Online Tool Reveals the Year in Which a Given Name was Most Popular in Britain

The following teaser is from a May 19, 2017 article posted at dailymail.co.uk:

An unusual baby name seems to be a badge of honor for celebrities, who excel at picking out quirky and sometimes downright bizarre monikers for their children.

But while Kim Kardashian might have assumed she was ahead of the trend by naming her children North and Saint, a new online tool proves that the reality star is in fact well behind the times.

The name Saint was in fact at its most common in 1880, according to the ‘You Called Me What‘ tool from Findmypast.co.uk, which shows when a specific name peaked in popularity – and reveals whether parents are trendsetters, or behind the curve.

Read the full article.

Click on this link to check out the popularity of any given name in Britain.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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