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Pop culture baby name game, 2013

Britney Spears album

Every year on Britney Spears’s birthday (December 2) we start another round of the annual Pop Culture Baby Name Game.

What is the Pop Culture Baby Name Game, you ask? Good question! It’s not a “game” really, but more of a group brainstorm. We try to guess which baby names became more popular during the year thanks to pop culture — music, movies, television, sports, politics, current events, products, etc.

I’ve searched for all the 2013 predictions we’ve made so far (in posts & comments) and listed them below. I also threw in a few more possibilities — mostly celebrity baby names. So here’s what we’re starting with:

  • Ace – Jessica Simpson’s baby boy, born in June
  • Armand or Armie – Lone Ranger actor Armand “Armie” Hammer
  • Axl – Fergie’s baby boy, born in August
  • Bailey (per skizzo) – Grey’s Anatomy baby
  • Benedict (per Rita) – Benedict Cumberbatch
  • Bilbo (per elbowin) – The Hobbit character
  • Cressida or Cressie – Prince Harry’s girlfriend Cressida “Cressie” Bonas
  • Cricket – Busy Philipps’s baby girl, born in July
  • Cypher – After Earth character
  • D’Ussé – Jay Z-endorsed cognac
  • Elon – Tesla founder Elon Musk
  • Evanora (per skizzo) – Oz the Great and Powerful character
  • Everly – Channing Tatum’s baby girl, born in May
  • Evo (per elbowin) – Bolivian president Evo Morales
  • Fantine – Les Mis character (especially since the Oscars)
  • Finley (per skizzo) – Oz the Great and Powerful character
  • Francesco, Francis, Francisco – Pope Francis, elected in March
  • Gatsby (per skizzo) – movie The Great Gatsby
  • George – Kate and William’s royal baby boy, born in July
  • Harley (per skizzo) – Iron Man character
  • Kitai – After Earth character
  • Ladar (per elbowin) – Lavabit owner Ladar Levison
  • Lincoln – movie Lincoln
  • Lula – Bryan Adams’s baby girl, born in February
  • Luna – Penelope Cruz’s baby girl, born in July
  • Macklemore – rapper Macklemore
  • Malala – young Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai
  • Marnie – Lily Allen’s baby girl, born in January
  • Milan – Shakira’s baby boy, born in January
  • Minaj – singer Nicki Minaj
  • Neymar (per Rita) – Brazillian football player Neymar
  • North or Nori – Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s baby girl, born in June
  • Philomena – movie Philomena
  • Quvenzhané (per Rita) – child actress Quvenzhané Wallis
  • Rainbow – Holly Madison’s baby girl, born in March
  • Robin (per Rita) – singer Robin Thicke
  • Snowden – NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden
  • Tesla – Tesla cars
  • Tessanne – The Voice contestant winner Tessanne Chin
  • Thatcher (per Rita) – Margaret Thatcher, died in April
  • Theodora (per skizzo) – Oz the Great and Powerful character
  • Turbo – movie Turbo
  • Wendy – Texas politician Wendy Davis
  • Winnie – Jimmy Fallon’s baby girl, born in July
  • Yeezus or Yeezy – Kanye West album Yeezus
  • Zoella – beauty blogger Zoella

Wanna play? Tell me in the comments which baby names you think got a boost from pop culture in 2013. Don’t forget to mention the reason.

I’ll post the results of the game after the SSA updates the national baby name data in May. If you don’t want to miss the results post, subscribe to the blog!

Previous rounds of the Pop Culture Baby Name Game: 2012, 2011 #1, 2011 #2, 2010

Celebrity baby name: Winnie Rose

“Late Night” host Jimmy Fallon and his wife welcomed a baby girl in late July. They named her Winnie Rose.

Why Winnie? Fallon explains:

It’s not Winnie-the-Pooh at all, even though I do love Winnie-the-Pooh. Nancy, my wife, and I got engaged in New Hampshire at this lake house that her family’s had forever. It’s on Lake Winnipesaukee. We went there every summer as we were dating and [since] we got married. And I got engaged on the dock.”

The baby name Winnie isn’t as popular today as it was during the 1910s and 1920s, but it’s still given to dozens of babies every year:

  • 2012: 98 baby girls named Winnie
  • 2011: 67 baby girls named Winnie
  • 2010: 76 baby girls named Winnie
  • 2009: 88 baby girls named Winnie
  • 2008: 67 baby girls named Winnie

Do you like the name Winnie?

Do you think Winnie Rose Fallon could trigger a Winnie comeback?

P.S. Winnie-the-Pooh’s name was also inspired by a location — not Winnipesaukee, but Winnipeg.

Source: Jimmy Fallon Explains the Meaning Behind Baby Name Winnie

Baby name story: Fulton

Catholic bishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979)
Fulton Sheen

On June 28, two-time Emmy Award winner Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979) was declared venerable by Pope Benedict XVI.*

If he can get a confirmed miracle under his belt, he’ll be beatified. If he can get two, he’ll be canonized a Catholic saint.

One miracle currently under investigation involves a toddler who was born without a heartbeat in 2010.

His name? James Fulton Engstrom.

Ironically, the baby’s parents had decided to name him after Fulton Sheen several months before the alleged intercession took place.

Perhaps the miracle was Sheen’s way of saying thanks? :)

*Fulton Sheen won the “Most Outstanding Personality” Emmy in 1952 and 1953, beating Lucille Ball, Adlai Stevenson, Edward R. Murrow and Jimmy Durante, among others.

Sources: Archbishop Sheen decree a ‘great day’ for US Catholics, Tribunal studies healing attributed to intercession of Archbishop Sheen

Celebrity baby name: Gloria

Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, who had her first baby girl five years ago, welcomed a second baby girl in April. The first daughter was named Ramona, and the second has been named Gloria.

Why Gloria?

Here’s what she told talk show host Jimmy Fallon last month:

Maggie: We thought of her name when we were at this concert that Patti Smith played at. And she played Gloria.

Jimmy: Oh she does one of the best versions of Gloria.

Maggie: Yeah. And it was a couple of years ago, and we just thought, “Maybe we’ll name our daughter that one day.”

The 1964 song “Gloria” [vid] was originally written and performed by Van Morrison and his band Them. Patti Smith’s version [vid] came out about a decade later, on her acclaimed album Horses (1975).

Source: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon NBC June 13, 2012 (Archive.org)