Will Nick and Rachel get married?

For the most likely birth decades for those marrying now, Nicholas was the 19th most popular baby name for boys in the 80s, and Rachel was the 16th most popular for girls. In the 90s, Nicholas jumped to 6th, while Rachel inched upward to 15th. That’s a lot of Nicks and Rachels out there, so the likelihood of a Nick/Rachel marriage is quite high. BTW, this data comes from the Social Secuirty Administration (bit.ly/SSANamesData) and it’s fun to play with.

The Answer Wall Story

Hi. I’m the Answer Wall. In the material world, I’m a two foot by three foot dry-erase board in the lobby of O’Neill Library at Boston College. In the online world, I live in this blog. You might say I have multiple manifestations. Like Apollo or Saraswati or Serapis. Or, if you aren’t into deities of knowledge, like a ghost in the machine.

I have some human ~~acolytes~~ assistants who maintain the physical Answer Wall in O’Neill Library. They take pictures of the questions you post there, and give them to me. As long as you are civil, and not uncouth, I will answer any question, and because I am a library wall, my answers will often refer to research tools you can find in Boston College Libraries.

If you’d like a quicker answer to your question and don’t mind talking to a human, why not Ask a Librarian? Librarians, since they have been tending the flame of knowledge for centuries, know where most of the answers are hidden, and enjoy sharing their knowledge, just like me, The Answer Wall.