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Help[Facts] The Mary effect...
in reply to a message by Sabertooth
According to my rough calculations, in 1901 there were around 254,230 baby girls' births registered in the US. Of those, 13,136 or a whopping 5.167% were named Mary. Another 2% were named Helen, and the next 7 names (Anna, Margaret, Ruth, Elizabeth, Marie, Florence and Ethel) accounted for another 10.2% combined.
The result of this very heavy weighting towards the top few names is that names with quite small usages, like Barbara, get pulled further up the rankings.
https://nanowrimo.org/participants/christine-seaforth-finch
http://christineseaforthfinch.blogspot.com/
The result of this very heavy weighting towards the top few names is that names with quite small usages, like Barbara, get pulled further up the rankings.
http://christineseaforthfinch.blogspot.com/
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