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I can't see giving Pearl, on a real life baby, a yawn. On a *real life baby*, that's the difference. I understand that Pearl is talked about a lot on the board, so you may be sick of seeing it here, but the board can be worlds away from real life. In real life, Pearl is far from popular. It fell to 700 in 1966 and left the top thousand in 1987. It re-entered the top thousand in 2007, at 990, and was 982 in 2009, 958 in 2010, and 813 in 2011. So it may be making a comeback, but it's surely not popular yet, at this time.

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I'm bored with Rosalie from seeing it so much on the board, but if I heard of a real life baby being named Rosalie, I wouldn't give it a yawn, because Rosalie is not overused in real life. It's never been overused. It left the top thousand in 1988, re-entered in 2009 at 833, and in 2011 it was 547. It seems that it is making a strong comeback, but 547 is still not popular, and Rosalie has never even been in the top hundred. So, sick as I am of Rosalie here, I couldn't in good conscience say it's boring in real life.

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Although a name may be disliked for many reasons, I can't see it being boring or a yawn for any reason other than popularity, and I think it's important to remember that popularity in real life and popularity on the board are two different things.