Can you name the fifty most common U.S. names of the past century that also are NOT the names of any saints? by OdysseusKelly

Can you name the fifty most common U.S. names of the past century that also are NOT the names of any saints?

created by OdysseusKelly

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Source: ssa.gov, and others
"Saint" refers to any individual recognized as such by any major church. Nicknames are not accepted. See comment for more details. *Out of the relevant gender's most common names of the past century.
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Rank*	Name	Gender
4		Female
5		Female
7		Female
10		Female
12		Female
13		Female
14		Female
15		Female
17		Female
18		Female
19		Female
19		Male
20		Female
21		Female
22		Female
23		Male

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24		Female
27		Female
28		Female
29		Male
29		Female
30		Male
31		Male
31		Female
32		Female
33		Female
35		Male
35		Female
36		Female
36		Male
38		Male
39		Female

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39		Male
41		Female
42		Male
43		Female
44		Female
45		Female
46		Female
47		Female
47		Male
48		Male
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Not-So-Saintly Names (Past Century) Quiz

by OdysseusKelly

Created Aug 2, 2011 in Religion
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	OdysseusKelly:	Aug 2nd, 2011 at 04:40 GMT		3 points
	My policy for alternate forms of saints' names is as follows: Alternate spellings, when widely used, are accepted. Thus, if there were a Saint Zack whose name was also often spelled Zak, and both Zack and Zak were common men's names from the past 100 years, neither one would be on this list: One saint with a name spelled two different ways can remove two names from this list. As with the names from the past 100 years, nicknames are not accepted with the saints. To use the same example, if there had been enough Zacks or Zaks over the past 100 years for them to make it onto this list, the existence of Saint Zachary would not remove them from the list. Finally, translations are not accepted unless they are widely used. For instance, if there were a Saint Zechariah but no Saint Zachary, and Zachary were a common enough name to be on the list (it falls a few spots short, actually), then it would remain on the list, regardless of the existence of a saint with the same name in a different language (in this case Hebrew).

	debbiedoesnothin:	Aug 2nd, 2011 at 07:17 GMT		4 points
	Don't think about the white elephant in the room. The more I tell myself don't think of saints names, the more saints names I thought of. Good quiz. Since there are only 50 answers, maybe change it to 3 or 4 columns to make it easier to read. Possibly group the females and the males separately. 5 orbs.

	OdysseusKelly:	Aug 2nd, 2011 at 18:46 GMT		2 points
	I agree about the ease-of-reading point, and I've changed it to 3 columns. As for the male/female issue, I felt that since that wasn't necessary, since this isn't the type of quiz where people are going to be looking at one clue and trying to guess the answer; while they may do that for the top few, the bulk of names you submit will probably be ones that you just hope are somewhere on the list. If I get more comments saying that I should change it, I will, but I think that this is actually the more understandable arrangement of the two choices.

	waterjoe:	Aug 4th, 2011 at 16:19 GMT		2 points
	I like the idea, but what source did you use for the saint names? I knew there is a St. Steven and a St. Dennis, so I looked up a few others and found: St. Ruth St. Jessica (also known as St. Joanna) St. Jonathan Saint Virginia (Centurione Bracelli) St. Diane St. Karen I did not go through the whole list.

	OdysseusKelly:	Aug 6th, 2011 at 03:12 GMT		2 points
	My primary source was Catholic.org's Saint Index. St. Stephen is generally spelled with a "ph." After doing some extra research, I must concede that Ruth and Virginia are indeed a saints. The quiz will be changed accordingly. As for the Jessica/Joanna question, I tried to cover that with the nicknames section of my note. I am not, I must confess, exceedingly familiar with saintly naming conventions, and if someone can explain to me why the derivative Joanna should not be considered a nickname, I'd love to hear. Addressing the matter of Jonathan, even in my additional research I have not been able to find a verifiable categorization of the Jonathan from 1 Samuel (the only Jonathan I can imagine you're talking about) as a saint. I found a few links showing he's venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, but none listing him as a saint. Once again, if there's something I'm missing, waterjoe, please tell me. Likewise, I can't find anything about a Saint Diane. Finally, the only reference I can find to Saint Karen is the use of that as a nickname for saint Katherine. Is there another one? Thank you for your comment, waterjoe. I apologize for the two mistakes, and if you can show me that these other three are too, I will of course correct and apologize for them as well. Thank you!

	bowsntoys:	Aug 6th, 2011 at 07:09 GMT		1 point
	So many un-saintly people walking around today....me inluded! Fun game. :)

	waterjoe:	Aug 6th, 2011 at 20:37 GMT		2 points
	I guess the question is when does a translation become a nickname? For the many churches and schools named after St. Karen, Karen is the name, even if it is a translation of Katherine. St. Stephan is usually spelled with a "ph" but it also spelled with a "v" and the two spellings clearly refer to the same person (which of, course, is different in Greek.) Just to give an example. St. Catherine of Alexandria is also spelled St. Katherine. In the U.S. I see both spellings for the same saint. My daughter was named for Katherine and I have to remind her that she is named after the same saint sometimes spelled as St. Catherine. Still, all and all, a good quiz, but very difficult to verify by its nature.

	bamachile:	Aug 8th, 2011 at 18:04 GMT		2 points
	Heh. I could've told you Susan was no saint. Sorry, babe. Love you anyhow. ;>

	keereyson:	Oct 29th, 2012 at 03:49 GMT		1 point
	There is definitely a St. Dennis, his statue is holding is head at the entrance of the Notre Dame.