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Can you name the popular boys' names which, with a single letter added to the end, become a popular girl's name?
created by
iglew
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SSA Baby Names
Names are included if they ranked in the top 150 in any year (since 1880, when SSA began tracking).
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Peak Year
Boy Name / Girl Name
Peak Year
18th in 1882
17th in 1914
30th in 2006
5th in 1976
13th in 1976
31st in 1988
12th in 1931
38th in 1954
47th in 1995
39th in 2006
48th in 1965
36th in 1973
1st in 1953
64th in 1936
8th in 1977
68th in 1994
64th in 1980
73rd in 1989
73rd in 1926
69th in 1905
22nd in 1915
76th in 1965
86th in 1881
44th in 1971
90th in 1881
1st in 2007
Peak Year
Boy Name / Girl Name
Peak Year
1st in 1998
100th in 1997
21st in 2010
102nd in 2003
103rd in 1980
42nd in 1922
14th in 1910
104th in 1910
56th in 2010
106th in 2006
5th in 2008
108th in 2007
119th in 1984
23rd in 1978
22nd in 1915
122nd in 1995
18th in 1990
139th in 2010
27th in 1973
139th in 1977
40th in 1951
143rd in 2007
141st in 1941
144th in 1951
53rd in 2010
145th in 2010
145th in 2010
145th in 2010
145th in 2010
145th in 2010
145th in 2010
145th in 2010
145th in 2010
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Boy + Letter = Girl Quiz
by
iglew
Created Feb 28, 2012 in
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Featured Mar 6, 2012
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JLKeip
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Feb 29th, 2012 at 20:24 GMT
8 points
I was surprised Martin/Martina or even Martine wasn't on the list.
Pillbug
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Feb 29th, 2012 at 20:40 GMT
3 points
Very fun idea; I enjoyed it!
iglew
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Mar 1st, 2012 at 02:27 GMT
2 points
Martin made my notes, but Martina's peak rank was #534 in 1889. I did easter eggs only up through the 300s.
nspyred
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Mar 1st, 2012 at 19:14 GMT
5 points
I was looking for Ramon/Ramona.
MSUKent
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Mar 1st, 2012 at 20:31 GMT
3 points
Fun game. You could try doing one the other way. For example: Fran/Frank. Not sure if you'd find enough of these combos, though.
iglew
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Mar 1st, 2012 at 22:31 GMT
2 points
Ramon/Ramona would have made the cut for an easter egg, but it escaped my sieve since Ramon never ranked in the top 200 for a decade. In 1928, Ramona catapulted from 276th to 117th thanks to the movie of the same name.
ahh
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Mar 2nd, 2012 at 23:24 GMT
-1 points
i'll get back to you when i find a bloke named lynn
Hejman
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Mar 5th, 2012 at 03:29 GMT
6 points
@ahh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Swann
Game published: Mar 6th, 2012 at 04:03 GMT
Hejman
:
Mar 6th, 2012 at 04:17 GMT
11 points
Congratulations on your first published quiz iglew!
Colmar
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 04:17 GMT
6 points
Edwin/Edwina and Johan/Johana felt sure to be while typing!
springmom
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 04:24 GMT
1 point
My oldest uncle, born in the late 30s, is named Lynn.
hegemon359
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 04:25 GMT
42 points
well, this quickly turned into "type any name I can think of".
needapausebutton
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 04:33 GMT
10 points
I tried iglew/iglewa on a hunch, but no luck! Congrats on being published, good job!
Zak6009
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 05:07 GMT
5 points
Once upon a time I knew a Phillipa and a Davida. "Stevie" also crossed my mind, but I realized it had to be at the end.
elcropsziuq
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 05:40 GMT
4 points
got a few of the bonuses/easter eggs. Bummer that Ivan/Ivana didn't make it lol
LucySpace
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 06:02 GMT
11 points
Hard quiz! Was surprised that Nick/Nicky/Nicki wasn't in the top 150.
iglew
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 07:41 GMT
4 points
The rankings are for given names. Nick and Nicki are usually nicknames for Nicholas and Nicole.
mrmanheim
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 10:21 GMT
0 points
"Marion" is more often than not a guy. Marian is typically (not always) the feminine
GeneralSecura
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 11:04 GMT
1 point
"Angel" is a guy name?
andy_edkins
:
Mar 6th, 2012 at 11:19 GMT
7 points
No Martin/Martina? I'm surprised.
Stran
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 11:25 GMT
4 points
I thought maybe Ivan/Ivana - no luck!
barnztormre
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 11:37 GMT
11 points
@GeneralSecura: Angel is a very common man's name in Latin culture.
Happ_Hazzard
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 12:59 GMT
0 points
No Martin/Martina?
Cecispanda
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 13:45 GMT
14 points
I'm surprised there weren't more latin-American names, such as Juan/a and Manuel/a as well as Martin/a
bozzer
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 13:46 GMT
5 points
Also the big surprise for me was Martin-Martine or Martina
kcarney
:
Mar 6th, 2012 at 14:14 GMT
11 points
EPIC FAILURE-I missed Paul and Paula......That's my parents' names! I did horrible on this whole quiz. Not good at all!
hodgetiger
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 14:29 GMT
14 points
@kcarney: Your parents are early 60's pop stars ?!
dirtbag
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 14:41 GMT
4 points
Guess Norm and Norma were never popular even in 1800's.
Meltha
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 15:18 GMT
15 points
I thought, "Oh, this will be so easy!" Then I hit start, and my brain fell out of my ear. This was one whole heck of a lot harder than I thought it would be.
pablitomiguez
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 15:33 GMT
8 points
Even though I'm Latin American, I thought it would be an easy quiz. My first surprise was reaching the "I can't think of any names" very soon. My second surprise was seeing so many names and "how could I forget those?" Gabriel for example, I have Canadian cousins called Gabriel and Gabriela!!! My final surprise was seeing that 6/26 was actually a good score!
ClintT13
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 16:46 GMT
11 points
For the first time ever, I actually scored '0' on a sporcle quiz. Not even joking.
CherryBomb50
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 17:11 GMT
0 points
I was playing this, accidentally closed the program, tried again and missed some I got the first time :(
EatMorePossum
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 17:13 GMT
2 points
Two (well, really three) more "girl + letter = boy" names. Jo and either Joe or Jon, and Eva/Evan (think Longoria). Others?
iglew
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 17:37 GMT
3 points
I'm intrigued by the girl+letter=boy idea. It would be a shorter list, but there'd be a few. I may try to compile it, but it will be a day or two before I can get to it.
iglew
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 17:40 GMT
8 points
Funny thing, the idea for this quiz came to me from French names that add an -e -- Martin/Martine, Michel/Michele, Denis/Denise, Simon/Simone, René/Renée, etc -- but none of those made the cut. The only one of that pattern that ranked is Louis/Louise.
Lprdgecko
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 22:14 GMT
2 points
Great quiz! Very challenging!
segacs
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Mar 6th, 2012 at 23:56 GMT
2 points
No Jordan/Jordana? Simon/Simona?
Artanis_I
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Mar 7th, 2012 at 00:23 GMT
3 points
Harder than I thought! Have to say reading Brian->Briana was a shock until I looked at it again. Shame at the lack of Keitha/Kevina haha...
quackslikeaduck
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Mar 7th, 2012 at 02:14 GMT
3 points
Can't remember the last time I was proud of a score of 9/26...
Access
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Mar 7th, 2012 at 03:41 GMT
-1 points
i tried to cheat by putting "joshu" to get joshua but it didnt work awww
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