How popular is the baby name Vista in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Vista.

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Popularity of the baby name Vista


Posts that mention the name Vista

Technology-inspired baby names like “Like”

Facebook "Like"

A few months ago, PCWorld published a list of 10 tech-inspired baby names better than Like.

I thought I’d compile a similar list, but go in the opposite direction. So below are eight real-life, headline-grabbing, tech-inspired names just like Like.

Starting, of course, with Like:

Like

An Israeli baby girl was named Like after the Facebook “Like Button” in 2011. (Go like baby Like, if you like!)

Facebook

A Egyptian baby girl was named Facebook after the social networking site Facebook in 2011.

Google

A Swedish baby boy was named Google after the search engine Google in 2005.

[I’ve never blogged about this one before, surprisingly. Oliver Google Kai was born on September 12, 2005, in Kalmar, Sweden, to Dr. Walid Elias Kai (who is Lebanese) and his wife Carol (who is Swedish). Google’s response: “We wish him long life and good health, and hope his schoolmates aren’t too hard on him.”]

Vista

A Canadian baby girl was named Vista after the Windows Vista operating system in 2007.

2.0

An American baby boy was named Jon Blake Cusack 2.0 — like the second version of a piece of software — in 2004.

Annanova

A Dutch baby girl was named Annanova after virtual newscaster Ananova in 2000.

Iuma

A handful of babies from various countries were named Iuma as part of the Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA) baby naming contest in 2000.

Linux

The name Linux debuted in the U.S. baby name data in the early 2010s.

Image: Adapted from Facebook like thumb

Baby born to computer programmer, named after Widows Vista

Windows Vista
Windows Vista

On May 18, 2007, Canadian computer programmer Bil Simser and his wife welcomed a daughter named Vista Avalon Simser. She was named after the Windows Vista operating system.

How did they come up with the name? They were considering “Dev Orion Simser” — Dev short for “developer” — for a boy, then thought,

Well, if our son’s initials are DOS, a daughter would have [to] be an upgrade. And thus the name Vista was born.

For more details (and some cute photos!) click the link below.

Source: Introducing the New Vista iPod – Fear and Loathing (Jun. 2, 2007)

Image: Adapted from Windows Vista. Used with permission from Microsoft.