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Philip Sim @BBCPhilipSim
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Excellent infographic on how pop culture influences baby names in today's Scottish population stats: nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statist… Growth in name Arya since Game of Thrones startedGrowth in name Kayleigh following release of Marillion single in 1985Growth in name Luna since Harry Potter films came outGrowth in name Merida since Brave came out
National Records of Scotland have also charted the rise (and occasionally fall) of babies being named after Scottish islands: nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statist… Growth in boys named after islands of Lewis and HarrisTrends in girls being named after islands of Skye and Iona
Incidentally the NRS website has a tool where you can chart the popularity of any name. 'Philip' appears to have fallen off a cliff basically the minute I was named. Hard not to take that personally scotland.shinyapps.io/babynames/ Graph showing massive decline in the use of the name Philip
As well as Arya busting into the top 100, since Game of Thrones first went on the telly in 2011, 17 girls have been named Khaleesi in Scotland. There have also been the first recorded uses of Sansa, Theon, Eddard and Jorah - but weirdly no Joffreys or Cerseis...
I wrote a thing about how everyone names their kids after Game of Thrones characters now: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…
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