[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Two Cindys? (And Popular Names by Decade)

[Amanda Geist]

Cindy:

> Anyway, according to my research, "Cynthia" was the tenth most
> popular name for baby girls in the 1960s -- the decade in which I
> was born.
>
> http://www.parentsoup.com/havefun/articles/0,,217650_561640-7,00.html

In the 60s, also my decade, my name wasn't even on the list. I was the only
one for years, it was a family name. Then along comes Barry Manilow and
Dynasty, and here are all these little yuppie Amandas. I'm at least 15 years
older than most of them. Which meant that I had no ingrained ability to
ignore hearing "Mandy!" called, because I was the only one as a child; which
led to my being driven crazy as a high-schooler working at Chuck E.
Cheese's, when all these Amanda-toddlers were being yelled for throughout
the establishment.

~Amanda Lee, devoutly grateful to this day that her mom put her foot down
and would not let her be named Amanda Caledonia (yeah, yeah, Texas family
names. My brother is Rankin Kennedy Peters. He hates it).