> remove basically all names from your own generation because they remind you of people you went to school with, remove the names of your parents' generation because they remind you of... well, parents
I wonder if this is what happened to "Karen" since it had such a sharp drop-off decades before it became a slur. I can't think of a more "baby-boomer white woman" name, so it's a neat way for people to wrap their sexism, racism, and ageism up into a single easily-deniable word: https://www.behindthename.com/name/karen/top/united-states https://www.behindthename.com/name/karen/top/united-states
- not2b 5y agoThe male equivalent is "Steven" (or "Stephen" which has the same trajectory). See https://nametrends.net/name.php?name=Steven https://nametrends.net/name.php?name=Steven
- WalterBright 5y ago> I can't think of a more "baby-boomer white woman" name Cathy There was a time in my life where everyone I met seemed to be named Cathy.
- cafard 5y agoQuite, but then you have to sum up the Catherines, Katherines, Kathryns, Kathleens, and a few other variants.
- cafard 5y agoHmm. I was born at about peak Karen, and certainly did know some Karens in my elementary-school days. But even then, it didn't break 2%. Jennifer hit 4% some years later.