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Is Emma really 90s? It wasn't very popular then (at least in the US).
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It was in the top 20 by the end of the decade. Really popular in the UK through the whole of the 90s. It could also be the association with Friends? Although that was a bit later.
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I agree, it's much more 2000s to me.
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Most of my friends are from the UK. In the UK it was popular in the 70s, super popular in 80s and sort of on its last leg in the 90s (I think it is still in the mid-top-100 but I guess it's because of immigrants because it's such an international name and in Germany, France, Italy it was fashionable for longer). Gemma had a similar pattern. Emily is the younger name there, but also slowly falling out of fashion.
When I hear Emma I think Emma Watson and Emma from the Spice Girls as well as Emma on Friends. Spice Girl Emma is now 44, Emma Watson is 31 and Friends Emma would be 21, I guess?
I find it odd that it is still so popular as it feels really tired to me. I know lots of 25+ women named Emma in the UK and even in Germany where it became popular later I know lots of 20+ Emmas so I find it dated.
When I hear Emma I think Emma Watson and Emma from the Spice Girls as well as Emma on Friends. Spice Girl Emma is now 44, Emma Watson is 31 and Friends Emma would be 21, I guess?
I find it odd that it is still so popular as it feels really tired to me. I know lots of 25+ women named Emma in the UK and even in Germany where it became popular later I know lots of 20+ Emmas so I find it dated.
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Yeah, it definitely blossomed an entire decade earlier in the UK than it did in the US. I was born in 1990, and people didn't know what to make of my name (Emma). Everyone just thought it was Emily. It wasn't until 1998 or so that I started hearing "What a lovely old-fashioned name" and teachers etc. naming their babies Emma.
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Friends-Emma would be 19, “born” in 2002 :)
I don’t think Emma is very tired, but maybe that’s because I associate it with Austen more than anything. Emily, though? Bury it in the ground.
I don’t think Emma is very tired, but maybe that’s because I associate it with Austen more than anything. Emily, though? Bury it in the ground.
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Ahh, thanks, for some reason I thought it was 2000 :P
For me it is the other way around. Emily still sounds fine to me.
For me it is the other way around. Emily still sounds fine to me.
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I’ve just known a lot of Emilys, maybe 10 or 12, and only one or two Emmas. Regional differences, I’m sure!
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