Top Baby Names Inspired by Pop Culture

The highly anticipated third season of Bridgerton is also having its moment...

New data finds the most popular baby names this year are being influenced by pop culture. The parenting site, Baby Center, looked at data for thousands of names that parents were sharing online…to figure out just how much influence today’s trends and culture impact future preschool rosters. The data found the most popular names of this year, have some fantasy influence with names like Chani…Zendaya’s character from Dune, climbing more than 33-hundred spots in popularity for girls. The highly anticipated third season of Bridgerton is also having its moment with the 33rd most popular girl name being Penelope, the same name as this seasons protagonist. And just like everything else right now, women’s basketball is leaving it’s mark, with Caitlin jumping almost 16-hundred places for girls and Clark going up 15 spots for boys.