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I was astounded by how many names in the top 1000 are there because of their pop culture affiliation. These names aren't chosen with the celebrity as a namesake. Rather, new parents get inspired by celebrities with distinctive names that fit in with the trends.

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I'm not including names that are strongly associated with a celebrity, but which were popular or trendy in their own right before the person got famous (i.e. Dakota [Fanning], Britney [Spears]). I also won't use names that are heavily associated with one famous person, but weren't revived because of a specific event (so I do include Truman, which spiked after the movie "Capote" was released, but I don't include [Abraham] Lincoln or Scarlett [O'Hara]).

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Let me know what I'm missing and where I'm off base!

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Boys
Ashton (Kutcher)
Peyton (Manning)
Camden (the Camden family from "7th Heaven")
Ryder (Kate Hudson's son)
Maddox (Angelina Jolie's son)
Zion (Lauryn Hill's son)
Sawyer (the character from "Lost")
Tucker (Carlson)
Dawson ('s Creek)
Joaquin (Kelly Ripa's son)
Gael (Garcia Bernal)
Jude (Law)
(Johnny) Cash - spike after his death
Anderson (Cooper)
Kingston (Gwen Stefani's son)
Orlando (Bloom)
Camron (Cam'ron) - it's a shame the SSA doesn't record punctuation in names
(Seth) Cohen - maybe after the character from the O.C.
Nasir (Nas)
Rocco (Madonna's son)
Mekhi (Phifer)
Kobe (Bryant)
Johan (Santana)
Waylon (Jeninngs) - spike after his death
Jett (John Travolta's son or from the Disney TV show "The Famous Jett Jackson")
Talan (Torriero)
Gianni (Versace) - spike after his death
Trace (Adkins)
(Ahmad) Rashad
Aryan (from the Bollywood film of the same name)
Deacon (Reese Witherspoon's son)
Kane (wrestling champ)
Omari (Kanye West's middle name)
Draven (Chester Bennington's son)
Layne (Staley) - spike after his death
Krish (from "Krrish," the first Bollywood superhero movie)
Atticus (mn of John Edwards's son)
Nash (Bridges)
Santino (Rice)
(Wisin &) Yandel
Jamarcus (Russell)
Yahir (from "La Academía)
(John) Madden
Remington (Steele)
Omarion (from B2K)
Carmelo (Anthony)
Elian (González)
Stone (Phillips)
Garrison (Keillor)
Heath (Ledger)
Dax (Shepard)
Dereon (Beyonce's fashion line)
Lyric (Ashley Parker Angel's son)
Yurem (from "Buscando a Timbiriche, la Nueva Banda)
Truman (Capote) - spiked after the movie "Capote" came out

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Girls
Ava (many celebrities' children)
Addison (from "Grey's Anatomy")
Nevaeh (that guy from P.O.D.'s daughter)
Angelina (Jolie)
Kylie (Minogue)
Trinity (from "The Matrix")
Aaliyah
Layla (El, a wrestler)
Mariah (Carey)
Jada (Pinkett Smith)
Mya
Serenity (from the movie of the same name)
Keira (Knightley)
Jayla (from "America's Next Top Model")
Giselle (Bundchen)
(Ronald) Reagan - spiked after his death
Sienna (Miller)
Alondra (from the Mexican telenovela of the same name)
Ariel – spiked after the release of "The Little Mermaid"
Violet (Ben Affleck's daughter)
Ciara
Lola (many celebrities' children)
Miley (Cyrus)
Delilah
Danica (Patrick)
Emerson (Teri Hatcher's daughter)
Selena
Anahi (from "Rebelde")
Hazel (Julia Roberts's daughter)
Kimora (Lee)
Annika (Sörenstam)
Rihanna
Willow (from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer")
Rowan (Brooke Shields's daughter)
Ainsley (from "The West Wing")
Samara (from "The Ring")
Evangeline (from "Lost")
Dayanara (Torres Delgado)
Elle (from "Legally Blonde")
Lauryn (Hill)
Halle (Berry)
Shania (Twain)
(Angelina) Jolie
Jordin (Sparks)
Jaslene (from "America's Next Top Model")
Sherlyn
Sanaa (Lathan)
Lorelei (from "Gilmore Girls")
Rubi (from the telenovela of the same name)
Amelie (from the movie of the same name)
Shiloh (Angelina Jolie's daughter)
Finley (Angie Harmon's daughter)
Salma (Hayek)
Frida (Kahlo) – spiked after the movie "Frida" was released
Giada (de Laurentiis)
Selah (Lauryn Hill's daughter)
Ireland (Alec Baldwin's daughter)
Charlize (Theron)
Naima (from "America's Next Top Model")
Ashanti
Tyra (Banks)
Yuridia (from "La Academía")
Lucero
Kelis

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WDYT of the names on the list? Any ideas for names that will soon join these? I'm thinking: Shia [LaBeouf], Leona [Lewis], Estelle.