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Help[Opinions] US Presidential surnames as first names (long post)
I saw a post on here a few days ago about US states as names, which got me thinking about how people often use US presidents’ surnames as names. So here’s a list of those names and when they peaked. As a note, some of those surnames are popular on their own without the presidential association so this may not be totally accurate.
Washington : peaked at #325 in 1884 (29)
Adams : #885 in 1898 (7)
Jefferson : #251 in 1891 (40)
Madison : #2 in 2001 (22166) for girls ; #307 in 1881 (28) for boys
Monroe : #177 in 1882 (76)
Jackson : #14 in 2021 (9197)
Harrison : #52 in 1888 (400)
Tyler : #5 in 1993 (29797) for boys; #238 in 1993 for girls (1182)
Taylor : #6 in 1994 (20733) for girls; #51 in 1994 (7688) for boys
Pierce: #462 in 2013 (608)
Lincoln: #40 in 2020 (7034)
Johnson: #322 in 1905 (38)
Grant: #115 in 1997 (3315)
Hayes: #228 in 2021 (1597)
Garfield: #88 in 1881 (147)
Arthur: #14 for 1880-84, 1886-89 for boys, #695 in 1895 for girls (10)
Cleveland: #92 in 1884 (174)
McKinley: #137 in 1896 (121) for boys; #379 in 2015 (860) for girls
Roosevelt: #91 in 1905 (264)
Taft: #272 in 1908 (62)
Wilson: #122 in 1918 (1381)
Harding: #391 in 1921 (229)
Coolidge: #731 in 1924 (82)
Hoover: #364 in 1928 (255)
Truman: #247 in 1945 (540)
Kennedy: #516 in 1964 (229) for boys; #54 in 2015 (4497) for girls
Nixon: #481 in 2017 (607)
Ford: #439 in 2021 (703)
Carter: #24 in 2015 (10798) for boys, #457 (702) in 2016 for girls
Reagan: #97 in 2016 (3093) for girls, #596 in 2004 (366) for boys
Bush: #789 in 1889 (7)
Clinton: #124 in 1981 (2207)
Not included are Van Buren, Polk, Buchanan, Eisenhower, Obama, Trump, and Biden, which did not show up in the top 1000. If you’re in the US, do you like any of these names, regardless of political support? How do you feel about naming children after political/historical figures?
Personally, I feel like most of these names are either too connected to the president, or too generic. It continues to puzzle me how names with controversial associations like Nixon and Reagan are so popular.
Washington : peaked at #325 in 1884 (29)
Adams : #885 in 1898 (7)
Jefferson : #251 in 1891 (40)
Madison : #2 in 2001 (22166) for girls ; #307 in 1881 (28) for boys
Monroe : #177 in 1882 (76)
Jackson : #14 in 2021 (9197)
Harrison : #52 in 1888 (400)
Tyler : #5 in 1993 (29797) for boys; #238 in 1993 for girls (1182)
Taylor : #6 in 1994 (20733) for girls; #51 in 1994 (7688) for boys
Pierce: #462 in 2013 (608)
Lincoln: #40 in 2020 (7034)
Johnson: #322 in 1905 (38)
Grant: #115 in 1997 (3315)
Hayes: #228 in 2021 (1597)
Garfield: #88 in 1881 (147)
Arthur: #14 for 1880-84, 1886-89 for boys, #695 in 1895 for girls (10)
Cleveland: #92 in 1884 (174)
McKinley: #137 in 1896 (121) for boys; #379 in 2015 (860) for girls
Roosevelt: #91 in 1905 (264)
Taft: #272 in 1908 (62)
Wilson: #122 in 1918 (1381)
Harding: #391 in 1921 (229)
Coolidge: #731 in 1924 (82)
Hoover: #364 in 1928 (255)
Truman: #247 in 1945 (540)
Kennedy: #516 in 1964 (229) for boys; #54 in 2015 (4497) for girls
Nixon: #481 in 2017 (607)
Ford: #439 in 2021 (703)
Carter: #24 in 2015 (10798) for boys, #457 (702) in 2016 for girls
Reagan: #97 in 2016 (3093) for girls, #596 in 2004 (366) for boys
Bush: #789 in 1889 (7)
Clinton: #124 in 1981 (2207)
Not included are Van Buren, Polk, Buchanan, Eisenhower, Obama, Trump, and Biden, which did not show up in the top 1000. If you’re in the US, do you like any of these names, regardless of political support? How do you feel about naming children after political/historical figures?
Personally, I feel like most of these names are either too connected to the president, or too generic. It continues to puzzle me how names with controversial associations like Nixon and Reagan are so popular.
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