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Can you tell someone’s age just by hearing their name? Well, sort of.

Obviously, with some names, it’s harder. Elizabeth could be spitting up milk, swilling vodka or sipping a nice cup of tea while watchingMidsomer Murders.Luna and Harlow, on the other hand, would almost definitely be spitting up milk.

A few years back, some American researchers did a whole lot of calculations to work out how old someone was likely to be, based on their name. They worked out, for example, that the median living Mildred in the United States was 78. There’s even a calculator you can use.

That was a lot of hard work. But it’s possible to work out pretty much the same thing by looking at when a name reached its highest position on the popularity charts.

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Here, we’ve used Australian statistics to find when certain names were at their peak. So if, for example, you’re a Renee and you’re turning 42 this year, there are more Aussie Renees your age than any other age. You are peak Renee.

Same goes if you’re a Tayla turning 24 or Krystal turning 37 or a Tracey turning 50. If you’re older than that, your parents were clearly trendsetters. If you’re younger than that – say, a 21-year-old Tracey – your name might be ageing you faster than you might like.

Here goes:

Does your name match your age? Let us know in the comments below.

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Helen Vnuk

Contributor - News and Parenting

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