A woman has revealed what primary school children consider “older” names – and many of them will sound uncomfortably familiar to the millennial crowd.
Amber Cimiotti, 37, of Los Angeles, discovered from her young daughter that common millennial names are now associated with “older people”; among them, Ashley, Amanda and, Amber admitted, her own name as well.
“I’ve never thought about it this way,” the mother of two confessed.
But she’s like, “Yeah, my teachers’ names are like, Miss Erica, Miss Samantha.” There’s Amanda and Ashley. And she said, “Those are just old people’s names,” Amber said, shocked by what her daughter told her.
Amber Cimiotti, a Los Angeles mother, discovered that her elementary school-aged daughter sees names like Ashley and Amanda as “older” names.
According to Amber’s daughter, the “young people’s” names apparently included her own name, Scarlett, as well as Charlotte, Olivia and Penelope.
Meanwhile, the “youngsters'” names apparently included Scarlett, the name of Amber’s daughter, Charlotte, Olivia and Penelope, as well as Isabella, Bella and Ella.
‘For me, Ashley will always be my friend since elementary school. “She seems like a boy’s name, but she is not,” the mother said.
“All these names are basically like the new Margaret or Barbara,” she concluded of the uncomfortable revelation.
Of the more than 2.6 million people who watched the video, thousands took to the comments to discuss this new information.
“They have no idea they have the names of older people,” one noted.
“They don’t know the ‘new names’ are actually grandma names for us lol,” a second agreed.
“And they don’t know we just reused older people’s names lol,” another millennial mom echoed.
‘Ashley is a sure boy’s name!!’ commented one viewer, named Ashley. “Grandma Ashley is crazy about me lol.”
‘For me, Ashley will always be my friend since elementary school. “She sounds like a boy’s name, but she’s not,” Amber added of her awkward realization.
Many pointed out that millennial parents actually “repurposed” the names of “old people” into their own worldview, while others confirmed that the observations were generalized to Generation Alpha.
Another TikToker, named Amanda, joked that the younger generations are taking too much away from her, writing: ‘Um, ouch. First skinny jeans, then the side parting, and now my NAME?!’
In fact, the name Charlotte was among the 100 most popular baby names in America for much of the first half of the 20th century, peaking in 1944, according to Very good family.
Meanwhile, Penelope was among the top 500 most popular baby names in the US from the late 1930s to the late 1950s, before disappearing from the radar completely.
But the name came back into fashion starting in 2012, when Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick welcomed their daughter Penelope, and every year since 2013, it has been among the top 100 baby names nationwide.
Meanwhile, the recent rise in popularity of names like Isabella and Bella can probably be attributed to the name of the protagonist of the mega-popular young adult fantasy series Twilight, whose first book in the saga was published in 2005 and the first movie was released. premieres three years later.
Isabella was also among the 300 to 500 most popular names for girls born from the late 19th century to the early 1920s.
The name Scarlett only began to gain popularity in the 21st century; However, Olivia was a relatively uncommon name until the 1990s, all according to data compiled by Baby Center.
As for so-called “senior” names, Ashley peaked as the country’s top baby name in 1991 and 1992, slowly declining in popularity until a sharp drop in the early 2020s. made him fall below the 700th rank. -ranked name.
Meanwhile, the name Amber peaked in popularity in the mid-1980s; The name Amanda took off in the late 1970s and remained in the top 10 most popular girl’s names until 1995.
And other commenters seemed to confirm observations that “older” names are widespread among Generation Alpha.
As one wrote: ‘My daughter told me that a boy in her class has a dad’s name.’ The boy’s name is Josh.