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Sun 11 May, 2003 03:41 am
I read last night that in the US, the 2 most popular names for babies in 2002 were Emily for girls and Jacob for boys. While the name, Emily doesn't surprise me, the name, Jacob for boys surely does. I always thought of the name, Jacob as being rather biblical. Are we as Americans becoming more religious?
Also, it's often shortened to Jake, which is just a twist on the John-Jack stalwarts.
Zachary/ Zach is another one I've seen a LOT of. (Has a similar feel to me -- old-fashioned kinda weird full name, "Jack"-type diminutive.)
I've know some Jakes. Never heard them called Jacob, however.
Maybe you have to be around when they are in trouble with their moms.
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