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what names are you surprised has not been cast on Survivor?
(just mainly talking the flagship US edition, not any of the international spin-offs)
Are there any first names you are shocked has not had anyone cast on Survivor?
Just scanning the top baby names of 1982 (they would be roughly 18 at the premiere of Survivor), most of those have had people cast with those names, like #25♀(Kelly) and #9♂ (Robert) with numerous people. #1 is Jennifer and Michael, #2 is Jessica and Christopher, #3 is Amanda and Matthew,#4 Sarah and Jason,#5 Melissa and David, #6 Nicole and James, #7 Stephanie and Joshua, #8 Elizabeth and John, #9 Crystal and Rob, #10 Amy and Daniel.
Lanzetti and Snow. Chong/Peet and Noble. Kimmel and Blankenship. Jones and Siska. McNulty (quit pre-show) and Wright. Delma and Kim. LaGrossa and Canfield. Filarski and Hennigan. Cox and Cesternino. O'Hara and Strunk.
Out of the top 10, only Melissa did not have an on-screen representative. 11-31 all are familiar names as well.
It's the 30s where we encounter names that haven't been cast - April, Kristen, Megan. Big Brother has cast them. Kristin was listed separate from Kristen (Survivor AUS had a Kristin I guess). I am not too shocked about April, but Megans and her variants and Kristen/in (and Kirsten). We also haven't had a Tara (47), Vanessa (49), Brandy (50), Brandi (55), Carrie (57), Patricia (59), Cynthia (63), Diana (64), Melanie (66), Veronica (70), Krystal with a K (83), Latoya (91), Brittany (94), and Lori (98). Jillian with a J instead of a G was also listed and Nichole with the h in it.
The 1982 boy names are pretty well accounted for, even Travis (Bubba from Vanuatu). It's not until Dustin (42) and Jose (46) you find uncast names. Other names that stick out are Jared (54), Donald (58), Juan (61), and George (62). I think George is one of the AusSurvivor stars? We also haven't had a Douglas (68), Raymond (70), Carlos (71), Craig (73), Corey (74) or Cory (93), Antonio (76), Larry (77), Derrick (78), Jordan (85), Casey (86), Dennis (87), Brent (90), Luis (91), Victor (99), or Curtis (100).
Quite a few names on the list also haven't been cast until the new era (post-40).
Casting has also shifted since the early seasons. These names would be common amongst peers of the casts after Survivor:Marquesas, when Neleh was the first person born after 1980 cast on Survivor. Interesting, she has recently given an interview about how her daughter had a classmate of hers with the name Neleh and happened to have been named after her. And Sherri from Caramoan named her son after Colby Donaldson. Now we have castaways born as late as 2002 and in the 20 years between '82 and '02, name trends have drastically shifted and fluctuated, so this is just a random sample.
If you haven't clicked away and you're still reading, what are names you are surprised haven't been cast? Do you have a name that has yet to appear on Survivor?
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Connor duh !
For how common the name is, there's been relatively few John's. More than like most names, but almost all of them went by nicknames/last names ie) Fairplay, Cochran, Rocker, etc.