How popular is the baby name Golda in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Golda.
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The baby name Esty (a diminutive of Esther) is primarily used in the state of New York, thanks to the large Jewish community in New York City.
But the name was also featured in the Emmy-winning Netflix series Unorthodox a couple of years ago. So, last year, I checked the Esty data (both the national data and the New York data) to see if the show had influenced the name’s usage.
It may have — Esty did indeed see its highest-ever usage both nationally and in New York in 2020. Even more intriguingly, though, I noticed what seemed to be gaps in the recent NY data. Specifically, New York had no data on the name Esty for the years 2016, 2018, and 2019.
Check it out:
Esty usage in the U.S.
Esty usage in New York
2021
63
57
2020
68
60
2019
59
…
2018
41
…
2017
36
36
2016
43
…
2015
39
37
2014
37
35
I mean, It’s possible that the New York usage of Esty simply dropped below the 5-baby minimum during those particular years. As per the SSA:
To safeguard privacy, we exclude from our tabulated lists of names those that would indicate, or would allow the ability to determine, names with fewer than 5 occurrences in any geographic area.
If that were the case, though, you’d expect to see corresponding dips in the national usage. And we don’t see that here.
It seems more likely to me that some of the New York data is simply…missing.
So the next question is: Are there gaps in the NY data for other names as well?
The boy name Cheskel (a form of Chatzkel, which is based on Ezekiel) didn’t appear in the New York state data for 5 years straight:
Cheskel usage in the U.S.
Cheskel usage in New York
2021
29
29
2020
18
…
2019
27
…
2018
30
…
2017
23
…
2016
27
…
2015
22
21
2014
25
23
The girl name Chany (a diminutive of Channah) didn’t appear in the New York state data for 4 years straight:
Chany usage in the U.S.
Chany usage in New York
2021
65
58
2020
56
…
2019
60
…
2018
55
…
2017
56
…
2016
55
55
2015
44
43
2014
42
41
The boy name Naftuli (based on the Biblical name Naphtali) didn’t appear in the New York state data for 4 years straight:
Naftuli usage in the U.S.
Naftuli usage in New York
2021
29
29
2020
33
…
2019
33
…
2018
27
…
2017
24
…
2016
33
33
2015
24
22
2014
29
25
The girl name Idy didn’t appear in the New York state data for 4 years:
Idy usage in the U.S.
Idy usage in New York
2021
46
…
2020
47
47
2019
31
26
2018
29
…
2017
26
…
2016
25
…
2015
17
16
2014
15
13
The boy name Shmiel (a form of Shmuel, which is based on Samuel) didn’t appear in the New York state data for 4 years:
Shmiel usage in the U.S.
Shmiel usage in New York
2021
40
40
2020
45
…
2019
38
38
2018
31
…
2017
35
…
2016
44
…
2015
44
44
2014
38
37
The girl name Yides (a diminutive of Yehudit, which is a form of Judith) didn’t appear in the New York state data for 4 years:
Yides usage in the U.S.
Yides usage in New York
2021
39
…
2020
34
34
2019
51
…
2018
32
32
2017
39
…
2016
35
…
2015
42
42
2014
38
38
The boy name Berl didn’t appear in the New York state data for 4 years:
Berl usage in the U.S.
Berl usage in New York
2021
19
…
2020
17
17
2019
23
23
2018
18
…
2017
16
…
2016
22
…
2015
21
21
2014
19
18
The girl name Frady (a diminutive of Freyde) didn’t appear in the New York state data for 3 years straight:
Frady usage in the U.S.
Frady usage in New York
2021
25
25
2020
22
…
2019
23
…
2018
21
…
2017
21
21
2016
20
20
2015
17
14
2014
19
19
The girl name Pessy (a diminutive of Batya, which is a form of the Biblical name Bithiah) didn’t appear in the New York state data for 3 years:
Pessy usage in the U.S.
Pessy usage in New York
2021
63
51
2020
62
…
2019
41
…
2018
54
46
2017
41
33
2016
34
…
2015
46
45
2014
42
40
The boy name Lipa (a short form of Lipman, which is based on the name Liberman) didn’t appear in the New York state data for 3 years:
Lipa usage in the U.S.
Lipa usage in New York
2021
50
44
2020
48
43
2019
53
…
2018
44
38
2017
37
…
2016
42
…
2015
43
40
2014
50
50
The boy name Usher (a form of Asher) didn’t appear in the New York state data for 3 years:
Usher usage in the U.S.
Usher usage in New York
2021
41
36
2020
37
…
2019
58
…
2018
36
29
2017
34
…
2016
41
35
2015
45
40
2014
31
28
The boy name Avrum (a form of Abraham) didn’t appear in the New York state data for 3 years:
Avrum usage in the U.S.
Avrum usage in New York
2021
42
34
2020
37
28
2019
24
…
2018
29
24
2017
27
…
2016
25
…
2015
17
16
2014
23
22
The boy name Lazer (a form of Eliezer) didn’t appear in the New York state data for 3 years:
Lazer usage in the U.S.
Lazer usage in New York
2021
40
…
2020
37
31
2019
45
39
2018
29
…
2017
28
…
2016
43
35
2015
29
28
2014
33
31
The boy name Yossi (a diminutive of Yosef) didn’t appear in the New York state data for 3 years:
Yossi usage in the U.S.
Yossi usage in New York
2021
35
29
2020
30
…
2019
23
18
2018
30
24
2017
21
…
2016
29
…
2015
20
19
2014
25
19
The girl name Goldy (a diminutive of Golda) didn’t appear in the New York state data for 2 years:
Goldy usage in the U.S.
