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Interesting. I never linked the popularity of Jackson (or Carter) with presidents. Jackson seems popular just because it contains two popular name elements, Jack and -son. -son names are in general extremely popular. Carter seems to fall in with Cooper, Hunter, etc, -er surnames which make another large segment of boy's names. That they also are former presidents seems to be coincidental. The sibsets that I know with Jackson and Carter in them have no other presidential names. Instead Jackson is paired with Jamison, and Carter is paired with Hunter.