What Name Would You Have if You Were Born Today?
There was a time when name generators were the thing. In the early 2000s, a few strokes on the keyboard and you were magically given your Wu-Tang Clan name or Porn Star name. It was random, but fun. For five minutes.
Time Magazine is upping the name-generator ante, with a feature they've posted called "Find Out What Your Name Would Be if You Were Born Today." It looks up the popularity of your name from the year you were born, and finds which names rank in that spot today. Even cooler, you can find out what your name would have been in other decades, as well.
So... what would my name(s) be? I will be using my given spelling and the traditional spelling, respectively. Let's take a gander!
Today: Aliya/Emily
2000s: Aliah/Lauren
1990s: Jackeline/Nicole
1980s: Misha/Kimberly
1970s: Alethea/Christine
1960s: Leatha/Deborah
1950s: Merlene/Donna
1940s: Rozanne/Shirley
1930s: Adah/Doris
1920s: Genevie/Elizabeth
1910s: Frona/Marie
1900: Aldora/Ethel
1890s: Maida/Bertha