Goldy usage in New York
2021
69
57
2020
63
53
2019
51
44
2018
62
54
2017
56
…
2016
46
…
2015
48
42
2014
28
22
And, finally, the boy name Nachman didn’t appear in the New York state data for 2 years:
Nachman usage in the U.S.
Nachman usage in New York
2021
27
18
2020
23
17
2019
18
…
2018
20
12
2017
21
…
2016
21
16
2015
28
24
2014
27
20
If the gap years matched up more closely with one another — as with the glitch of 1989, for instance — I could chalk it up to a few incomplete batches of data.
But they don’t, so…I don’t know what to make of this.
Do you guys have any thoughts, or theories?
(If you’d like to examine the New York data for yourself, download the “State-specific data” file from the SSA website.)
If you’re on the hunt for baby names with a numerological value of 3, you’re in luck! Because today’s post features hundreds of 3-names.
Before we get to the names, though — how do we know that they’re “threes” in numerology?
Turning names into numbers
Here’s how to calculate the numerological value of a name.
First, for each letter, come up with a number to represent that letter’s position in the alphabet. (Letter A would be number 1, letter B would be number 2, and so forth.) Then, add all the numbers together. If the sum has two or more digits, add the digits together recursively until the result is a single digit. That single digit is the name’s numerological value.
For instance, the letters in the name Tyson correspond to the numbers 20, 25, 19, 15, and 14. The sum of these numbers is 93. The digits of 93 added together equal 12, and the digits of 12 added together equal 3 — the numerological value of Tyson.
Baby names with a value of 3
Below you’ll find the most popular 3-names per gender, according to the latest U.S. baby name data. I’ve further sub-categorized them by total sums — just in case any of those larger numbers are significant to anyone.
3 via 12
The letters in the following baby names add up to 12, which reduces to three (1+2=3).
Girl names (3 via 12)
Boy names (3 via 12)
Aja, Fae, Bia, Abi, Bee
Gad, Jb, Abed
3 via 21
The letters in the following baby names add up to 21, which reduces to three (2+1=3).
Girl names (3 via 21)
Boy names (3 via 21)
Kai, Asa, Gala, Jaia, Clea
Kai, Kade, Asa, Alec, Ben, Beck, Cale
3 via 30
The letters in the following baby names add up to 30, which reduces to three (3+0=3).
There’s no definitive answer, unfortunately, because various numerological systems exist, and each one has its own interpretation of the number three. That said, if we look at a couple of modern numerology/astrology websites, we see 3 being described as “creative,” “optimistic,” “friendly,” “outgoing,” and “self-expressive.”
We can also look at associations, which are a bit more concrete. Here are some things that are associated with the number 3:
Triple crown (victory in three events)
Hat trick (3 goals scored in one game by a single player)
Circus (3 rings)
Yard (3 feet)
Three-act structure (in narrative)
Rule of thirds (in photography)
Traffic lights
Manx flag (3 legs)
What does the number 3 mean to you? What are your strongest associations with the number?
P.S. To see names with other numerological values, check out the posts for the numbers one, two, four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine.
A few weeks ago, I got an email from a reader looking for lists of old-fashioned double names. She was aiming for names like Thelma Dean, Eula Mae, and Gaynell — names that would have sounded trendy in the early 1900s. She also mentioned that she’d started a list of her own.
So I began scouring the interwebs. I tracked down lists of old-fashioned names, and lists of double names…but I couldn’t find a decent list of double names that were also old-fashioned.
I loved the idea of such a list, though, so I suggested that we work together to create one. She generously sent me the pairings she’d collected so far, and I used several different records databases to find many more.
I restricted my search to names given to girls born in the U.S. from 1890 to 1930. I also stuck to double names that I found written as single names, because it’s very likely that these pairings were used together in real life (i.e., that they were true double names and not merely first-middle pairings).
Pairings that seemed too timeless, like Maria Mae and Julia Rose, were omitted. I also took out many of the pairings that feature now-trendy names — think Ella, Emma, and Lucy — because they just don’t sound old-fashioned anymore (though they would have a few decades ago).
The result isn’t exhaustive, but it’s a decent sampling of real-life, old-fashioned double names. I’ve organized them by second name, and I also added links to popularity graphs for names that were in the SSA data during the correct time period (early 1900s).
I spotted plenty of other combinations that just didn’t happen to be written as single names in the records, so here’s a handy dandy little table to cover some of the other existing combinations…
I listed all the female names in the Domesday Book a while back, so today I thought I’d complete the project by listing all the male names.
The male names below appeared in the Open Domesday database just once, except where noted. (For the record, I overlooked entries in which one person’s name was used to refer to another person, e.g., “Aelfric’s uncle.”)
The most-mentioned name within each letter group is in bold.
If you make it all the way to the bottom, your reward is a top ten list. :)
Which male were mentioned most often in the Domesday book? The #1 name was William, followed by Robert and Ralph:
William (166)
Robert (127)
Ralph (124)
Aelfric (88)
Alwin (76) [tie]
Hugh (76) [tie]
Roger (73)
Godwin (72)
Walter (64)
Godric (59)
Though the names in the book aren’t necessarily representative of name usage in England overall, it does make sense than William took the top spot. The Domesday Book was created a couple of decades after the Norman Conquest, at a time when the name William was very fashionable, thanks to William the Conqueror.
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