I Don't Exist?

Well, it’s official: I don’t exist. I checked HowManyOfMe.com to see how many other people in the United States are named Becky Mushko. The result:

• There are 0 people in the U.S. named Becky Mushko.
• One or both of the names you entered were not found in our database.

I’d heard of HowManyOfMe.com while reading Mike Allen’s blog. (Note: Mike is a Roanoke Times reporter who had done a superb job with the obituary of Roanoke writer Nelson Bond, who died Saturday at 98. After I’d read more about Nelson Bond on Mike’s blog, I kept reading. That’s when I found to reference to HowManyOfMe.com.)

I learned that there are 567 Mike Allens. But not one Becky Mushko.

However, I did learn this: There are 98,990 people in the U.S. with the first name Becky.

• Statistically the 526th most popular first name. (tied with 4 other first names)
• More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Becky are female.

Had I kept my maiden name, I’d exist. I’d be one of 996. But, I’ll stick with being Becky Mushko. Shame that I don’t exist, though. Gee, I feel so real.

I wonder how that one guy named Becky feels.