Is your name extinct now? Federal government releases new baby name popularity data

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Is your name extinct now? Federal government releases new baby name popularity data

(NEXSTAR) – A massive trove of government name data, updated and released to the public Friday, may make you feel old.The Social Security Administration, which records every birth in the U.S., released the official list of most popular baby names of 2024. The top picks of today may have sounded like zany or quirky options when you were growing up, and vice versa – your name may be all but extinct now.Take Nicholas, for example. The name was ultra-popular not that long ago, a steady presence in the top 10 through the 1990s and early 2000s. But it has experienced ..