according to the SSA, Jessica was ranked 18th most popular in 2003, it's lowest rank since 1990. Jessica was ranked 2nd in 1978 (after Jennifer), the year i was born. interestingly, Jessica was ranked 4th in England/Wales in 2003. i also discovered that Jessica was first used by Shakespeare in his play 'The Merchant of Venice.' Jessica means ' wealthy.'
Sabrina ranks 139th for 2003. In 1997 (the year she was born), it ranked 53rd. i find this interesting: i chose that name because i wanted something a bit different, but still something the teacher could pronounce on the first day of school. i thought it was different since i had never met anyone named Sabrina. alternatively (and following the same logic), if i had a boy, the name would have been Dylan, which was ranked 31st in 1997. i had no idea these names were this popular. btw- Sabrina means 'from the border.'
other intersting tit-bits I gathered from the SSA site: 1- the most popular names in 2003 were Jacob and Emily and 2- Bertha is listed in the top ten 12 times (1881-1918).
further research finds that my last name is the #535 most common last name.
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