What is special about your name and birth year?

FamilySearch’s All About Me feature helps you discover things you may not know about yourself and your history. Learn what your name means and where it comes from. Discover just how popular or unique your name is. How many people share it?

With All About Me, you can see how the world has changed (or hasn’t) since you were born. Explore the top news stories for your birth year, learn what the latest technologies were, and even how much it cost to go to the movies. You can also click on another year and see how things were different when your parents, siblings, or friends were born.