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[Opinions] Caspian
Why is Caspian rising in popularity so quickly? Was it used on a TV show or movie, or is it just because of the general popularity of Cas- names right now? It’s interesting because it has always been a rare name and now it’s rocketing through the top 1,000. Also what do you think of it?*previously posted as summitseeker*
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I love Caspian. I wish I could use it.
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I can agree that it's partly Narnia fans having children, but I also think there's a Cas/Kas- trend-- Cassian had an enormous off chart rise last year [19 boys named Cassian born in 2016, 128 in 2017] and will almost certainly chart in 2018. Cassius and Kashton (and Cashton, off chart) also had big rises.[Even Cassidy for a boy went up a little].

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full Cas/Cash dataSearched for Cas, Kas, Caz, and Kaz. Skipped names that seemed likely to be pronounced like Case. From 2016 to 2017, the number of these names for boys increased by 8. For girls, they decreased by 10.
Names that appeared in 2016 but not 2017 [girls]:Casia, Casidee, Casidy, Cassey, Cassity, Castiel, Caziyah, Kasani, Kashae, Kashayla, Kashia, Kashish, Kashley, Kashton, Kasity, Kassadee, Kassadi, Kassiah, Kassiana, Kassiah, Kassiana
Names that appeared in 2017 but not 2016 [girls]:Caslyn, Caslynn, Cass, Cassadie, Cassian, Cassius, Cassy, Kashtyn, Kaslynn, Kassadie, Kaziya, Kazlynn
Girls names (in order of biggest rise to biggest fall)Kashvi 25
Kasia 15
Kashmere 10
Cashmere 8
Kashlynn 7
Kassia 5
Cassiana 3
Cassiel 3
Cassiopeia 3
Cashlyn 2
Cashlynn 2
Kasiah 2
Kassey 2
Kazia 2
Kasi 1
Kasie 1
Kasiyah 1
Kastyn 1
Kazaria 1
Kaziyah 1
Kasima 0
Kasiya 0
Cassady -1
Cassidie -1
Kashlee -1
Kaslyn -1
Kassy -1
Kaziah -1
Cassidee -2
Kashmir -2
Kassady -2
Kassiani -2
Kassidee -2
Kassie -2
Kazi -2
Cash -3
Kash -3
Kassidie -3
Cassi -4
Kazlyn -5
Casandra -6
Kasidy -6
Kasidee -7
Kassi -9
Kassidy -9
Kassidi -10
Cassadee -11
Cassia -13
Kashlyn -16
Kasandra -17
Cassie -27
Cassandra -48
Cassidy -124
--Names that appeared in 2016 but not 2017 [boys]:Cashe, Cassel, Kasai, Kashe, Kashis, Kasiah, Kasim, Kaspar, Kasra, Kassel, Kazen, Kazier, Kazz
Names that appeared in 2017 but not 2016 [boys]:

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I agree that the Narnia fans are becoming of child bearing age. I recently started to love Caspian and my connection to Narnia is surely a great deal of that. I also love the sound. In addition, I think of the Caspian Sea...I love geography and "water" names. I'm currently on a kick that the meaning of a name is important, and although this name doesn't have much to go on, personally it speaks to me.
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'Names from books/films/tv' is a trend; young teens who saw the film are ten years older and naming babies now; the character is a prince in a very English book/film series so there's a vague 'aristocratic British' association there, and the -ian ending matches various other perceived-to-be-posh names that are popular, like Sebastian. And maybe some people like the sea association, although that's probably a lot weaker than all the other reasons.I dislike it. It's a media-inspired fad name with no name-history or layers to it (it wasn't used as a name before the book), and the sound doesn't appeal to me.
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Place names have been a trend for a while though.
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I have no idea why it's rising. I've liked it since I first read Prince Caspian (but I'm not aware of a more recent character with that name).
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alsoNarnia is from the 1950's so it's not like Narnia fans are just now having babies.
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It might be a To Kill A Mockingbird thing, where the generation of kids who read it in school are becoming childbearing age. TKAM was published in the 60s but wasn't a regular part of the curriculum until much more recently. There's also the bonus of the movies existing now-- Caspian had it's first little boost in 2008, the same year Prince Caspian was released.
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I’m not so sure Caspian’s really rocketed in popularity so much as slowly gathered steam. That’s definitely the case where I live (Caspian entered the England/Wales top 1000 a few years ago to my dismay) and I know it’s quite popular in Sweden. I’m obviously very biased since he’s my favourite ever name, but I really think he doesn’t have any discernible or problematic downsides, apart from being unusual. I think parents are getting more adventurous in their name choices, and Caspian’s always been in the periphery. My biggest fear has always been that Caspian very occasionally gets used, and as parents have been more out there with their choices, Caspian not only catches their attention, but becomes a serious contender. He does fit very well in with the ‘hipster’ name trend too. Of course I absolutely adore Caspian and everything about him. He embodies the type of boys names I love, adventurous and boyish, playful, energetic, soft, but strong without being harsh or brutish. There’s a good deal of magic and whimsy too, thanks to the Narnia connection, not to mention a plethora of nn options and a nature link. Pretty much the only downside I see is growing popularity. With him being in the top 1000, I can imagine more people feeling comfortable using Caspian as an unusual but familiar choice (like Atticus once was). I’m still holding out on him dropping off again by the time I come to having kids, but I doubt it.
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In the US, it's been pretty rocket-y: https://www.behindthename.com/top/beyond.php?name=Caspian
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It's been a decade since the Narnia: Prince Caspian movie came out. People who were kids/preteens/teenagers then (heard the name and liked it), are now the age group having kids. Also Cassian was in a Star Wars movie and (probably this is just a coincidence but) Muhummad Ali (Cassius) died semi-recently.
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