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more about #curtissittenfeld more comments → Tart of Darkness: It just occurred to me to wonder how Curtis Sittenfeld came up with "Cross Sugarman" from the Social Security Index. more » Tart of Darkness: I swear that when I named my daughter I was thinking only about my grandmother and a famous aviatrix. Everyone is going to think she's a couple of ye... more » clevernamehere: I love baby names and collected baby name books when I was a kid. Its really funny now that my friends are having kids. They are all "I'm going to be ... more » Flackette Goes Retro: I was a 1979 baby. About half of my graduating class was named Amanda, Jennifer or Jessica. Boys were Jason, Josh, Chris and Matt. And I swear there w... more » ElleL: I have been the only Luci (with an i) I've ever known, until college when I met another Lucy (with a y), and we lived together. Our birthdays are onl... more » Pocahaunted: My brother's name is top for this year?! That is really surprising. I always thought my mom did a great job naming us. We sound cool as a set - 'Geor... more » devilchyld22: There has been a huge spike in "Finley" in my mommy friends. I know two people who have kids named Finley. more » hkcd: Ooh my name (Hilary) is not even in the top 1000 apparently. I like that. more » opalmarie: It's a huge pet peeve of mine when adult characters have names that are totally out of synch with their generations and trendy now. This happens cons... more » skellywelly: I'm just thrilled the name Jayden isn't in the top 10. more » Maulleigh: That is a great site. more » hkcd: I used to use baby name books to name my Sims. Um, yeah. ...Used to. Totally. Not anymore. No no. more » EkaterinaBallerina: I use baby name books for my characters. And I chose really unusual, quirky names. I want my characters' names to stand out. more » NowhereGirl: It's interesting to look and see the popularity of your own name in the year that you where born, and then to see the other popular names in that year... more » ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox): If you go to your birth year you can see exactly why there was always a Jessica A., Matthew T. and Jason D. in your fifth grade class. Maybe thats my ... more » -
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Curtis Sittenfeld: "For naming characters, I love the Social Security Administration's most popular baby names site." [New York Times] -
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Matchmaker, Matchmaker: Why Playing Cupid's A Bad Idea
Novelist Curtis Sittenfeld's Salon essay on disastrous matchmaking got us thinking about the perils of being a Yenta. More »
