You can Estimate Somebody's Age w Just their Name

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Data journalism site Five Thirty Eight breaks down some of the most common names in the U.S., along with their associated age ranges. Some names like Joseph are relatively timeless, but many names experience surges and lulls in popularity (see you in 2028, class of Bellas and Jacobs). Because of this, you can sometimes get an idea of how old a person is without much additional information. For example, statistically, a person named Brittany is probably in or just graduated from college right now:

By contrast, you can make much stronger inferences about a woman named Brittany. That name was very popular from the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s, but it wasn't all that common before and hasn't been since. If you know a Brittany, she is probably of college age or just a bit older. Half of living American Brittanys are between the ages of 19 and 25.

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