[dm2]

"Amy" is another interesting one, what influenced that? http://rhiever.github.io/name-age-calculator/index.html?Gend...

I just figured out that it shows a random one when you don't enter a query, that's cool.

Other spikes: Linda, Jordan, Mason, Deborah, Beth, Paige, Laurie, Chloe, Megan, Stella, Stacey, Kim

It seems like female names are much more likely to have sharp spikes in popularity verses male first names.

[Flenser]

Little Women apparently: http://nameberry.com/babyname/Amy

The other names show similar shapes:

Meg: http://rhiever.github.io/name-age-calculator/index.html?Gend...

Jo: http://rhiever.github.io/name-age-calculator/index.html?Gend...

Beth: http://rhiever.github.io/name-age-calculator/index.html?Gend...

The second bump for Meg could be due to Meg Ryan?

[SloopJon]

Amy and Sarah were two of the most popular girl's names when I was growing up.

My wife dug in her heels pretty early in the pregnancy for a name that I later learned was a character on a TV show. Judging by the site, she's not the only one. The peak is still under a hundred, so not as embarrassing as, say, characters from 90210.

[cafard]

Bob Green years ago wrote about going to the "Linda Hop", a convention of boomer women all named Linda. The article traced the name back to a song popular in the early 1950s. As far as male v. female, it seems more common to name sons after fathers than daughters after mothers.

[kidsthesedays]

Jessica - http://rhiever.github.io/name-age-calculator/index.html?Gend...

Names (just like everything else) have fads. Fads come and go.