What's in a name?
7/19/202630 min
Jalen and Olivia and Liam and Ailany. We look at what makes a name top the popularity charts.
This episode was produced by Danielle Hewitt, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Sarah Schweppe, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill.
Two babies, just a few hours old, lie side by side in a hospital in Halle, Germany. Photo by Waltraud Grubitzsch/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB via Getty Images.
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Speaker 31:00
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Speaker 41:09
[static] My name is Vienna, like the song, city, or sausage.
Speaker 51:13
[static] Not Elizabeth, not Bethany, just Beth.
Speaker 41:17
[static] I like to think that it connects me to my family, but also maybe I just embraced my weirdness.
Jonquilyn Hill· Host1:25
[laughs] [static] Have you ever noticed there are a lot of