Posted on 05/07/2022 1:39:34 PM PDT by DoodleBob
The name Brandon might be appearing more often in the news and on bumper stickers lately, but that doesn’t seem to be the case with birth certificates.
On Friday, the U.S. Social Security Administration released its list of the most popular baby names in 2021, along with broader data about the relative favorability of thousands of other names. The name Brandon is declining in popularity.
Between 2020 and 2021, the name Brandon fell 15 places, from the 166th most popular baby name for boys to No. 181 ― its lowest ranking on the annual list since the year 1969.
This decrease marks a continuation in the decline the name Brandon has seen in recent years. The name peaked between 1992 and 1994 when it was the sixth most-popular name for baby boys. After a slow period of drooping popularity, it began seeing more significant drops in the 2010s.
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Baby names typically don’t make big jumps up or down the popularity list from one year to the next. In fact, almost all of the Top 10 names of 2021 are the same as the ones from 2020. Still, there are interesting exceptions in addition to Brandon.
The name Karen has declined considerably in the years since the derogatory “Karen” meme ― and general association of the name with white privilege and white supremacy ― took hold in popular culture. Similarly, names like Katrina and Isis dropped off the Top 1,000 ranking following negative news coverage with the hurricane and terrorist group, respectively.
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Rank Male Female
1 Liam Olivia
2 Noah Emma
3 Oliver Charlotte
4 Elijah Amelia
5 James Ava
6 William Sophia
7 Benjamin Isabella
8 Lucas Mia
9 Henry Evelyn
10 Theodore Harper
Looks like “Barack” and “Adolf” didn’t make the list...
Genuinely surprised to see Liam at the top of the male list (and topping its English equivalent William).
Or Muhammad…
Obviously a right wing writer. Assuming gender based on biology. “Male” and “Female”? Off to the camps for ____ [pronoun preference of Caroline unknown]. Huffington Post needs to get Woke. /s
Is it Sexist to put the male name first? Or is it just plain bad to have a gender at all? I can’t keep up with these things anymore.
You know, I’m actually kinda surprised that Barack didn’t crack the top 1000 back in his messianic period in 2008/2009. And needless to say, there are not now, nor will there ever be, a bunch of baby Kamalas crawling around.
Let’s go, Brandon! I’m pulling for you...
Henry was going down in popularity when I was a kid.
It seemed old fashioned or something.
Liam is just absurd.
I’m surprised that Nannette didn’t even make the top 1,000.
I like all these names except for Harper. Too easily morphed into Harpy.
Let me help out - Let’s go Brandon.
I’ve never known an Oliver.
Sounds like a kid that would have gotten beaten up a lot when I was in school.
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Then again,
Harassing WHITE WOMEN as "Karens" for asserting themselves, sticking up for themselves, REFUSING to be Victims is the new, politically correct MISOGYNY. (Tonight on my kick ass television program) pic.twitter.com/2DQccCJv2i— Greg Kelly (@gregkellyusa) April 1, 2022
How’s the name Vladimir doing?
It’s William like Guglielmo. Just say Billy
My wife, sister, and about four of my Facebook friends are named Lisa. All were born in the 1960’s.
I remember hearing that the popularity of the name Hillary sharply declined when the Clintons came to national prominence.
“Sounds like a kid that would have gotten beaten up a lot when I was in school.”
Or at the very least had his arm twisted...
The name Monica hasn’t been very popular since then either. Just sayin’.
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