Random Rambling About Names

Here I go, off on another random ramble about names.

In e-mail to eal, I mentioned that I made fun of a friend of mine named Seth for having bought boot-things for his dog. She - logically, I might add - asked if that Seth was the same Seth I'd mentioned in a previous e-mail thread. But it wasn't. Which led me to realize that, just off the top of my head, I could name 6 friends of mine named Seth. And they're all in the age range of 36-28.

Being the research weenie that I am, I then asked my parents whether Seth was an overly popular name during the late 60s/early 70s, and they said it was. They further said that they tried to make sure not to give either my sister or me overly common names (they succeeded, I believe; my name is somewhat rare, and my sister's name, while more popular than mine, is still not on the list of masively common female names).

So, anyway, that got me to thinking about names, their popularity, and how names sort of cluster by age/religion/ethnicity/whatever. For instance, in my graduating class in high school (there were only 27 of us), there were 2 Joshes, 2 Moshes, and only one Jennifer and one Michael, and there were 2 Rachels in the class above mine. But, since I went to an Orthodox dayschool, it was likely that we'd have more biblical/Hebrew names than the average population (how many other people can say they went to high school with kids named Chanoch and Ophir but no Jessicas?).

A Question for the Braintrust...

I'm editing a story for a (British) friend, and she has asked me what the American English term is for an en-suite bathroom. And, y'know, I can't think of one. I know exactly what she means by an en-suite bathroom, but I can't think of another term for it. But I'm assuming there is a term in American English for a bathroom that is attached to the bedroom and for which you don't have to exit into the main hallway.

Anyone have any ideas?