1987-8: Year of the Jared

[dvandom]

One of my duties at work is to go through all the lab rosters in the first day of class and call roll. Thus, I get a decent feel for the sorts of names that are common in that cohort.

This year, it's Jared. Or Jarod. Or Jerod. Or Jerrod. Or Jarred. Or Jerrad. I've seen all of these. In one class, due to a fluke of alphabetical ordering, there was a Jarod, a Jared and a Jerod all in a row on the roster. Haven't seen something like that since I was a TA for a summer course in 1992, when I had three Tamicas (Tamica, Tamika, Tamiqua) in one class.

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[redneckgaijin.livejournal.com]

You really don't want to know how often I had classes with multiple Chris's of various genders.

[z4nd4r.livejournal.com]

I had 2 other Tim's in my gradeschool class and 5 other Tim's on my floor in the dorms at TU.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Oh, of the 30 guys in my grade all through 1-8 (Catholic school), there were four other Davids besides me. 1970 was Year of the Dave. There were 2-3 Chrisses, too. Unimaginative WASC neighborhood. But at least everyone spelled David or Chris the same way. :)

P.S. I got The Stuff in the mail yesterday. (ooh, cryptic)

[redneckgaijin.livejournal.com]

The Stuff? Don't eat it! DON'T EAT IT!!

[1boringperson.livejournal.com]

Well according to the 1990 Census (http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.male.first) (or, if you prefer a search form (http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/namesearch.html)):

Name             %   Cum. %    Rank
JARED          0.071 74.562    226
JERALD         0.019 84.446    499
JARROD         0.014 85.672    575
JARRETT        0.007 88.133    828
JERROD         0.006 88.434    874
JEROLD         0.006 88.613    904
JARRED         0.006 88.770    932
JERROLD        0.005 89.032    981
JAROD          0.004 89.617   1108
JERRELL        0.004 89.918   1185

Hey, wait, "Jarred"? "Jarred was jarred by the revelation." :-) Sorry, no "Jerrad" in the list at all.

[1boringperson.livejournal.com]

Oh, and "David" ranked an unimaginative sixth. :-)

DAVID          2.363 17.176      6
DAVE           0.053 77.316    271

[z4nd4r.livejournal.com]

http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html

[redneckgaijin.livejournal.com]

And because it's all about ME!!...

CHRISTOPHER 1.035 24.220 11
CHRISTINE 0.382 27.275 43
CHRIS 0.197 58.761 96
KRISTEN (female) 0.111 57.496 194
KRYSTAL (female) 0.037 71.745 413
KRISTOPHER 0.025 82.620 414
KRIS 0.011 86.420 634
KRIS (female) 0.011 80.255 833
KRISTAN (female) 0.003 85.811 1773

oh...

KRISTAN (male) - Not Found

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Pretty colors....

[redneckgaijin.livejournal.com]

Not exactly what I meant.

There's a schlock horror movie from the 80s called "The Stuff," about an ice-cream like confectionery originating from a meteorite. The movie blurb kind of says it all: "First you eat it; then IT EATS YOU!"

For various reasons I had to sit through that damn movie three times during my childhood, and though I hated every minute, bits stick in the memory.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

The 31 Flavours Out Of Space, in other words. :)