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Parenting
fromTODAY.com
1 week ago

Sociologist Shares the 6 Baby Names That Have Stood the Test of Time

Six names have remained in the Top 50 since 1880, reflecting cultural identity and historical naming trends.
Relationships
fromScary Mommy
1 week ago

The Millennial Baby Names That Already Feel Old (Looking At You, Jessica)

Names perceived as old are simply those held by the oldest living generations, indicating a cyclical trend in naming.
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Careers
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

Would anyone name their son Jeffrey in 2026?

Men named Jeffrey face choosing 'Jeffrey' or 'Jeff' because notorious namesakes can affect social and professional impressions.
History
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago

People Are Sharing The Most Interesting Things They've Discovered About Their Ancestors

Descendants discovered ancestors including a Greek-knighted inventor who saved grape crops, writer E.T.A. Hoffman, and bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
fromemptywheel
2 months ago

How Do You Want Your Family to Remember You? - emptywheel

The Stasi, the secret police, were legendary for their data files. Their work was based on instilling fear, and they induced stunningly amazing numbers of East Germans into informing on their neighbors. Something along the lines of 1 in 6 East Germans were informants, whether out of fear or out of approval of what the East German government was doing.
US politics
fromMail Online
2 months ago

The 20 baby names set to go extinct this year... is yours on the list?

Classic and once-popular baby names are falling out of favor, with some at risk of disappearing entirely. A new report from BabyCenter, which tracks the names parents consider and choose for their newborns, analyzed the top 1,000 names to identify which have seen the steepest declines since 2024. Among girls, Charleigh, Mckinley, Prisha, Ezra, Sasha, Mía, Kenna, Kori, Dior and Shaikha are all slipping down the rankings, with Charleigh and Shaikha taking the hardest hits.
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