I ran across this site tonight while doing a search, Baby Name Map. It lets you, "Discover the popularity of baby names around the world". Here’s a screen shot

The app was done by Guy Davis, who, judging from his blog, is one of those eccentric Linux/Java programmer types who can whip out something like this excellent program in a lazy afternoon. He decided to forgo advertising on the site, probably giving up a nice chunk of change. I wouldn’t do that myself these days but I used to do that when I was younger and more idealistic.

Anyway, check out his handiwork if you’re trying to decide on a baby name or just want to browse around to see what’s popular around the world.

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