Disaster Tons of U.S. Babies Are Now Getting Named After Marvel & Star Wars Villains


Baby names in the United States have consistently evolved over the years. Baby Centerrevealed that popular names such as "Liam" and "Emma" have been a consistent choice for parents in recent times, but the continued dominance of superhero movies and franchise entertainment could turn the tide as more babies are being named after popular characters.

In 2017, Metro revealed that baby names inspired by Marvel characters are slowly gaining momentum, with a good chunk of them now accounting for a significant portion. Marvel heroes, such as Parker (Peter Parker), Wade (Wade Wilson), and Natasha (Natasha Romanoff) were confirmed to be at the top of the list.

Now, it seems that certain villains not just from Marvel but also in Star Wars are also taking the spotlight under the baby name umbrella.

Parents Are Naming Their Babies After Villains (Really)​

Based on a new study from OrganicBabyFormula.com, via Comicbook, several Marvel and Star Wars villains have prospered on the rising popular baby name list of children born in the United States.

The graph below from the Social Security Administration's Name Popularity Index gives an exact overview of how certain Disney names have risen to the ranks of popular baby names:

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Quill, who is based on Chris Pratt's Peter Quill, is the name that has jumped the most on the leaderboard, with a whopping 8,457-spot increase. The names after Quill are Kristoff, Rey, Aladdin, Merida, Belle, Simba, and Olaf.

On the villain front, Thanos has risen to 2,892 spots while Star Wars names Kylo and Anakin grew similarly with 2,344 and 1901 spots, respectively. At the lower end of the spectrum, Loki has risen to 71 spots.

Why Do Parents Prefer Names Tied to Superhero Movies?​

The dominance of Marvel and Star Wars in pop culture is further cemented by the latest data about baby names.

There are many good reasons why parents decide to name their babies after popular on-screen characters. It's possible that they choose to do so due to the fact that they want to have a memorable name for their babies while also being associated with such iconic individuals.

The inclusion of Thanos in the list might be surprising for many, considering that the character served as a relentless villain during the MCU's Infinity Saga. Despite that, there's no denying that Thanos is such a unique name that babies from the US would stand out if they have such a label.

In MCU canon, there are actually those who believed that Thanos was right for his actions during Avengers: Infinity War, with Hawkeye even referencing this belief as a hilarious Easter egg. There's a slight chance that those parents who named their babies after Thanos might be believers in the Mad Titan's actions as well.

Looking ahead, it's reasonable to assume that a prime candidate for a popular baby name in the future would end up being Kang as the Marvel villain is poised to become an overarching threat of the Multiverse Saga.
 
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Catler said:
Poor kids, forever tied to pop culture that won’t be relevant in 20 years.
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If it's really forgotten, they will just be folks with some unusual names.

Parker, Wade, and Natasha are OK real names that I have encountered every once in a while.
I'm afraid little Obi-Wan is in for a rough time.

Or are there kids out there being named Spiderman, She-Hulk, Thing, etc?

Poor little She-Hulk. Like the boy named Sue in reverse. 8)
 
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"Can I interest you in a referral to a HRT doctor while you're filling out this form? We're currently running a promotion where SRS surgery is 15% off within 30 days of the name change, along with this other package deal..."
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I hope by the time these kids are old enough either troonism stays on the dustbin of history or after years of Mengele tier experiments they finally get it right somehow. Betting more on the former actually.
 
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ZazietheBeast said:
This is just plain sad. Then again, there is literally someone named Dovakin out there.
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Dovahkiin is 11 years old this November. Eleven years and Todd has yet to release TES:VI.

My two cents if you want to give your kid a "novel" name:

1) Don't
2) Don't
3) At least have the common decency give baby Thanos or Quasimodo a normal middle name like Tyler or Rebecca or the like. They can always go by their middle name while abbreviating their given name. (e.g. Thanos Anthony Smith ----> T. Anthony Smith).
 
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I always heard that Catholics had to name their kids after saints. That's why there are so many Joes and Marys and Peters and Johns. Same with Mexicans and Marias and Joses. Don't know if that is true.

I've also always heard that in Japan you can only name your kid off an official approved name list. Some reason that they would have to spend too much money to make something for new names or something. Maybe someone can explain the name list better than me.

Try that shit in any white country and you would be called racist. "Whachoo meen I ain't namin my bebby Lemonjello?"
 
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FeatherPlucker said:
Just goes to show you that shallow media characters-- ones that are animated for that matter-- matter more to these people than family members.
Historically, people named their kids after beloved family members or religious figures. Now they name their kids after animated 2 dimensional lion cubs and CGI snowmen.
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Peacock Angel said:
It's one thing to name you kid after a mythological tale' hero or god, and another to name it after a consumer product, imo.
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My mom named me after a sitcom character. Thankfully it was a character with a normal first name so I don't have to deal with the fact I have a strange name from a shitty consoomer product. Got lucky the character she liked was a common name for people my age.
 
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Mr. Skeltal said:
Dovahkiin is 11 years old this November. Eleven years and Todd has yet to release TES:VI.

My two cents if you want to give your kid a "novel" name:

1) Don't
2) Don't
3) At least have the common decency give baby Thanos or Quasimodo a normal middle name like Tyler or Rebecca or the like. They can always go by their middle name while abbreviating their given name. (e.g. Thanos Anthony Smith ----> T. Anthony Smith).
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To me, its the same logic of Niggers giving their kids African names. Which does nothing to their character and actual Africans will still view them with suspicion.
 
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Dysnomia said:
I want to say it's mildly better than Sephiroth. But if you think about it hard enough, it really isn't.
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Deadwaste said:
>almost 3k babies named after thanos

i hate the corporations
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Akumaten said:
Those idiots basically named their kids "Death".
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"Thanos" is the only one that could conceivably get a pass, because it's a diminutive hypocorism for "Athanasios".

But I don't imagine there's been an influx of Greeks, or a major surge in Orthodox Christian converts. And you can't readily explain naming a child with a hypocorism.

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I wonder how many of these kids have two dads.
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I wonder how many have four dads.
 
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I always heard that Catholics had to name their kids after saints. That's why there are so many Joes and Marys and Peters and Johns. Same with Mexicans and Marias and Joses. Don't know if that is true.

I've also always heard that in Japan you can only name your kid off an official approved name list. Some reason that they would have to spend too much money to make something for new names or something. Maybe someone can explain the name list better than me.

Try that shit in any white country and you would be called racist. "Whachoo meen I ain't namin my bebby Lemonjello?"
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Catholics take a saint's name when confirmed in the church. You pick a saint that calls to you and take on that saint's name as a kind of guidance from God. In the Catholic church saints are treated as special agents of God's will and are able to intercede to God for those who fall within their patronage. (i.e. St. Barbara will intercede for miners and those at risk for a sudden, violent end while St. Thomas Aquinas intercedes for scholars)
The same logic can apply to naming you children after saints.

Michaelsoft said:
I thought consoomer soyboys were supposed to have low birth rates, what's going on?
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What few children survive the phytoestrogens and Planned Parenthood clinics are forever cursed with a name that inspires the words "fake and cringe". The Children of the Soy are truly the most pitiable of all.
 
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When we had our kid we tried to find names that were timeless. Saints and Anglo-Saxon royalty mostly on the list.

Basically we wanted the name to be as generic as possible so he implants his personality on it, rather than the other way around.

I look ahead with morbid curiosity to the prospects of the Skeeter he attends school with.

Edit: this is so unfashionable we get constantly asked if it’s a family name.
 
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