Hades: So you took care of him, huh? “Dead as a doornail.” Weren’t those your *exact* words?
Pain: This might be a different Hercules.
Panic: Yeah. I mean, Hercules is a very popular name nowadays.
Pain: Remember, like, a few years ago, every other boy was named Jason, and the girls were all named Brittany?

It turns out that Pain and Panic were right in the Disney movie Hercules. Stephen Von Worley has posted an interesting visualization of the most popular names for both boys and girls. It shows that in the late 1980’s Brittany was a very popular name, before fading. In the early 1980’s, Jason was also a popular name which has since faded.

Sorry Maitri, but your name does not show up on the list of girl’s names. But do not feel too bad, for neither does Randall or Paul show up on the list of boy’s names.

The rock of the girls names would have to be Elizabeth, and post-2000, Ava, Mia, Addison, and Chloe make a sturdy debut. Also, notice the recent retro comeback, wherein five long-lost favorites – Ella, Anna, Emma, Lillian, and Grace – have emerged from obscurity to reassert their vintage charms. Could Ida, Minnie, and Bertha be next? Time will tell!

via Name Change « Weather Sealed.