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Is Political Polarisation Accelerating The Decline Of This Baby Name? (BRANDON)
HuffPo UK ^ | July 11, 2023 | Caroline Bologna

Posted on 11/11/2023 8:08:36 PM PST by DoodleBob

Names gradually rise and fall in popularity over time with changing trends and norms. But certain choices drop off the map more quickly thanks to big cultural or political moments ― think Katrina, Isis and more recently, Karen.

It seems that the name Brandon might be joining their ranks. Between 2021 and 2022, the name fell 20 places, from the 181st most popular name for boys in the U.S. to No. 211, according to Social Security Administration data.

Like Karen, the name Brandon had been dropping in popularity for many years, but a recent negative cultural association seems to be accelerating the decline.

Brandon took its biggest hit in popularity in 2022, which is perhaps unsurprising given the pejorative political slogan “Let’s Go Brandon” — a coded slur for “F— Joe Biden” — originated in September 2021.

The result was a growing association of the name with both the Democratic 46th president of the U.S. and the conservative movement, perfect to turn off parents on both sides of the aisle.

“The controversial rallying cry ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ had undeniable influence over parents in their selection of names for their baby boys last year,” baby name consultant Taylor Humphrey told HuffPost.

Sitting just outside the Top 200, Brandon is still relatively popular, but it peaked between 1992 and 1994 when it was the sixth-most-popular name …

Last year, Brandon hit its lowest ranking on the Social Security Administration’s annual list since the year 1969. The number of baby boys named Brandon in 2022 was 1,763 — compared with 2,117 in 2021, 2,299 in 2020 and 2,679 in 2019.

“I think it will go the way of Karen — off the charts,” said Jennifer Moss, founder of BabyNames.com. “It’s now a negative connotation for both sides.”

(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: baby; brandon; children; fjb; lgb; names
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From the Soc Sec Admin baby name page

For each year, we show the rank for Brandon and a bar representing the popularity of that name. The longer the bar, the more popular the name. The more popular the name in a given year, the numerically lower the rank, with rank 1 being the most popular.

YearRankPopularity of male name Brandon
2022211 
2021181 
2020167 
2019141 
2018124 
2017114 
201699 
201583 
201471 
201370 
201256 
201147 
201044 
200938 
200833 
200731 
200627 
200527 
200422 
200321 
200220 
200118 
200012 
You did not specify the sex for the name Brandon, so we used male data based on popularity. Years where ranks are the same does not imply that the number of births are the same. Name data are from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.
    More information for male name Brandon
  • For 2022, the number of births with name Brandon is 1763, which represents 0.095 percent of total male births in 2022.
  • The year when the name Brandon was most popular is 2000. In that year, the number of births is 20336, which represents 0.974 percent of total male births in 2000.

1 posted on 11/11/2023 8:08:36 PM PST by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob

Its also strange how one never meets people named “Adolph” any longer.


2 posted on 11/11/2023 8:16:59 PM PST by PGR88
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To: DoodleBob

Brandon will become more popular after Joe Biden is no longer the President. People will forget about the slogan “Let’s go Brandon”.


3 posted on 11/11/2023 8:19:27 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: DoodleBob
It has been declining steadily for years.

So looking at it logically, no.

4 posted on 11/11/2023 8:22:56 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Keep America Beautiful by keeping Canadian Trash Out. Deport Jennifer Granholm!)
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To: PGR88

Per the Soc Sec website, “Adolph is not in the top 1000 names for any year of birth beginning with 2000.”


5 posted on 11/11/2023 8:23:59 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: MinorityRepublican

My nephew Brandon (James) now goes by James.


6 posted on 11/11/2023 8:37:24 PM PST by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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To: PGR88
Still have Adolph seasonings.

Has a smokey or burnt taste.

7 posted on 11/11/2023 8:41:16 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: DoodleBob

There are 90210 reasons it used to be popular.


8 posted on 11/11/2023 8:42:51 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: DoodleBob

The senile pos criminal pedo squatter in the white hospice has also killed off the name “Joe”, 800th in popularity last year.


9 posted on 11/11/2023 8:48:15 PM PST by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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To: Newtoidaho

How is “Don” or “Donald” doing?


10 posted on 11/11/2023 8:50:54 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DoodleBob

The place where Pantload Joe fell off his bike temporarily became a fake bike shop in the fake town of Brandon Falls. Google eventually caught on and removed it from their maps.


11 posted on 11/11/2023 8:57:24 PM PST by Nateman (If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ Mad Moe definitely comes in as a Strong second.)
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To: dfwgator

Not good. Donald at #1630, Don at about #650.


12 posted on 11/11/2023 8:58:05 PM PST by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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To: Nateman

https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/07/19/biden-brandon-falls/


13 posted on 11/11/2023 9:03:13 PM PST by Nateman (If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ Mad Moe definitely comes in as a Strong second.)
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To: DoodleBob

I substitute teach in our local high school district, and I have not seen a single Linda, Lisa, Lynn, Anne or Nannette on any roll sheet. These used to be common names. John, for centuries the most common boy’s name in the English-speaking world is now rare, as is William, Robert, Richard and Edward.


14 posted on 11/11/2023 9:24:36 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Newtoidaho

Hillary:
Year Rank

2008 722
2007 961
2006 983
2005 885
2004 807
2001 887
2000 877
1999 853
1998 868
1997 725
1996 693
1995 688
1994 566
1993 261
1992 132
1991 166
1990 192

Since 2009, Hillary was not in the top 1000.


15 posted on 11/11/2023 9:25:02 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: Fiji Hill
I substitute teach in our local high school district, and I have not seen a single Linda, Lisa, Lynn, Anne or Nannette on any roll sheet.

Now it's Balakey, JayQuellen and A A Ron.

16 posted on 11/11/2023 9:49:40 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Fiji Hill

According to the internet, Linda was the only female baby name that at one time was more popular than Mary (which ranked #1 for many decades).

Despite the rise of “unique” names, the most popular baby names are trending towards more traditional; Sophia, Amelia, Grace, etc.


17 posted on 11/11/2023 9:56:43 PM PST by TheWriterTX (🇺🇸✝️🙏🇮🇱)
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To: DoodleBob

Brandon is a great name. One POS president can’t destroy a name.


18 posted on 11/11/2023 9:58:04 PM PST by Zack Attack
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

they’re “forgetting” to mention the amount of “hispanic” and “muslim” names which are overtaking “white” names.


19 posted on 11/11/2023 11:01:28 PM PST by SPDSHDW (FR is so far in the can that we make the DU idiots look civil sometimes. Hope you’re proud.)
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To: PGR88
Its also strange how one never meets people named “Adolph” any longer.

But strangely, "Achmed," "Abdul," and "Mahmoud" are increasing in popularity.

Regards,

20 posted on 11/12/2023 12:02:36 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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