The Clintons ruined the name ‘Hillary’ for new parents

Washington Post ^ | February 5, 2016 | by Christopher Ingraham

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The chart above plots the popularity of the baby name "Hillary" between 1970 and 2014. What you'll notice right away is that the frequency of the name falls of a cliff starting in 1993, the year Hillary Clinton became first lady.

Francis Smart of the Econometrics by Simulation blog first pointed this out the other day. He notes that the drop is especially striking, given that the popularity of "Hillary" was rising sharply upward until 1992 or so, the year the Clintons first came on to the national stage.

[libertylover]

And a similar graph would show that the name “Adolf” lost its popularity after 1940. People can make connections.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Talking about “tarnishe,” remember when you could innocently sing “Don we now our gay apparel”?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Another FReeper who inadvertently revealed he only reads headlines, Rea the article and all your questions shall be answered, says the oracle.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Maybe if Adolph had been named “Socialism,” today’s youngsters wouldn’t be enamored with such candidates and their destructive potential.

[hal ogen]

Typical LIBs...ruining everything they touch.

[nobamanomore]

Yes, it would make your gorge rise every time you said your girl’s name. I never knew a Hillary I like anyway.

[mvonfr]

thanks, indeed.

[JoeProBono]

[thinden]

'I wonder if the name Monica fell out of fashion."

for girl friends? NO.

for daughters? YES

[MortMan]

It just kind of blew up.

[mc5cents]

Meanwhile, the name Muhammad is exploding. No pun intended.

[Theodore R.]

Wasn’t it the late Mrs. Hugh Rodham who coined the Sir Edmund Hillary analogy and Hillary repeated it at face value, having failed to check the dates? That’s why they should teach “dates” in history.

[stanne]

True. But Actually, Adolph us illegal in Germany. Names have to be approved of by their parental government.

[Yaelle]

The chart is great. But why do 40% of Dems actually vote for the corrupt witch???

[nascarnation]

[nascarnation]

How are the names Chelsea and Charlotte doing?

[Fightin Whitey]

I know it dropped down lickety-spit.

[TruthWillWin]

We named our Yorke Chelsea in 1995. She had an underbite like Web Hubble. Because she liked to lick I wanted to name her Monica but wife said no.

[shortstop]

I don’t see anyone naming their kid Barack either.

[nascarnation]

Mostly it's just govt schools.