Name Game

This link (thanks, ME), goes a long way in explaining why I've never met anyone else my age with my name--unlike my high school biology classmates, a full 20% of whom were named Russell. On the rare occasion where I have met another Janet, she has tended to be around 15-30 years older. That link is a fun little java application that lets you peek into the history of a name's popularity. According to their charts, my parents gave me my name right about the time its popularity was not just waning, but plummetting, down about 90% from its peak in the 40s.