Guess the Age
Names follow fashion, so most of them give away an age. We'll show you ten first names. For each, slide to how old you think the typical person with that name is today. Land within five years of the real average and you score a point.
Ready? Ten names, one slider each.
The typical Brittany is 35. Can you place the next ten?
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How the game works
Each name's answer is the average age of everyone in the US with that first name, estimated from Social Security baby-name records and life tables. The names come from the 539 most common names, chosen so every game has a mix of young and old.
Some names are easy: almost everyone named Brittany was born in the 1980s and early 1990s. Others are hard, because they've been popular for a century, and their average lands somewhere in the middle. If a name surprises you, its page shows the full story.
Want a group version? Rank your family or office by name age, or browse all our name lists.