I'm into the fifth season of The Office. As a cog in the machine, its lampooning of the corporate world hits home and the hot-cold mix of blatant-subtle presentation really does it for me. My onomastic obsession has been activated since the beginning, though. The show is set in contemporary Scranton, PA but if one considers the characters' names in a vacuum, he'd be excused for guessing it debuted in 1987. Using BabyNamingWizard, an approximate expected age for each of the show's major characters based on when their given names peaked in popularity:
Prior to this, I haven't watched a sitcom since The Simpsons, so maybe the giving of established (that is, old ones that everyone is familiar with) names is standard practice because it makes them easier for viewers to remember?
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| Age 128 |
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| Age 33 (plausible) |
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| Age 41 (plausible) |
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| Age unknown (...) |
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| Age 49 |
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| Age 53 |
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| Age 61 |
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| Age 42 (nailed it) |
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| Age 52 |
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| Age 71 |
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| Age 40 |
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| Age 52 |
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| Age 29 (overcompensation!) |
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| Age 49 (plausible) |
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| Age 51 |
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| Age 78 |
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| Age 119 |
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| Age 30 (nailed it) |
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| Age 101 |
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| Age 59 |
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| Age 43 (nailed it) |
Prior to this, I haven't watched a sitcom since The Simpsons, so maybe the giving of established (that is, old ones that everyone is familiar with) names is standard practice because it makes them easier for viewers to remember?
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