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Names in Harvard University's Class of 2005
These names are the most common in Harvard University's Class
of 2005. Why 2005? Because that's the only class list I have
access to right now.
Compare these names to the top
names
in the USA in 1983 (around when they were probably born):
Girls: 1. Jennifer 2. Jessica 3. Ashley 4. Amanda 5. Sarah 6.
Melissa 7. Nicole 8. Elizabeth 9. Stephanie 10. Heather
Boys: 1. Michael 2. Christopher 3. Matthew 4. David 5.
Daniel 6. Jason 7. James 8. Robert 9. Joshua 10. Joseph
| GIRLS | BOYS | |||||
| rank | Name | # given | Rank | Name | # given | |
| 1 | Katharine/Katherine/Kathryn/Catherine | 1/14/6/7 | 1 | Michael | 40 | |
| 2 | Sarah/Sara | 18/3 | 2 | David | 33 | |
| 3 | Elisabeth/Elizabeth | 4/15 | 3 | Andrew | 25 | |
| 4 | Stephanie/Stefanie | 14/1 | 4 | Matthew/Mathew | 23/1 | |
| 5 | Emily | 13 | 5 | Daniel | 23 | |
| 6 | Julia | 12 | 6 | Brian/Bryan | 17/1 | |
| 6 | Laura | 12 | 7 | Christopher/Kristoffer | 16/1 | |
| 8 | Christina/Cristina/Kristina | 8/2/1 | 8 | Jonathan | 15 | |
| 9 | Jennifer/Jenifer | 10/1 | 9 | Joseph | 14 | |
| 10 | Anna | 10 | 9 | Nicholas | 14 | |
| 10 | Caitlin/Kaitlin | 7/3 | 11 | Alexander | 13 | |
| 10 | Lauren | 10 | 11 | John | 13 | |
| 10 | Megan/Meagan/Meghan | 6/3/1 | 13 | William | 13 | |
| 14 | Alexandra | 9 | 14 | Benjamin | 12 | |
| 14 | Alison/Allison/Allyson | 3/5/1 | 15 | James | 12 | |
| 14 | Ashley | 9 | 16 | Joshua | 11 | |
| 14 | Jessica | 9 | 16 | Robert | 11 | |
| 14 | Kimberly | 9 | 16 | Ryan | 11 | |
| 19 | Amanda | 8 | 16 | Stephen/Steven | 6/5 | |
| 19 | Christine | 8 | 20 | Aaron | 10 | |
| 19 | Lindsay/Lindsey | 2/6 | 20 | Patrick | 10 | |
| 19 | Rebecca/Rebekah | 7/1 | 20 | Richard | 10 | |
| 23 | Andrea | 7 | 20 | Samuel | 10 | |
| 23 | Ann/Anne | 2/5 | 24 | Zachary | 9 | |
| 23 | Mary | 7 | 25 | Edward | 8 | |
| 26 | Diana | 6 | 25 | Jason/Jayson | 7/1 | |
| 26 | Erica/Erika | 2/4 | 25 | Jeffrey | 8 | |
| 26 | Kevin | 6 | 28 | Mark/Marc | 7/1 | |
| 26 | Michelle | 6 | 28 | Douglas | 6 | |
| 26 | Molly/Mollie | 5/1 | 28 | Eric | 6 | |
| 26 | Whitney | 6 | 28 | Thomas | 6 | |
| 32 | Erin | 5 | 32 | Gregory | 5 | |
| 32 | Kamila/Kamilah | 2 | 33 | Adam | 4 | |
| 32 | Karen/Karin | 4/1 | 33 | Brandon | 4 | |
| 32 | Kristin/Kristen | 4/1 | 33 | Evan | 4 | |
| 36 | Abigail | 4 | 33 | George | 4 | |
| 36 | Emma | 4 | 33 | Justin | 4 | |
| 36 | Maria | 4 | 33 | Scott | 4 | |
| 36 | Melissa | 4 | 33 | Timothy | 4 | |
| 40 | Anthony | 3 | ||||
| 40 | Brendan | 3 | ||||
| 40 | Brent | 3 | ||||
| 40 | Francisco | 3 | ||||
| 40 | Ian | 3 | ||||
| 40 | Jacob | 3 | ||||
| 40 | Jay | 3 | ||||
| 40 | Jeremiah | 3 | ||||
| 40 | Jeremy | 3 | ||||
| 40 | Jesse | 3 | ||||
| 40 | Kyle | 3 | ||||
| 40 | Max | 3 | ||||
| 40 | Nathan | 3 | ||||
| 40 | Neil | 3 | ||||
| 40 | Philip | 3 | ||||