On Unique Names

Thanks to a couple of friends:

HowManyOfMe.com
Logo There is:
1
person with my name
in the U.S.A.

How many have your name?

The thing I found interesting was the breakdown of the statistics. Let’s quote its bit on “Allyn”:

  • There are 1,500 people in the U.S. with the first name Allyn
  • 4019th most popular first name. (tied with 1145 other first names)
  • 100 percent of people with the first name Allyn are female.

Obviously, I’m going to quibble with the third assertion. Though it would explain why I get so much mail for “Ms. Allyn Gibson”….

I’m actually not sure how accurate the engine for this “search” is. It’s probably just doing some sort of statistical analysis. I know of a few other Allyn Gibsons–there was a retired baker in Oberlin, Ohio. There was a gay and lesbian studies professor in Florida. There was a World War II veteran who fought at Iwo Jima. Perhaps all three of them have passed away by now.

Which would make me unique. Like the survey says. :banana:

Published by Allyn

A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.

2 thoughts on “On Unique Names

  1. It claims that I’m unique, too, which Google seems to agree with; there’s one Andrew Timson in the Phillipines about my age, and one in the UK who’s a politician perhaps thrice my age.

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