{"id":38795806,"date":"2005-05-09T15:25:34","date_gmt":"2005-05-09T15:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.casey.com\/2005\/05\/christopher-is.html"},"modified":"2013-04-11T02:51:15","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T02:51:15","slug":"200505christopher-is-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casey.life\/blog\/2005\/05\/09\/200505christopher-is-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher is Dropping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Security Administration has released their annual listing of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/OACT\/babynames\/\">most popular baby names for 2004<\/a>, and my own name, <b>Christopher<\/b>, remains among the top ten but has dropped from #9 to the last spot.  In 1965, the year I was given the name, it was ranked 18th in popularity for boys names.  But it was climbing, and by 1972, when I was seven, it had jumped four spots in one year, from 6th to 2nd place in the list.  And for 23 years, from 1972 to 1995, Christopher held the #2 or #3 spot on the list, including a stretch of 16 consecutive years (1979-1994) at #2!<\/p>\n<p>But in 1996, the slide began, two years in 4th, four years as #5, then three consecutive drops to #8, #9, and now to 10th.  It seems apparent that &#8220;Christopher&#8217;s&#8221; shot at the top spot is quickly slipping away.  What went wrong?  Why did my name do so well for so long, but just couldn&#8217;t grab the gold medal!<\/p>\n<p>Still, #10 is nothing to sneeze at.  From 1880 to 1940 Christopher didn&#8217;t even break into the top 100 most popular boys names.  The low point came in 1933 when it sank to #376.  But from that point on it was a steady climb up the charts, until the recent long run at #2, and now the new downward trend.<\/p>\n<p>None of my children&#8217;s names have ever reached #1 status.  The strongest performer is &#8216;<b>William<\/b>&#8216; which has spent plenty of time in the top 10, but never reached the first spot.  But <b>Jennifer<\/b> (my wife and sister&#8217;s name) owned the #1 spot for girls for an amazing 15-year run from 1970 to 1984.  But all things pass, and Jennifer has now dropped to #38.<\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah, the name that kept Christopher out of the #1 slot for all those years it was stuck at #2&#8230; <b>Michael<\/b>.  But after 38 consecutive years at #1, Michael has now been stuck in second for the last six years.  See how if feels Michael!  Christopher will be back!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Security Administration has released their annual listing of most popular baby names for 2004, and my own name, Christopher, remains among the top ten but has dropped from #9 to the last spot. 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