how many of you?

as is routine for me, i was listening to the radio this morning and found their topic of conversation interesting (though much less serious this time!) and worthy of mention, haha. According the the US Census Bureau POPClock Projection, which is a ticker that estimates the population of the US based on a few variables at any given moment, the USA reached 300 million at approx. 7:54 am today (w00T for them! althought they've long passed that number by now, since it's late in the day), making them now officially 10 times larger than Canada in terms of population.

anyways, this lead the conversation to this cool website that you should check out!

www.howmanyofme.com

you just type in your first and last name and it tells you how many other people have your first name, last name and full name in the USA. Pretty sweet!

Here's my stats, just for entertainment value:

• There are 169,482 people in the U.S. with the first name Katie
• Statistically the 355th most popular first name (tied with 2 other first names)
• 100 percent of people with the first name Katie are female ; )
• Names similar to Katie: Catherine, Katherine
• There are 350,963 people in the U.S. with the last name Bell
• Statistically the 58th most popular last name (tied with 2 other last names)
• Famous people with the last name Bell: Alexander Graham Bell, Bobby Bell, Catherine Bell, David Bell, Jamie Bell, Kendrell Bell, Kristen Bell, Monta Bell, Rex Bell, Tatum Bell, William Brent Bell
• There are 198 people in the U.S. named Katie Bell!