#24 – Not Sure If Serious or Playing Dumba

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This is the twenty-fourth post of Deke Dangle RPF Anon, a community for all your ice hockey anon meme needs.

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Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

I immediately thought of a team to which this doesn't apply, which then makes me want to find out which first name appears on the most team rosters.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

I think someone's done that before. I think Matt and Ryan were the most frequent offenders?

... @Strome parents.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

SA

http://dekedangle-rpfanon.dreamwidth.org/4402.html?thread=19805490&style=site

Found it. Thanks for remembering the most useless facts as always, brain.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

I think the reason for Matt and Ryan being two of the most frequently seen names is that those names were extremely popular in Canada (at least, my neck of the woods in Canada) in the early 90s. Like, my tiny elementary school class had two Ryans (and FIVE Michaels, but that's besides the point here).

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

In the United States, also. Matthew was ranked #3 or #2 every year from 1981 to 2001 and Ryan was always in the top 15 during that span.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Someone actually sort of did this and wrote an article about it, like most and least common NHL names or something. All I remember from it is that there is only one Sidney, no active Marios and Waynes (I think they were really interested in players sharing names with "greats"?) and a shitton of Mikes.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

So the moral of the story is that if you want your kind to be a "great" hockey player, don't pick a male name that makes the list of most popular baby names in Canada that year?

(I just googled out of curiosity, and there will be a lot of Liams, Logans, and Lucases being drafted in 18 years, if anyone was wondering.)

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

Connor's not too uncommon. There aren't a million of them in the league, but he's not the only one by a long shot.