Stetson - cowboy hats.
Briggs (& Stratton) - outboard motors.
Oakley (in three different spellings) - redneck eyewear of choice.
Conservatives are one generation away from naming their kids shit like Winchester, Remington, Walmart, and Budlight.
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Fascinating that in the female category, blue has no names ending with the "ee" sound, and in the red category, there's no names ending in the "ah" sound.
If Saylor and Baylor get together, do you think their relation-ship is gonna sink? Or will it be smooth sailing?
Briggs and Stratton next to each other on the red state list is too funny.
There's no Stratton entry but I'm sure Briggs & Stratton inspired the 'Briggs' entry at least partially
Moshe? Kohen? Baylor???
Multiple versions of "Oak"???
I don't understand these names
Moshe is a Jewish name, Kohen is a fake Jewish name for Christian zionists, Baylor is a Christian college with a football team popular with gambling addicts.
In the Bible the oak of righteousness will not bend, and no matter how many Olive Gardens she's banned from Oaklynn will never bend from knowing that she wants to see the manager and you're a slur.
I was thinking Oakley came from Annie Oakley
Moshe is a traditional Hebrew name. It's probably pretty much 100% NY and maybe a little NJ. That's likely why it's only 3% red when the rest of the most skewed names still have more than 20% in the minority.
It's weird white people that live in townhomes giving their kids names they think sound Appalachian or folksy.
Rise of the -leighs, -lees, and -dens.
Lol @ Stetson
... Miriam is making a come back?
Eustace! Leave that poor dog alone!
And then also... jesus fuck, the right wing 2A crowd is now I guess just naming their kids 4 or 5 different variations of their favorite overpriced 'cool but also tactical' glasses?
I guess it makes sense for a Republican approach to daughters; literally just accessories they own so they can self-actualize via consumerism and performative conformity.
... Also I can only hope male Nico just barely making the list is from people who played GTA 4 and actually realized his entire story is a thorough evisceration of the concept of the American Dream.
These aren't necessarily popular names. They're the most skewed ones (presumably above a threshold, otherwise there would be a lot of names where there was only one baby).
I know, I know, I'm just being cheeky =P
But, that is a good and accurate thing to point out either way!
It's probably because it's a traditional Jewish name. It's just Hebrew for Mary.
Ah, that makes more sense!
Yeah it's funny to see it thought of as an old person name because when I hear Miriam I picture a youngish Jewish woman.
I find it interesting how Muslim and Jewish the blue names are while the red ones are certainly rural coded. Kayla being blue was a bit surprising as it's just normal though I do think college educated liberal when I picture a Kayla. Paige is definitely an odd one there.
What i learn from this is that there are a lot of Muslims in blue states and that everyone is naming their daughters some variation of Oakley in red states.
You mean Oackleiygh
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Four different versions of shitty overpriced sunglasses favored by insecure man children? That tracks.
Ok, but why not name them after soft drinks, cigarettes or some illnesses linked to diabetes?
So the bluer names are ethnic and the redder names are terrible. Interesting trend.
Specifically ethnicities that tend to have bigger families too.
Three Catholics that used to pump up blue numbers are all conservatives now.
How can Mohammad, the most common name on Earth, be 3rd highest and yet McLovin isn't even charted? 🤔
But also: Give it up for Baylor and Saylor Moon!
In Britain they tend to count the variant spellings as different names - I’ve worked places with so many Mohammeds they went by their middle names.
Similar thing at my job. US-based, but lots of immigrant engineers in my office and some overseas teams too. No shortage of Mohammads, Mohammeds, and Muhammads, plus a few Mahmouds in there for good measure.
"Dad, what was I named after?"
"I really liked those sunglasses that cops wear, and your mom likes spelling stuff weird to feel fancy, so naturally we called you Oakleigh!"
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Stetson? Like... the hat?
Bruh.
I suppose its better then naming their kid Fedora.
Hey now... It was also a Cologne at some point.
The top red girl's name is Hattie.
IIRC it's short for Hatherly
Middle name McHatface
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Red state baby girls be named after Guy Fieri’s wraparound sunglasses.
I’d assume that someone named Hattie has stories about living through the Great Depression.
not yet. but don't you worry, they will.
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